Shudder’s Good Boy has a brand new trailer, and it’s immediately elevating our anxiousness stage. The principle cause for that’s Good Boy is a novel horror film, informed from the angle of a loyal pup – performed by a proficient canine performer named Indy – as he and his proprietor come face-to-face with darkish, terrifying forces.
Indy’s proprietor, Ben Leonberg, directs the film that stars Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, and Larry Fessenden. Leonberg co-wrote the script with Alex Cannon. The film premieres October 3 in theaters.
The brand new Good Boy trailer highlights the acclaim the film has garnered, which features a 95% “Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes and loads of reward for Indy’s efficiency; learn ScreenRant’s Good Boy evaluate for our take. Nonetheless, it additionally ratchets up the emotions for any animal lover, who will seemingly echo the sentiment of 1 quote within the trailer – “If the dog dies we riot.”
Watch the Good Boy trailer proper right here:
Because the trailer notes, Good Boy tickets are actually on sale.
What This Means For Good Boy
Indy in Good Boy
Ben Leonberg/IFC & Shudder
Good Boy is arriving on the excellent time within the calendar, as its October launch falls within the coronary heart of Halloween season. It additionally is ready to reach per week after The Strangers: Chapter 2 and two weeks earlier than Black Cellphone 2, that means that it’s going to have a window the place it’s the latest horror film in theaters.
Each The Strangers: Chapter 2 and Black Cellphone 2 are sequels to established horror hits, however indie horror motion pictures have been identified to interrupt out. Some basic examples are The Blair Witch Challenge, Paranormal Exercise, and, extra just lately, Longlegs. Horror has additionally had a very good yr in 2025 with Weapons, Ultimate Vacation spot: Bloodlines, and The Conjuring: Final Rites. Shudder additionally had a mini-hit earlier this yr with Harmful Animals.
None of this ensures field workplace success, however Good Boy appears to be like to have rather a lot going for it to make some waves.
Our Take On Good Boy Trailer
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Each few years, we get a breakout animal performer. Again in 2023 it was Anatomy of a Fall’s Messi. Then there was The Artist’s Jack Russell terrier, Uggie. Indy appears poised to be 2025’s breakout canine star.
It is a intelligent tactic by the filmmakers to inform a horror film from a canine’s perspective. Just about everybody has a intestine response when a canine or any type of pet faces hazard in a film or TV present. Effectively, Good Boy is placing that anxiousness entrance and middle. If the trailer is any indication, it should make for a tense viewing expertise.
With that being mentioned, I will should echo a number of the sentiments of lots of the pull quotes within the trailer – shield Indy in any respect prices!
Launch Date
October 3, 2025
Runtime
73 minutes
Director
Ben Leonberg
Writers
Ben Leonberg, Alex Cannon
