This dog is becoming a horror cinema superstar

The anguish film of which he is the hero, “Good Boy”, has not even released in the movies yet.

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Horror film told through the eyes of a dog, Good boy managed to make a sensation even before it released in theaters and with its only trailer (below).

So much so that this good dog will be entitled to a national exhibition in the United States!

Initially planned for a limited exploitation, the feature film saw its destiny change when this trailer exploded online: more than 3.5 million cumulative views between the IFC Youtube channel and that of IGN. Presented last March at the SXSW festival, Good boy Also posted a solid 95 % score of positive criticisms on Rotten Tomatoes.

The supernatural horror film signed Ben Leonberg, distributed by IFC Films, will therefore land on the big screen on October 3, 2025 across the Atlantic in several hundred rooms and should thus bring back a few million dollars, much more than the small production budget. For the time being, no French release still planned, but if the buzz is confirmed …

IFC Films is customary of this kind of unexpected success, and had recently succeeded with Late night with the devil ($ 10 million at the box office) and In a violent nature (4.2 million), to transform horrifying bets into cash machines. “”The studios are looking for the blockbuster all audiences, we want to find singular films, which make noise, and give them the greatest possible visibility “said Scott Shoman, boss of IFC Entertainment Group.

The intriguing particularity of Good boy is therefore that the story is told entirely from the point of view of a dog, Indy, interpreted by a real retriever of Nova Scotia, that of the director! The story follows Indy and his master Todd, freshly installed in an isolated house, where the faithful companion discovers supernatural forces threatening his human.

In the casting, we find Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, or Stuart Rudin. Distributed jointly by IFC and Shudder, Good boy promises to be one of the most anticipated horrific UFOs in the fall.