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Good Boy(2022)

Name: Good Boy
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2022
Duration: 76 min

2022 · Viljar Bøe · 76 min

Christian, a millionaire heir, meets Sigrid, a young student, on a dating app. They hit it off quickly, but there's only one problem: Christian lives with Frank, a man who dresses up and constantly acts like a dog.

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Horror · Thriller

6.2393 votes

TMDB score

3/5

Intensity

1/5

Gore

4/5

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How scary is Good Boy?

Good Boy builds its unease slowly, through awkward silences and social discomfort rather than shocks or scares. The dread here comes from watching a strange, unhealthy relationship unfold and slowly realizing how wrong things are, not from monsters or violence. It stays fairly quiet and grounded the whole way through, leaning more into cringe and creeping wrongness than gore or chases. This is one for people who like their horror uncomfortable and human, not loud or bloody.

On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Good Boy rates psychological 4/5, visceral 2/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 3/5.

Psychological: 4 of 5
Visceral: 2 of 5
Gore: 1 of 5
Lingering: 4 of 5
Intensity: 3 of 5

Slow burn vs Jump scares: 10 of 100 — leans Slow burn

Slow burnJump scares

Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world

SupernaturalReal-world

Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 70 of 100 — leans Disturbing

Fun-scaryDisturbing

Intensity over runtime

Shape only — no events

Reveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.

A slow, awkward slide from mild unease into deeply uncomfortable territory, with a sharp, brutal jolt at the very end.

Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5.

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