It's a trope of supernatural horror that pets will notice the unwelcome presence in the family home before their owners do — so why has the genre never taken full advantage of this trope to tell a ...

Filmmaker Ben Leonberg and his dog Indy stop by USA TODAY to chat about the horror movie "Good Boy." The film stars Indy and took three years to make.

IndieWire raved about Ben Leonberg's dog-centric horror movie out of the 2025 SXSW festival. “One of the most emotive actors of his generation,” reads the IndieWire review of Ben Leonberg’s “Good Boy” ...

Ben Leonberg’s feature debut hits theaters on Oct. 3 after premiering at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. By Connor Merrihew In the official trailer for Good Boy, released Monday, Indy, a loyal dog, and ...

This post contains spoilers for "Good Boy." "Good Boy" asks the question, "What if a cute little pup was menaced by supernatural entities for an hour and 10 minutes?" Why it asks that question isn't ...

Horror fans know that dogs are the MVPs of most scary movies. The Freeling family dog, E. Buzz, was the first to sense things were not right in Poltergeist. The Emerson family’s German Shepherd, ...

Horror as a genre is a lot like comedy: if you have a strong enough premise, you can get away with murder. What surprises me is that we don’t see a lot more modern horror movies going all in on a ...