Some horror films make you scream, some make you question if human intestines really stretch that far, and some are named after a piece of furniture and leave psychological scarring. The Coffee Table's title and thumbnail aren't going to stand out when you're scrolling through the Tubi movie library, but take a chance on it and you'll experience a story that starts with one seemingly banal decision and turns it into an extended nightmare on a par with Martyrs and the original Danish version of Speak No Evil.

The Coffee Table is free to watch on Tubi now and starts like a domestic drama. Jesus and Maria are an unhappy couple with a new baby, shopping for furniture with resentment hanging over them like a poisonous fog. Jesus takes a shine to a mid-century meets brothel aesthetic monstrosity made of glass and metal, and when his wife says she doesn't want it, the argument quickly spirals from interior design to a battleground for Jesus's insecurity about the lack of power he has in the relationship, in everything from the color of their home's walls to the timing of their first child. He insists on taking the table home, and the consequences of that decision are so much worse than just a marital counselling session.

The spoiler-free version is this: he gets it home, and Maria leaves to buy food and wine ahead of an impending family visit that afternoon. The baby is crying, assembling the table is made more difficult by a missing screw, and then, almost out of nowhere, the big, terrible, awful thing happens.

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