Inside Good Boy: horror, empathy, and the golden path

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We rate Good Boy, salvage a lost recording, and settle into a dog’s-eye horror that hits harder than slashers. Between bourbon, Pineapple Express, and hallway dread, we trace empathy, ownership, and why silence can be the scariest instrument on the board.

• rating the categories: acting, cinematography, score, story, rewatchability
• dog-as-protagonist and sensory POV through scent and silence
• empathy for innocence vs desensitization to human death
• the fox image, ghost retriever, and metaphor of illness
• long hallways, patience, and when silence works
• responsibility of pet ownership and listening to warning cues
• alternate cuts: guard dog vs retriever, how the plot changes
• shoutouts to listeners, Blade debate, and Air Bud jokes

“Thanks to our newest listeners in Springfield—Cadarius, this one’s for you. Cheers to Air Bud and to every nepo baby burning in hell—respectfully.”

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