The Devil's Bath
Directed by Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped in a murky and lonely path leading to evil thoughts, until the possibility of committing a shocking act of violence seems like the only way out of her inner prison. Giving a voice to the invisible and unheard women of the rural past, THE DEVIL’S BATH is based on historical court records about a shocking, hitherto unexplored chapter of European history.
From the directors of Goodnight Mommy, comes a chilling psychological descent into the rural past.
Cast: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter, Natalija Baranova, Camilla Schielin, Lorenz Tröbinger, Claudia Martini, Agnes Lampl, Lukas Walcher, Reinhold Felsinger, Elias Schützenhofer
Member Reviews
5 minutes in, the film tells you exactly what it'll be about. It's horrible. Five stars
No party, like an execution party. be prepared for a long slow journey with little pay off of you make it to the very end. wouldn't call this a horror movie, it's a tragedy.
The dark history of European people's religious persecution of women, in which their blame was sealed from the start and their morbid escape from damnation.
Awkward. shouldn't be classified as horror. not a bad movie but not a good movie
slow burn, but it kept me interested. I'm so glad I live now & not then.