The Tragic Dread of GOOD BOY (Generational Curse, Spectral Infestation + Ending) Explained

I believe the entity is the personification of death because it didn’t harm Indy. If it was a malicious supernatural being I think it would have hurt the dog, as we have seen in countless other films. I got the feeling that death was not malicious so much as inevitable. That’s why it just tried to keep Indy from interfering without harming him. And death let Indy go once the dog chose to leave over staying like Bandit.

The fact that it could be the dog grieving and trying to understand what’s happening to his owner has me bawling.

I agree the dark entity is personification of something like Cancer , the muddy look of it is black like a malignant tumor. The hereditary nature of the illness fits cancer being hereditary. Plus animals can sense terminal illness like cancer in people by the scent diseased cells emit from the body and this is what Indy and Bandit sensed and perceived with their owners

What about the foxes? What was the point of that subplot?

Indy was phenomenal!! Such a Good Boy 🐾His stunts were impressive and although he did not know he was in a movie his acting was superb! Really liked how the movie focused on him and his perspective and never showed any human's faces. Loved the shadow person aspect of Death coming for the owner. The muddy footprints were great to add suspense. Todd went to isolate himself and die much like a dog often does when it is sick and knows it is going to die. The atmosphere with the storms was on point along with the sound score. Cinematography was 🔥 solid jump scares, one got me good. 15 out of 16 & top 3 horror movies of the year!

For the people that keep saying it was Death who dragged Todd to the basement, it IS NOT. Death is not classless or evil enough to drag a soul like that. Death is calm and light, a relief after years of suffering. The mud that Indy sees can be the cancer or disease he smells in Todd. That's why sometimes Indy can't distinguish between Todd and the mud entity and accidentally bit Todd's hand. Indy doesn't understand that the "off" thing he smells is inside Todd.

Dog is so cute ❤

I watched the movie 7/10 for me ❤

Just like the Cat's point of view in Stray. This one is about a Dog's family and journey through the terror of creatures from the surroundings.

Just saw this last night. It’s a great exploration of genetic illness and coming to terms with death, but instead of doing it from the perspective of a family member or the ill person (what would be more typical), it’s from the vantage of a loyal doggo. And how much the movie commits to this perspective is apparent in its nuances. It is shot primarily in dark and the manifestation is rarely visibly present.

Since a dogs senses of smell and sound are most prevalent, Indy’s experience with the manifestation comes from the odd noise in the quiet or the slowly growing smell of illness and death as the story progresses. Indy has flashbacks from Bandit’s pov after sniffing Bandit’s bandana or after finding bandit’s corpse. The manifestation appears more tangibly as the owner’s illness begins overtaking him, and the scenes of violence that Indy experiences are the owner’s more visceral reactions to stress as the illness becomes insurmountable. Since the owner was portrayed as nothing but nice to Indy in the beginning, Indy’s brain naturally attributes these new behaviors and smells as being something malevolent outside of his owner.

Even the idea that the owner would go off into the woods to die by himself is a very dog-centric concept. Just all around a well made film.

I watched this film with my family. They thought it was mid but I thought it was great.

I think that the entity is partly imaginary because there are scenes where I cannot tell if it’s real or not.

But I do think Vera finding Indy in the cellar is symbolic of breaking the cycle of family trauma. She’s engulfed in white light, and Indy is in the stairs down.

I also thought Todd went there to die, but Indy doesn’t understand.

I love it when a movie actually allows you to analyze it.

Great film I recommend watching it if you like slow moving horror.

We made dogs, but we do not deserve them.

Great video.

I loved on the drive home with my kid discussing the ending and overall themes

How much was supernatural and how much was an allegory?

But the camera work and tone, this director should be proud of his hard work

And I hope we see more of him and other projects

After watching this movie from the dog's perspective, I can say that I see "Courage, the Cowardly Dog" with different eyes.

It kind of feels like a movie about cancer.

👌 Really nice summary and explanation; even emotional 😢.

It only works because of how expressive Indy was, and the sure handed direction of the movie. I know it wouldn't happen in a million years, but Leonberg deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Director.

I'm not going. To be able watch this movie

I cant bear to watch the dog getting skinned alive and then ripped in half

The grandpa's dog nevwr being found is probably the only plot hole in the story. We're told they never founs the dog, but were expected to believe no one thought to check the cellar?

if i remember correctly, you can use BTS scenes without youtube flagging it.