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The horror genre has no shortage of films about haunted or possessed items. And I'm not just talking about the usual haunted house or haunted doll fare, either. Films like "Slaxx" boast haunted, killer pants, there's the possessed sofa of "Killer Sofa," and no one could forget "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats." Blumhouse's newest horror flick, "Night Swim," asks the audience to take a dip into a new haunted object: a backyard swimming pool. Based on his short film of the same name, Bryce McGuire's directorial feature debut centers on the Waller family, after former pro-baseball player Ray (Wyatt Russell) and his wife Eve (Kerry Condon) move their family to Minnesota as Ray learns to adjust to life following a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. With hydrotherapy highly encouraged, the Waller family buys a house with a swimming pool -- one that, unbeknownst to them, has a deep, dark history.

When it comes to the killers in horror movies, they usually take on a form that is typical of the villains of the genre. Whether a masked murderer like Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees or a scary spirit similar to The Lipstick Face Demon from the Insidious franchise, the antagonists are sentient entities that are mostly alive and thriving in these frightening flicks. However, not all movie monsters are created equal, with some of them coming in the form of inanimate objects that one would generally think of as innocuous but are instead proven to be quite deadly.

From tasty tomatoes in the classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes to a pair of stylish pants in the more recent release Slaxx, horror movies have managed to make something as simple as a lamp or a lone car tire into something deadly. At a glance, all of these evil inanimate...

Don’t. Sit. On the furniture.

Horror movies have turned all sorts of inanimate objects into sadistic killers over the years and up next it’s a seemingly harmless sofa that becomes a monster in Killer Sofa!

From director Bernardo Rao, Killer Sofa is now streaming on Screambox.

“Electric Dreams meets Christine in the heart-warmingly horrific chronicle of a killer Lazy Boy that falls in love with a girl – and the bloody carnage that follows as a result!”

“Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile the reclining chair becomes enchanted...

The trope of cursed objects is a unique corner of horror. Not to be confused with killer dolls and mannequins (that's a whole other niche), we're talking about your ordinary household objects come to life to wreck people's lives (and sometimes murder them) in the most bonkers, off-the-wall, and outrageous ways. Perhaps a comet or asteroid crashes into earth, causing a strange transference of energy, or an experiment goes horribly wrong. Sometimes, it's a phenomenon with no logical explanation, so it's even more difficult to defeat.

Cursed and killer objects in the movies ebb and flow with time. The 1970s and '80s were a particularly hot time for the subgenre, featuring a slew of deadly inanimate objects like a killer bed (more on that later), a killer car ("Christine"), a killer elevator ("The Lift"), and a killer lamp ("Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes"). Cursed objects were less prevalent in the '90s,...

It's time for another Corpse Club catch-up and news update on this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast! Listen as co-hosts Scott Drebit, Bryan Christopher, Tamika Jones, Derek Anderson, and Jonathan James once again discuss what movies and TV series they've been watching, and they also share their reactions to exciting horror headlines in the genre world, including Severin's The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Blu-ray box set and Heather Wixson's new four-volume book series Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Conversations with Cinema’s Greatest Artists.

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For many years, a popular tradition among Cannes Film Festival attendees with a market badge and an eye for the silly has been to scour the various sales company booths in search of the most ridiculous film title.

Those taking part have rarely been disappointed, and just last year the likes of Killer Sofa and Dogman's Rabies battled for this unofficial — and sometimes very much unwanted — accolade. While 2020's virtual edition might not offer quite the same opportunity for insane poster perusing, a clear winner has already emerged.

Ladies and gentleman, please give it up for Bonzai ...

For many years, a popular tradition among Cannes Film Festival attendees with a market badge and an eye for the silly has been to scour the various sales company booths in search of the most ridiculous film title.

Those taking part have rarely been disappointed, and just last year the likes of Killer Sofa and Dogman's Rabies battled for this unofficial — and sometimes very much unwanted — accolade. While 2020's virtual edition might not offer quite the same opportunity for insane poster perusing, a clear winner has already emerged.

Ladies and gentleman, please give it up for Bonzai ...

Just as Netflix announced that it will start killing off its binging format with certain shows in favor of weekly episodes, Killer Sofa arrives to scare you out of the chair. From filmmaker Bernardo Rao, comes the most ridiculously entertaining horror jaunt of the year, Killer Sofa is on DVD and Digital from High Octane Pictures. It's Electric Dreams meets Christine in the heart-warmingly horrific chronicle of a killer Lazy Boy that falls in love with a girl, and the bloody carnage that follows as a result.

Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi's grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack's newfound gift for communicating with the other world.