Ben Leonberg’s decision to make his dog, Indy, the protagonist of his horror film Good Boy (2025) is not exceptional. The list of canine leads is long and covers almost all cinematic genres. In horror cinema, we can mention the classic Cujo (1983), based on the Stephen King novel. However, if we want to consider how Leonberg uses the dog’s perspective as an absolute resource for his narrative, perhaps we should recall Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) by the great Robert Bresson. The concept of Good Boy takes a different course but ultimately relies entirely on the artifice of using the dog’s point of view from start to finish.

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