History Film / MansBestFriend

* InfantImmortality: Played straight. At first, Max is quite docile and friendly with Lori's young neighbor, Rudy, and allows Rudy and his friend Chet to take him for a walk. Even after he's gone berserk, rather than seriously injuring or killing Rudy, Max only tosses him aside when Rudy tries hitting him with a baseball bat. Earlier still, Max also goes after the paperboy who hit him with a paper, but does no more than toss him off his bike, ruin one of the bike's tires, and scare the heck out of him.

** Also Ray.

* InfantImmortality: Played straight. At first, Max is quite docile and friendly with Lori's young neighbor, Rudy, and allows Rudy and his friend Chet to take him for a walk. Even after he's gone berserk, rather than seriously injuring or killing Rudy, Max only tosses him aside when Rudy tries hitting him with a baseball bat. Earlier still, Max also goes after the paperboy who hit him with a paper, but does no more than toss him off his bike, ruin one of the bike's tires, and scare the crap out of him.

* AngryGuardDog / BewareOfViciousDog: Max.

* BigBad: Dr. Jarret.

* CoversAlwaysLie: [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3560020992/tt0107504 The home video cover]] has a RobotDog, but Max is only a genetic monster, not a cyborg.

Television reporter Lori Tanner (Ally Sheedy) has just broken into a research facility and inadvertently lets loose a big, genetically altered dog named Max created by a MadScientist, Dr. Jarret (Creator/LanceHenriksen). Though docile around Lori, the dog is in danger of going through a psychotic break without the drugs needed to keep him emotionally stable, and exhibits loads of abilities that make him a more efficient killer. This is very bad news for the denizens of Lori's neighborhood.

** She was acting particularly coy, though...so...not rape? We hope.

'''''Man's Best Friend''''' is a 1993 horror film written and directed by John Lafia (''[[Film/ChildsPlay Child's Play 2]]'').

* InfantImmortality: Played straight. At first, Max is quite docile with Lori's young neighbor, Rudy, and allows Rudy and his friend Chet to take him for a walk. Even after he's gone berserk, rather than seriously injuring or killing Rudy, Max only tosses Rudy aside when Rudy tries hitting him with a baseball bat. Earlier still, Max also goes after the paperboy who hit him with a paper, but does no more than toss him off his bike, ruin one of the bike's tires, and scare the crap out of him.

Television reporter Lori Tanner has just broken into a research facility and inadvertently lets loose a big, genetically altered dog named Max created by a MadScientist, Dr. Jarret (Creator/LanceHenriksen). Though docile around Lori, the dog is in danger of going through a psychotic break without the drugs needed to keep him emotionally stable, and exhibits loads of abilities that make him a more efficient killer. This is very bad news for the denizens of Lori's neighborhood.

* InfantImmortality: Played straight. At first, Max is quite docile with Lori's young neighbor, Rudy, and allows Rudy and his friend Chet to take him for a walk. Even after he's gone berserk, rather than seriously injuring or killing Rudy, Max only tosses Rudy aside when Rudy tries hitting him with a baseball bat. Earlier still, Max also goes after the paperboy who hit him with a paper, but does no more than toss him off his bike, ruin one of the bike's tires and scare the crap out of him.

* SoundtrackDissonance: In line with the MoodWhiplash example, occasionally lighthearted comedy music plays during scenes it shouldn't be playing during (like when Max makes evil eyes at Lori's boyfriend, or the police discover the mailman's corpse.)
* SwallowedWhole: Max chases the mean neighborhood cat into a tree, climbs after it and swallows it.

* {{Yandere}} Max gets really jealous of anyone tries to court Lori.

* BlackComedyRape: Max on the Collie owned by Lori's neighbor.

* LegoGenetics

* ShovelStrike

* SwallowedWhole: Max chases the mean neighborhood cat into a tree, climbs after it and eats it.

* BlackComedyRape: Max on the Collie owned by Heidi's neighbor.

* MoodWhiplash: There are plenty of moments where the movie can't decide if it's a ''Film/{{Beethoven}}''-style comedy or a horror movie.

* MoodWhiplash: There are plenty of moments where the movie can't decide if it's a comedy or a horror movie.

Television reporter Lori Tanner has just broken into a research facility and inadvertently lets loose a big, genetically altered dog named Max created by a MadScientist, Dr. Jarret (LanceHenriksen). Though docile around Lori, the dog is in danger of going through a psychotic break without the drugs needed to keep him emotionally stable, and exhibits loads of abilities that make him a more efficient killer. This is very bad news for the denizens of Lori's neighborhood.

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Television reporter Lori Tanner has just broken into a research facility and inadvertently lets loose a big, genetically altered dog named Max created by a MadScientist, Dr. Jarret(LanceHenriksen). Though docile around Lori, the dog is in danger of going through a psychotic break without the drugs needed to keep him emotionally stable, and exhibits loads of abilities that make him a more efficient killer. This is very bad news for the denizens of Lori's neighborhood.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Max impregnated his collie neighbor before getting blown into the next world and she has a litter of puppies, one of whom looks an awful lot like Max.]]

'''''Man's Best Friend''''' is a 1993 horror film written and directed by John Lafia(''[[Film/ChildsPlay Child's Play 2]]'').

* SwallowedWhole

'''''Man's Best Friend''''' is a 1993 horror film directed by John Lafia(''[[Film/ChildsPlay Child's Play 2]]'').