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The Bather

1995 · 10 min

An unsettling, cryptic short that feels like a bad dream, strange and clammy, hard to pin down.

Directed by
Susannah Gent
Genres
Horror
Overview
Faulty plumbing in the home of a painter causes an old woman to be covered in red paint while she showers. The painter's neighbours engineer his fate in a bathtub of aubergines.

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Directed by
Susannah Gent
Genres
Horror
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • madness
    • isolation
    • obsession
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror7
    Humour2
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    horror
    Directed by
    Susannah Gent
    Written by
    Susannah Gent
    Runtime
    10 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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