Tag: Ben Leonberg

• The 25 Best Horror Films of 2025 — Ranked

  

  Fear, flesh, and feeling collide in 2025’s most unforgettable horror films. From intimate character studies to blood-soaked spectacles, this year’s genre offerings pushed boundaries, challenged expectations, and proved once again why horror remains one of cinema’s most vital storytelling spaces. Here are my 25 favorite horror films of 2025 — ranked, reflected on, and celebrated…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  December 30, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, A24 Movies, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Horror, Independent Film, Mockumentary, Movie Analysis, Psychological Drama, Women Directors

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• Good Boy (2025) Review: A Haunting Horror Told Through a Dog’s Eyes

  

  Release Date: Theatrical release (U.S.) — October 3, 2025 (festival premiere at SXSW March 10, 2025) Runtime: 73 minutes (1 hr 13 min) Rated: PG-13 — for terror, bloody images and strong language Production Companies: What’s Wrong With Your Dog? (Leonberg / Fischer indie credit) — distributed in English territories by Shudder / IFC (Independent Film…

  Rolando Illanes Jr.

  October 3, 2025

  2025 Movie Reviews, Entertainment, Film Reviews, Horror, Independent Film, Movie Analysis, Psychological Drama

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