Good Boy aims for wide autumn release as dog-led supernatural horror

Good Boy is moving toward a wide release this autumn, riding a fresh premise in which a family dog serves as the sole eyewitness to a creeping, supernatural threat. The indie horror, directed by Ben Leonberg and written with Alex Cannon, is being distributed across key territories by Shudder and Independent Film Company in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, with theatrical plans in October. In addition, Vertigo Releasing has secured the UK and Ireland rights for a release in the autumn period, adding another regional thread to the film’s rollout.

The movie follows Indy, the canine lead played by Leonberg himself, as he and his owner Todd relocate from the city to a long-vacant countryside home. From the outset, Indy is wary of the creaking house and the shadows that seem to move on their own. The dog experiences invisible presences, follows phantom traces, and receives warnings from a ghostly old dog, all while visions of the house’s previous occupants’ grim deaths haunt him. When a dark influence begins to threaten Todd, Indy’s instinctive bravery becomes the line between survival and a path to the afterlife. The human cast...