This isn’t to say the film does not have its merits, though. Those who were expecting the high strangeness of ‘Death Bed’ will have to look elsewhere. Blood is thrown around here and there, but the recliner never goes for any truly gruesome kills. It hits some standard horror beats but keeps the gore rather lite. ‘Killer Sofa’ had the potential to be an entertaining dark comedy. Anyone who it deems as a threat or obstacle that could divert Francesca’s attention is fair game.
The two are somehow connected, but how? It does not take long for the recliner to start murdering people, starting with Francesca’s boyfriend. She is drawn to it somehow, experiencing a thankfully sexless intimate movement with the seat. The recliner is a gift to Franchesca, but it isn’t immediately clear who the sender really is. The whole event leaves Jack in critical condition and he starts to piece together the puzzle, although the chair is now in the possession of his grandaughter’s friend Francesca. He witnesses a woman from a previous century running away from someone and eventually taking her own life. Upon touching the upholstery of the film’s title villain, Jack receives a vision of the past. The evil piece of furniture is temporarily given to the custody of a store owner named Rabbi Jack. It sports two suspicious button eyes and quickly claims its first blood. A group of movers show up to the now cleaned ceremony site and remove the lumpy brown recliner. The story moves forward some unknown time in the future.
An eerily anthropomorphic reclining chair looks on during the events.
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The movie kicks off with a bunch of blood splatter as a helpless gentleman is dismembered during a hoodoo ceremony. That should clear up some confusion going forward, maybe. ‘Killer Sofa’ isn’t so much about a sofa, but a possessed recliner. A little spiritual possession in an aging recliner can really liven up the drawing room. Hoodoo and lazy-boy chairs, this is a combination everyone has been clamoring for.