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The Devil's Bath

The Devil's Bath (Des Teufels Bad)

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In 18th-century Austria, a woman named Agnes feels trapped in an unhappy marriage. As her mental state worsens, she considers committing a shocking act of violence to escape her circumstances. The Devil’s Bath is based on records of real criminal trials in central Europe.

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90

Screen Rant by Ferdosa Abdi

The Devil's Bath is bleak but well worth the watch, especially if you like being guided down Franz and Fiala's dark, twisted rabbit hole.

88

Slant Magazine by Pat Brown

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala depict Agnes’s plight with empathy but with a horror maven’s sense of ratcheting unease and encroaching doom.

85

The Daily Beast by Nick Schager

A fiery sermon of despondency and damnation, as well as a memorable nightmare of marriage, motherhood, and madness.

85

Film Threat by Sumner Forbes

The Devil’s Bath is one of the more memorable foreign horror movies in some time.

83

IndieWire by David Ehrlich

This haunted and harrowing psychodrama — based on surviving records from the 18th century, and rooted in the day-to-day tedium of Styrian farm life — has too much respect for its emotionally isolated heroine to frame her unraveling as part of a broader phenomenon.

83

The Playlist by Brian Farvour

Previously, the filmmakers Franz and Fiala brought audiences into “The Lodge,” and 2014’s “Goodnight Mommy” and “The Devil’s Bath” is their finest, possibly most upsetting work yet.

80

New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri

The Devil’s Bath is a deeply fucked-up picture. I say that with admiration.

80

IGN by Katie Rife

This is a relentlessly grim film with an unsettling view of human nature; its audience will be small and self-selecting, but those who like having their guts ripped out by a movie will leave the theater satisfied.

80

Collider by Shawn Van Horn

The Devil's Bath is as bleak and hopeless as it gets, but if you give it a chance, it will change you.

75

The Film Stage by Savina Petkova

There’s something hypnotic in the rhythms of the film, seeing how troubles that could be easily resolved are left to fester; now there is no going back.