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Good Boy turns what sounds like a silly premise—a dog’s-eye view of a haunted house—into an oddly moving horror story about loyalty, loss, and what it really means to be a “good boy.”

We’re all self-centered. We have no choice. For creative types, this natural and unavoidable self-centric impulse can result in painters creating self-portraits, writers including themselves in novels, and in movies we find movies made about making movies: Meta Movies!

Endorsing scary movies for kids is impossible. What is or isn’t scary for a particular kid is impossible to predict and some movies you wouldn’t think are scary at all can still result in your child having nightmares and wanting to sleep with you after watching them.

I’m not a horror fan. I don’t enjoy the feelings they bring—anxiety, fear, disgust, dread. I try to keep those emotions out of my daily life. Still, these films managed to creep onto my screen… and into my nightmares. Consider this a warning list—or an invitation, depending on your tolerance for terror.