2023 · horror · thriller · drama
The Coffee Table
Directed by Caye Casas1h 31m2023
Jesus and María are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.
Our read: The Coffee Table (2023) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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“You want excruciating domestic dread where every polite smile curdles.”
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