It’s Night 23 of 31 Nights of Halloween, and we’re barking up a different haunted house.

In Good Boy (2025), director Ben Leonberg takes us into the uncanny through the eyes — and ears — of a dog. When Todd and his furry companion move back to his late grandfather’s house, they uncover something deeply wrong within the walls. The catch? We’re seeing it all from the dog’s perspective.

We break down how this indie horror uses sound design, framing, and empathy to transform a familiar ghost story into something quietly devastating. We also talk about what makes animal-POV horror so unnerving, whether the movie earns its scares, and how it stands alongside 2025’s surprise indie hits.