The human performers in this ridiculous horror-comedy are barely OK, but the recliner is actually a pretty good actor. I mean, sure, it's miscast as a sofa, but damned if it doesn't give the challenging role its all. I see great things in its future; maybe it could play an airline seat, or with some heavy prosthetics, even a throne.
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C_Jags5 March 2020
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kosmasp31 December 2020And I'm not talking spirits here (although that too of course), but the fact this is not really something I would call a Sofa. Killer it is for sure. And it also takes itself quite seriously! Jed Brophy of Braindead and Peter Jackson fame in general has one role in this, but it is the ... chair of death that really is the star.
Also the quite constructed story with evil spirits and flashbacks and all that. I have to admit, I thought this was going to be just a popcorn movie, which it really isn't. And I don't particularly mean that as a bad thing, just letting you know. If you are looking for completely silly, maybe check the Killer Donuts (I did that too) ... -
SweetieReviews17 March 2021Not that bad of a movie, it is kinda dumb funny.😆 But I like movies like this, it might not be for everyone. But if you like horror dumb comedy movies then you may wanna give this movie a try. But even if you don't like that type of movie I still would give it a watch if you bored and have nothing else to watch. That ending tho I didn't expect that good job on that.
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BandSAboutMovies27 November 2019Originally called My Lover, My Lazy Boy, this is the tale of a comfy chair that falls in love with a girl named Francesca. She's always attracted guys that can't fall out of love with her. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi.
Now, it turns out that Maxi's grandfather Jack is a disgraced rabbi who comes across a comfortable chair that just so happens to contain a Dybbuk. Now, Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner must attempt to find out where the chair is and before it kills any more people to win over Francesca.
Oh New Zealand. What is going on in that country?
Really, two things.
First, the shots of the chair watching people are all uniformly hilarious. They're worth watching this entire movie for, as is the moment when someone vacuums up an eyeball.
Second, that's a chair. Not a sofa. Stop the lies. -
korythacher1 September 2021I understand the low ratings on this one, but for me this gets 5* because it was entertaining to watch
If this sounds like something you want to watch, then you will enjoy it, especially if you like to watch b-horror with a group
Its story and acting are worse than you could anticipate, but they did such a good job with the sofa that it had everyone in our group cracking up. -
doctorsmoothlove31 October 2020Killer Sofa is perhaps the best of the modern "possessed inanimate object" pictures that has come out in the last few years. The only thing really wrong with it is its clumsy name. There is no sofa in the film that kills anyone. The villain is really a recliner. The poster is also inaccurate though the director has admitted he wishes he had put teeth onto the recliner.
What works here is its director's lack of superiority over the material. In most films like this, the viewer gets the impression that the director knows he's making garbage. The jokes are forced and the viewer is inclined to make fun of the picture. Not here. This one is mostly a straight up horror movie with some occasional humor. Think Demonic Toys a la Single White Female.
See the recliner is occupied by a dybbuk, the soul of a killer who died many years ago. His lover has occupied the lives generations of women. The two have become separated over the years and recently reunite when the current female host buys the recliner. Her lover communicates with her through the water pipes. Again, creepy.
The recliner stalks various people in the apartment. These scenes are filmed well enough to give the impression of menace. It's more professional than you would expect in a production like this. The recliner's design adds to the creepiness or humor sometimes. It has two buttons as eyes and a separation of its cushion serves as its mouth.
The recliner walks by slowly moving across the floor. It is almost like watching something in stop motion. The kills are intriguing too. It's hard to imagine how a recliner would harm anyone. The picture gives it springs and other sharp objects with which to attack victims.
