The Couch--My take on the short movie with spoilers!

 

Plot: A woman gets a free couch from Marketplace but soon finds herself dealing with an odd situation.

Who doesn't like a good shopping deal? Especially when the item is completely free?

But things are never free in life and usually there are strings attached to anything you are supposed to get for free. Isn’t it why they say you should always read the fine print?

As if there isn’t a lot to consider before buying things online, along comes a horror story to make you wary of buying things online.

You may have seen movies where a trespasser hides behind walls in big houses. Now, you get to see the intruder hiding in furniture.

THE COUCH Plot

A woman gets help from her friend to move in a couch with storage into her apartment.

At night, she heads back to her room. We hear crickets but that's not what is odd about this night. A man creeps out of the storage space and heads inside the kitchen.

The next morning, the woman finds empty food packets and realizes her cereal is almost over. But she probably ate all of it, right?

This happens again the next night but the woman is still unaware of the intruder inside her house.

The next morning she heads out. The man creeps out of his hiding spot once more and heads into her bathroom.

The woman returns because she forgot her phone. When she finds an empty chip packet sticking out of the storage space, she pulls it out and lifts the storage space only to find a pillow and food wrappers.

That's when she hears the toilet flush. Stunned, she finds a man enter the living room. She tries to rush out, only for the man to capture her.

Just goes to show how careful you need to be when you shop for things online.

Quick Review: The horror short is entertaining and doesn’t take too much time to reveal the twist. The third act, wherein the woman finally finds out what she has actually bought is well-executed. 

The Couch will truly make you think twice before buying any piece of furniture. 

The movie stars Lane Griffith, Jameson Schnell, and Joshua James.

The Couch is written, directed, and edited by Alex Magaña.

Scare scale: 4/5 

Watch this short on Youtube