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The Coffee Table
One of last year’s most controversial horror movies was the Spanish director Caye Casas’s taboo-breaking psychological drama about the aftermath of an unspeakable act. Now that it’s streaming for free, the faint of heart should steer clear but the brave should buckle up.
The film begins as Jesús (David Pareja), against the wishes of his wife, María (Estefanía de los Santos), buys a gaudy coffee table. As if the table being ugly wasn’t enough, when Jesús installs it in the bickering couple’s living room, it becomes the centerpiece of a sickening act of violence while Maria is at the supermarket. When Maria returns home and visitors arrive, Jesús is forced to reckon with the ghastly horror in their midst.
I’ll hand it to Casas: He goes there, especially at the start and the finale of this sinister and surprisingly comic film. The pacing sags in the middle, when the screenplay (by Casas and Cristina Borobia), slowly treads dread and repetitively underlines issues of postpartum depression and toxic masculinity. Still, “The Coffee Table” is a welcome shocker at a time when risk-taking horror has become too rare.
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