The picture as a whole is worth your time. The only failure here is marketing. This is not a comedy horror movie in spite of its subject. -
ops-525351 October 2019Well, growing up with demonized items on film, this is some of the lamest ive seen of the kind. it seems like sofa is a question of definition. to me a sofa has 2 or more seats, in the film its a large armchair with leg recliner, that has got some evil forces within. there are a lot of magic and voodoo mumbo jumbo, and some small special effects inbetween, not very impressiv but not hopelessly pointless eitherway
the acting is on average, and the storyline and plot are very cliched, the grumpy old man wont be scared of this armchair compared to an imploding doublebed , or being swallowed by the matress gap in the middle of the act thats scarier i can tell you, so do it on a single matress or do strap the legs well before you embark, i forgot.... -
TheMovieDiorama8 May 2020Let's set the record straight. It's not a sofa. It's a recliner. "Killer Recliner" adheres to the accuracy of its furniture depiction. Secondly, who would purchase a dilapidated reclining chair that had been originally chained up during the scene of a gruesome murder? Thirdly, considering the minimalistic contemporary furniture within Francesca's apartment, why the hell would she opt for such a hideous-looking piece of upholstery? Never mind the beaded eyes and grumpy smile resting on the back of the chair, a mildly amusing attempt to anthropomorphise said seating apparatus, it's probably carrying more diseases than her apparent endless list of stalkers.
So, as the not-so vague title suggests, Killer Sofa revolves around a murdering chair that becomes fixated on a young woman called Francesca, whom happens to be so alluring that every single man drop to their knees and yearn for her love (no, seriously...). It soon transpires, after much investigational exposition, that the chair is possessed by a Dybbuk and feeds off the souls of the innocent. It springs into action (literally!), walks around the apartment and slaughter its victims with its reclining metal brackets. Oh, and by carrying a metal iron.
Rao's Kiwi comedic horror had the potential to live up to several hilarious features that recognise the lunacy of its premise. King's wooly baaa-d film 'Black Sheep' understood the balance between sheer hilarity and serious storytelling. Killer Sofa, unfortunately, forgot to read that memo. The humour is dry. So dry, that it's almost unidentifiable. From character names including detective Bob Gravy to questionable acting that failed to capitalise on its hyperbolic premise. Is it purposefully bad? Or just terrible? Who knows! Consequently, the entire feature feels all too serious regarding its ludicrous plot, relinquishing the vast majority of entertainment to be had. The runtime is expended attempting to depict the origins of the Dybbuk possessing the beige recliner, instead of supporting the concept of a chair wandering the streets (oh yes, it does have the ability to walk!) and slaying innocent civilians with its coiled springs. Essentially, wasting a perfectly solid humorous story.
Impatience increases every time a person sits on the recliner and gracefully leaps away from it. Where's the chomping? Sofa munching is what we desired! The story itself is predictably pedestrian, with limited imagination displayed due to the strict replication of other possession-based features. Several dream sequences, including but not limited to Francesca sexually touching up the recliner in obtuse misty red mood lighting (yeah, me neither...), add some fragmentation to the narrative and some creative directorial choices.
Unfortunately though, for an imaginative comedic horror revolving around a possessed recliner, it's extraordinarily uninspired. Had it opted for a less serious route, Killer Sofa could've been a bloody fun time to sit through. As it stands, it's just another antiqued furniture that time will forget... -
someonemate8 November 2019Very bad movie, this movie sucked so bad. Don't make movies like this!
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Bernie Rao started with a pretty good concept here. Then he obviously changed his mind about a hundred times and landed on an unwatchable piece of garbage. Let me be very clear, this film has no redeeming qualities. Every character is less than one dimensional. There are no elipses, each time someone is coming up some stairs it takes a full 15 seconds. There are no jokes. Some people in the reviews claim that there is humor peppered in with horror. I say there's no humor and no horror, only a wasted premise slow rolled through a well lit summer afternoon in New Zealand. I'm just grateful Amazon has a fast forward button or I wouldn't have seen enough of the thing to confidently rate it. Congrats, you finished a movie, here's a star.
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I_Ailurophile10 October 2021I'll say this much: 'Killer sofa' knows exactly what it is, and has no illusions and carries no pretense otherwise. Every story beat and detail is preposterously ham-handed and over the top, yet played perfectly straight. The movie is emphatically, brazenly unconcerned with suspension of disbelief, playing very fast and loose with every concept on hand (voodoo, Jewish mysticism, dybbuks) and catapulting enthusiastically over the line into the realm of pure implausibility. It embraces every film trope and genre convention that it can, no matter how specious, and goes further still in making characters and scenes as ridiculously exaggerated as they could be.
