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THE DEVIL’S BATH MOVIE REVIEW
In 18th century Austria, love is in the air! Or in the very least, an arrangement made between random strangers to please their lineage and God by becoming one under holy matrimony and offering up their wedding bed for the good of procreation and carrying on the will of the lord through progeny. Writing directing team Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz present Des Teufels Bad (The Devil’s Bath), based on true accounts. Agnes (Anja Plaschg) the newlywed can not shake off the baby blues. This blues being she has no baby. She is a bit of an awkward woman who doesn’t seem to fit in and certainly doesn’t feel she has any place to fit in to. Her husband Wolf (David Scheid) is kind and supportive of her feelings but very transparently has no interest in fatherhood or carnal desire for his lovely frauline. In a deep depression and haunted by wicked thoughts, Agnes feels her home and community would be a better place without her in it. Draining and leaching remedies are taken but to no avail; she feels she is just not long for this world. Alas, the ironclad law of god cannot be changed and to try always ends with the same result in the eyes of the divine. To quote MayBelle from Bridge to Terabithia, “God DAMNS you to Hell!”. Agnes comes up with a plan that could result in the justice of the community putting her to death, which would result in God’s forgiveness and eternal salvation of her soul. Bradly, Melina, and Frank discuss the film’s beautiful tragic horror and just who to recommend such a niche folksy macabre to (other than Chris Cox of course). The film gets so dark it pulls a humpty dumpty on Bradly’s heart and soul. With no king’s men or horses in sight, it’s up to Melina and Frank to put it back together again.
DIRECTED BY: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
STARRING: Anja Plaschg, Maria Hofstätter, David Scheid, Natalija Baranova, Lukas Walcher, Claudia Martini, Agnes Lampl, Camilla Schilia
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
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