The Best Bath Scenes in Horror History

The history of horror has always had a strange fascination with the bathroom, perhaps it’s because it’s usually the place where we’re most vulnerable, naked and alone, or maybe it’s just because they’re a pretty place to film. Either way the bathroom has been home to some of the finer moments in horror history and that’s worth celebrating, so without further ado, a few of my favourite bathroom moments in horror:

The Shining (1980)

Let’s begin with a classic, the horrific bathroom scene in Stanley Kubrick’s outright masterpiece The Shining. Beginning with a slow POV shot, we’re taken into the bathroom where things go from unsettling to downright terrifying in an impossibly short space of time. Bonus points of course go to the mint coloured bathroom suite - very stylish. 

The Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Jumping forward four years, we’ve got the classic bathtub scene in The Nightmare on Elm Street, which not only features the iconic Freddy Krueger glove rising from the water, but also a glimpse at what may be the deepest bathtub in the world. Or am I not getting it?

Bodysnatchers (1993)

A very underrated one for you here, the bathtub scene in Ferrara’s brilliant and scary Bodysnatchers. If you haven’t yet seen this movie, do make the effort to do so, but I’ll be giving little away to say that simply killing the poor Marti Malone isn’t what the Bodysnatchers have in mind. On a side note, those of us with a penchant for generic 90’s R’n’B should be well equipped for this scene.

Final Destination (2000)

Before the series slipped completely into over the top, things flying at your throat madness, the original Final Destination did have some reasonably unsettling moments to call its own. Namely, the bathtub scene in which one unfortunate teenager slips over some shampoo and winds up being choked by a wire with no chance of escape, all the more unsettling for being somewhat possible. 

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What was it we all loved about the Ghostbusters?

Everybody in the world will have heard of Ghostbusters either by name or by first-hand experience. The question is what did the general public love about it so much for it to become an instant classic?

(L to R): Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis

When Ghostbusters was released in 1984 starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis & Sigourney Weaver, it had been made on a relatively small $30 million budget. By the time it had left cinemas, it had picked up $238 million and lots of critical and commercial praise. But what made the public fall in love with the Ghostbusters in the first place?

Well, aside from the obvious comedic talent of all involved (Bill Murray is simple hilarious!), the Ghostbusters are heroes. They were dopey but you could always count on them to save the day and protect the innocent from evil spirits. The same can be said for any security force; their simple presence warms us and reminds us that everything will be okay. In a pretty obvious metaphor, the ghosts in Ghostbusters are broad representations of our everyday struggles, as well as the things that scare us in life. We are they, fighting these problems together. 

This might sound like I’m getting a little heavy, but this really is the key to it, behind that smart, funny cinema blend (directed by cinematic legend Ivan Reitman) is a human heart, one that fears, panics but ultimately finds the strength to pull through and save the day. 1989 found the gang back together once more for what seems like their final adventure, once again saving New York from the perils of spectral activity. 

Ultimately, the sequel Ghostbusters II picked up 20 million fewer dollars than its predecessor upon leaving the cinema, and a good deal less critical acclaim, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Ghostbusters are just the kind of heroes we want and need in a world which scares us; human and brave, yes, but equally brave and selfless. 

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