Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- bleak
- harrowing
- oppressive
- late night arthouse viewing
- folk horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a chilling, visually commanding historical psychological study that locates horror in depression, human systems, and spiritual oppression.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The eighteenth-century Austrian village setting, forests, macabre beliefs, and communal response to infanticide create dread through period culture and social control.
Forests surround the villages while the austere rural spaces mirror Agnes's growing mental and emotional confinement.
Agnes's heavy mind and heart, intrusive evil thoughts, and deteriorating ability to function make mental illness the film's central source of terror.
Agnes's marriage, domestic expectations, and the death penalty for infanticide reveal a coercive system governing women's bodies and choices.
Films like The Devil's Bath, and why
The Witch
shared folk horror atmosphere, rural historical setting, spiritual dread, and oppressive social systems
Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
shared austere historical drama, psychological deterioration, religious oppression, and disturbing human violence
The Passion of Joan of Arc
shared period setting, bleak psychological intensity, female-centered suffering, and institutional cruelty
Saint Maud
shared slow-burning dread, oppressive domestic structures, and horror rooted in mental anguish rather than spectacle
Movie Details
- Directors
- Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
- Release Date
- 2024-03-08
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (182)
Cast
- Anja Plaschg
- Maria Hofstätter
- David Scheid
- Natalija Baranova
- Lukas Walcher
- Agnes Lampl
- Camilla Schilien
- Lorenz Tröbinger
- Reinhold Felsinger
- Elias Schützenhofer
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Devil's Bath about?
- An eighteenth-century Austrian bride is swallowed by depression, religious dread, and a village order that turns private anguish into catastrophe.
- What is The Devil's Bath like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Devil's Bath as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Devil's Bath violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Devil's Bath as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Devil's Bath?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a chilling, visually commanding historical psychological study that locates horror in depression, human systems, and spiritual oppression.
- Which films are like The Devil's Bath?
- Films with a similar feel include The Witch, Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Saint Maud.
- How long is The Devil's Bath?
- The Devil's Bath runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Devil's Bath?
- In United States, The Devil's Bath streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