Whether or not there's any to fun to be derived from this spectacle depends entirely on how willing and able one is to engage with a feature of this nature. It's not funny, and it's not scary. It is, however, surprisingly well made, leaning completely into its absurdity and making the best movie in that slant as it can. Against all odds, it's entertaining, and keeps us watching all the way through. Despite clear disregard for accurately representing the notions it employs, and its forthright, indelicate, and graceless approach to every aspect, the screenplay is unexpectedly solid, and internally consistent.
Set pieces, props, hair, makeup, costume design, practical effects, and all other fundamental elements of film-making are quite fine. Special effects are decidedly over the top, yet suitable as such given the tenor of the movie. And everyone in the cast gleefully rolls with every far-fetched fling of fancy in this farce, obviously having a good time. 'Killer sofa' bears all the hallmarks of a serious horror-thriller, a slasher dabbling with occult or supernatural ideas, while also incorporating every wacky, ludicrous ounce of conscious foolishness that it can. Honestly, this is a marvel.
Only viewers receptive to the most outrageous of B-movies will find any favor here. I admit I began watching with utmost skepticism, despite a recommendation from trusted sources. But to my delight, this is a low form of entertainment that accepts its labels and constraints, makes the most of the space it occupies, and does it so well as to come out the other side as bizarrely refined. If nothing else is true, suffice to say that 'Killer sofa' is quite the experience; I can't believe I'm saying this, but it earns a genuine recommendation - this is worth watching if you have the opportunity. -
paul_haakonsen7 October 2019Now, a movie such as this 2019 one titled "Killer Sofa", is one that you have to sit down and watch with a light heart and be prepared to laugh. You know it is going to be a campy spoof horror, so I don't understand why "Killer Sofa" has been rated so poorly.
I sat down to watch it expecting to laugh and be entertained, and I was on both accounts. This is a hilarious movie in its own right. I mean, a recliner that is possessed by a dybbuk and hellbent on killing people? Come on. What is not to love here? This is not meant to be a serious and scary horror movie people. You need to approach this movie and not expect to be in for your typical horror movie, because this is a comedy through and through.
The entire movie was a blast, and I loved the appearance of the possessed recliner, it was just glorious. And I must take my hat off for writer and director Bernie Rao, because this was definitely a one of a kind and truly unique and outstanding movie.
One thing about the movie though, the title. Now this is a recliner chair, not a sofa. So that was a little bit misleading. But hey, not really a big deal.
The cast in the movie were doing good jobs with their given characters, and it is always a treat for me to watch a movie where I am largely unfamiliar with the faces of the actors and actresses, as to not associate them with previous roles played and previous movies.
It is amazing that every now and again these pseudo-low budget movies pop up and prove that you don't need a billion dollar budget to make something that is entertaining.
I can warmly and highly recommend that you take the time to sit down and watch "Killer Sofa" if you get the chance. -
CraigMRosenthal10 February 2021I was looking on putting on mindless entertainment. A movie called Killer Sofa sounded right up my alley after a long day of work. The problem with the film is it doesn't seem to know what it really wants to be. A comedy or a horror film. It juggles this back and forth, unsuccessfully, as it downplays the comedic elements with attempting to make a straightforward horror film. It should have stuck to being an outright comedy and I think it would have been far more successful. But unfortunately, what we got is something that doesn't particularly live up to its title.
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thesar-212 April 2020Well I have watched possessed/killer movies about houses, dolls, cars, trucks, machines, manglers, masks, mall security robots, flutes, clown outfits, elevators/lifts, sand, beds and car tires. Why not a recliner?
And please note: I said "recliner," not sofa. What a misleading title! We've been duped!
I don't mind these wacky killer inanimate object films as long as they're inventive. Rubber, the killer tire movie, was probably my all-time favorite since it was wildly creative on its own, but just when it could get stale, BAM! the movie splits into two. Brilliant.
Killer "Sofa," not so much. Frankly, there were very few and far between scenes involving the easy chair. I will say, a few of them, though predictable, were cute and funny and a tad scary.
For better or worse, the movie took itself serious and I do like a movie that picks one tone and commits to it. Either be goofy at times, but still with horror, like Rubber, or never let your guard down and be 100% straight with the concept.
(That is, except for some of the mobile scenes involving...springs and buttons. Why wold a chair like that have those big buttons, except for being comical eyes for a possessed chair?)
It would be okay for all the above, but the majority of the movie is so convoluted with far to many characters, subplots, direction and by the time the third act came around, I had hardly a clue what was going on or anybody motives.
