Good Boy is a 2025 horror-thriller film directed by Ben Leonberg. This is Leonberg’s directorial debut starring Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling retriever, and Shane Jensen as Todd, Indy’s owner. The film revolves around the supernatural events that take place after Todd and Indy move into a new home.
So, let’s take a look at the fate of both characters and explore the emotional ending of Good Boy. Do Todd and Indy die at the end?
What happens to Todd and Indy in Good Boy ending?
The film packs a powerful punch of sentiment as Todd and Indy encounter a dark entity when they move into Todd’s deceased grandfather’s home. While the entity true nature does not get a clear explanation, the ending of the film clarifies a lot. Sadly, Todd dies at the end of Good Boy.
The events of the film reveal that Todd developed a fatal sickness that isn’t medically curable. This revelation adds a metaphorical meaning to the story. Even though the film portrays the dark entity as the antagonist, the sickness itself can be interpreted as equally antagonistic.
After being haunted on multiple occasions by the entity, with Indy constantly attempting to rescue his owner, Todd finally dies leaving Indy behind. He gets dragged into the basement and tells Indy that he cannot follow him. Here he succumbs to his sickness… or to the possession? That is left for the viewers to interpret.
However, the deeper meaning to the end seems to come from Indy’s perspective of his human’s suffering. The entity could just be a metaphor for Todd’s sickness as seen from Indy’s point of view. This can be backed by the fact that the entity does not do any major harm to Indy and lets him live.
In the end, Indy’s fate has a future as he decides to listen to his owner’s final words and move on, unlike Todd’s grandfather’s dog who seems to have starved near the cave. In the final moments of the film, Todd’s sister arrives and discovers what went down at the house. This leads to an emotional ending where Indy looks out the window while Vera drives them home.
