The Devil's Bath

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Jason S A solid story that lays out how tough life was 270 years ago, but it really drags. Cut 30-40 minutes, and it is a great film. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/03/25 Full Review Paul M A hauntingly sterile look into 18th century Austrian madness. One of the most disturbing films Ive ever seen, due mostly to its strong sense of overt realism. There are no monsters, there are no jump scares, and there are no creepy haunted dolls, just impeding dread mixed with cold brutality. A must watch for fans of folk horror! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/18/25 Full Review sim M This is not a traditional horror movie, it is closer to a fiction documentary, which makes it even more frightening. Incredible realism. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review daniel p “El baño del diablo: Infierno en nombre del cielo” Ganadora del Festival de Sitges 2024, Des Teufels Bad me gustó mucho. Me recordó a La Bruja de Robert Eggers, por su ambientación abierta, sombría y opresiva. Está basada en hechos reales y muestra un pueblo donde el suicidio es mal visto, así que las personas —en su mayoría mujeres— optaban por matar a alguien, generalmente niños, para luego ir con un cura, pedir perdón y ser absueltas… y aun así ser castigadas por la comunidad. Así empieza la película: una mujer lanza a un bebé por un barranco. Ese es el tono. La historia sigue a Agnes (Anja Plaschg), una joven que se casa con Wolf (David Scheid) y parece que todo irá bien, pero pronto vemos su lucha por adaptarse a esa nueva vida. Su esposo la desprecia, su suegra es opresiva, no tiene amigos, y todo eso la arrastra a una depresión retratada de forma brillante por las directoras Severin Fiala y Veronika Franz. El guion está muy bien trabajado y visualmente es impresionante: el uso de recursos cinematográficos, la fotografía, los paisajes rurales, los animales, las costumbres… todo crea una atmósfera sofocante, dura y muy efectiva. La actuación de Anja Plaschg es excelente. No me aburrí en ningún momento. La música, en ciertos pasajes, me hizo sentir solo, vulnerable, expuesto. Y el final me dejó impactado. Esta película muestra hasta dónde puede llegar el fanatismo religioso y la desesperación en una sociedad que te aplasta lentamente. En resumen, Una historia perturbadora sobre fe, opresión y desesperación, donde el dolor se retrata en cada plano. Atmósfera opresiva, dirección sólida y una protagonista que transmite sin decir mucho. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/02/25 Full Review Kai H As someone with clinical depression this movie punched me straight in the gut Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/24/25 Full Review Wayne K The events in The Devil’s Bath are all the more depressing when you realise that they’re based on, or at least grounded in, actual historical events which really make a lot of the modern-day gripes we face seem like child’s play by comparison. The filmmakers do a great job of creating a bleak as Hell atmosphere and an environment that looks cold, uninviting and miserable. It makes you wonder how anyone managed to survive that place and time period. It’s a potent story of depression and loneliness against a fitting backdrop, but sadly the film’s desire to labour every point and stretch ever scene out as long as possible soon plays havoc with the pacing, and the drama is often lost as you’re just wating for events to move on. I like the simple, understated character interplay, with the limited dialogue helping to contribute to our lead’s feeling of isolation, but there’s parts where I felt like the story was spinning its wheels, as if an actor had missed their cue and they kept rolling the cameras until they made it into position. It’s a well-made film that honours it’s subjects by not sugarcoating what they went through, but by being too long and too slow, I fear it might put off people who would otherwise have given it a try, despite the grim material. A film worth seeing, but once at most. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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