2019 · comedy · horror
Killer Sofa
Directed by Bernie Rao1h 20m2019
Francesca has always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile, the reclining chair becomes obsessed with Francesca and begins to commit crimes of passion.
Our read: Killer Sofa (2019) reads as a neutral, breathless, surreal comedy · horror entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured comedy / horror, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- cold
- funny
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