The Good Boy trailer is the hardest watch of 2025, and the new horror movie hasnt even been released yet
Date:
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:24:26 +0000
Description:
The most heartbreaking horror movie of 2025 has yet to be released, and if
the first trailer for Good Boy is anything to go by, Shudder is going to destroy us.
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Shudders new horror movie Good Boy , due to be released on the streaming service on October 3, has just released its heartbreaking first trailer. If youve not heard of the film before, it tells the story of a man and his dog moving into the supposedly haunted house of a recently deceased relative.
That all sounds like standard genre stuff so far, but theres a catch: this time, the terror unfolds from the perspective of the mans dog, Indy (whos playing himself).
Even reading that brief synopsis is enough to make me want to burst into tears, and so far, early reviews prove Im right to feel like that. Described as the most heartbreaking horror of the year, Good Boy already has an epic Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 95% , and the social media reactions to its poster reveal were off the hook. Basically, if youve ever thought about getting a Shudder subscription, youre going to need to do it by the end of September (it truly is one of the best streaming services around for indie horror movies).
But back to the trailer itself. Within 90 seconds, your emotions are truly tested as we find out what fresh hell awaits Indy at his new place of residence, and frankly, I dont think I can handle a full feature-length version of this niche level of torture. However, theres one reason I need to see Good Boy more than I need to do anything else I have to find out if Indy survives. Surely Shudder wouldnt be that cruel, right? Good Boys first
trailer is the worst thing Ive had to watch this year so far, and thats scaring me
Lets dig a little deeper. Shudder immediately goes for the jugular by
starting the Good Boy trailer with flashback footage of Indy when he was a puppy, growing up with his humans and loving everything that life had to
throw at him. SOB. Then his owner, a mysterious man we never see the face of, starts getting ill, which prompts the pair to move into a log cabin you couldnt pay me to spend an hour in. From here, the trailer turns dark, with Indy plagued by strange shadows, bloody footsteps and an owner whos begun acting like hes possessed.
This prompts a lot of cutaways of puppy dog eyes, sad whining, and frantic spurts of barking to try and get his person back to normal. Its the absolute worst thing you could see in a horror movie, and Shudder knows that. Whenever something bad happens onscreen, we want to know that the animals were unharmed, because who cares about the humans? Good Boy takes that way of thinking and makes it a nightmare in itself, and Ive thought about Indy every day since I knew the movie even existed.
So, would Shudder be brave (or brazen) enough to actually kill off an
innocent dog at the hands of the supernatural? We certainly cant rule it out. The streamer is where filmmakers go to take risks that more mainstream brands like Netflix probably wouldnt run with, so anything goes. That being said,
you dont want your dog-killing movie to be remembered for all the wrong reasons, so Id guess Good Boy just stops short of what we fear the most but only just.
Frankly, Halloween is going to be all the more terrifying just by having this streaming at the click of a button, and thats before we get to the tail end
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/the-good-boy-trailer-is-the-hardest-watch- of-2025-and-the-new-horror-movie-hasnt-even-been-released-yet
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