The Spanish horror movie The Coffee Table (La mesita del comedor in Spain) was billed as a black comedy, but hoooooo boy, it is perhaps the blackest of black comedies ever made. Unless "black comedy" means you cringe so hard you find it hard to continue watching and you laugh maybe once?
There's no denying The Coffee Table is a horror movie, though not one that has anything to do with the supernatural, mad killers, or science fiction. Its horrors are firmly planted in real life, and that's what makes it an almost unbearable experience. It's a hard movie to talk about! Explain why you found it so difficult to watch and you take away any surprises. But you kind of have to explain why it's so difficult to watch if you want to give fair warning to any potential viewers.
So I will be extremely vague and just say that the movie ultimately proves that bad taste in interior design is no laughing matter, and can lead to more than just aesthetically horrible outcomes.
I watched The Coffee Table via a DVD from my library, but it is also available to rent online.
1 comment:
So so curious but… Sounds like it’s interesting but also that there’s good reason to be apprehensive.
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