‘The Devil’s Bath’ Review: Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Beautiful but Staggeringly Bleak Vision of Female Depression in 18th Century Austria
Jessica Kiang Although it comes from the filmmaking duo behind “Goodnight Mommy” and “The Lodge,” Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala‘s “The Devil’s Bath” is not a horror movie. Its sinister, woodsy atmospherics, where wet leaves mingle with mud and fishscales and menstrual blood, may suggest witchcraft or devil worship.