If it were fun, I'd recommend it. If it were serious and mostly about the chair not sofa, I'd recommend it. Sadly, it fit neither and gets no recommendation.
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Final Thoughts: Don't let the poster fool you. I wish it was that creative and scary! -
anndy_us2 May 2020This movie is insane and not in a good way. Waste of time, don't ever watch it. Terrible.
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fro83-803-10902623 April 2020Spoiler: The sofa was abducted. Totally unexpected.
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fluffchop27 August 2021I thought this might be an offbeat New Zealand comedy like Black Sheep. I didn't find it enjoyable to watch. I could only watch the first 11 minutes. When I skipped forward it was the same thing going on. It's more like a drama than a comedy or a horror. It's a total failure to me.
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mrmarkan-2746821 June 2021How on earth is this movie available on any platform. I literally watched it as when I saw the poster, I thought No!
Worse movie I've ever seen. -
utahman197118 June 2023This is an okay movie but not going anywhere at the beginning. It takes quite a while to get going. I like more violence and gore, than just slow pace movies. I do not care what others say that gore does not make a movie entertaining. I does to me. All talk and no action. Is just boring. If there is any action at all in this movie, it is really short action at times. This is not really scary to be a horror movie. More a thriller than horror. Whatever you say people. I have seen way better horror movies. I could watch it again but only if I am really bored of watching better ones. I say this should be the last on the list to watch.
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Unfortunately, I only discovered it when I awoke at 0300 today and turned on the tube with this movie already in progress so I missed the intro and setup. The "not a sofa" aspect was immediately apparent but it did look somewhat malevolent, at least as much as a possessed recliner can. I'm sure its ability to move and inflict harm was addressed in the story but I missed the first half. Sorry to have missed whatever helped the movie make sense and I hope to have the chance to see it in its entirety.
And, yes, we named our old couch El Sofa del Diablo due to the three deaths and two non-fatal strokes that occurred in our families during the reupholstering process. -
DuskShadow21 January 2023I had wanted to see this for over a year or two, and as much as I enjoy the B grade and even lower C grade flicks, this was one I was actually impressed by.
There were actually practical effects which were not too bad, and makes me wonder how much of a budget this film had at its disposal. Obviously it wasnt a million dollars, but even a third of that would make sense for this.
The couch that becomes possessed was the ultimate draw: something so innocuous, so comfy, so unassuming...with evil within that is LOOMING :P lol.
This was of course still supremely cheesy, but somehow it worked. If you can get passed the sometimes hard Aussie accents, its somewhat enjoyable. Enjoy with a tall drink. -
This is what a borat horror film would be if boratcwas a lazy boy. The only thing misleading about this movie is it's a lazy boy not a sofa . It's a no frills no special effects comedy horror with mainly comedy. Its low budget and does everything it can to be stupid and it's one if those it's so bad its great!! I laughed multiple times, would gave been a 9 but the ending was weak. Will watch again when I need a good laugh.
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armysbro91119 April 2021For a movie about a sofa it's pretty gosh darn entertaining. It's got a not horrible plot. A actually clever way to portray a killer sofa. And it keeps you engaged I expected far worse. Pleasently surprised and memorable.
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BA_Harrison6 October 2023In addition to all the other deadly inanimate objects we've had in the past (a bed, a car tyre, tomatoes, a mangle, a carousel unicorn, to name just a few), we now have a deadly sofa. Well, no, we don't actually, 'cos the piece of furniture causing all the chaos in Killer Sofa is a reclining chair. Didn't anyone notice when they made the film?
The homicidal upholstered seat is delivered to the home of dancer Francesca (Piimio Mei), who is unaware that it is possessed by an evil spirit that feeds on the souls of the living. With a plot as patently daft as that, one might imagine this film to be a whole load of daft over-the-top fun, but sadly it is nowhere near as crazy as it should have been. Occasionally, the film teeters on the brink of brilliance, but writer/director Bernie Rao never takes the leap of faith, unwilling to go full-on bonkers with his ridiculous premise.
While never boring, one can't help but be disappointed by the film's relatively reserved approach to something so utterly stupid. -
This movie is better than it has any right to be. Great fun and lots of laughs.