Bath Shower Ha Na

Is there a more overused trope in horror cinema than the deadly shower scene ?  It's become so predictable, that when a young woman takes a bath or shower in a slasher film, you instantly know she's a goner.  We can blame Psycho for the popularity of the trend in that there have been many, many imitators since. But it isn't limited to slasher films.  If it falls within the horror/thriller genres and it's a B-movie, you stand a pretty good chance of finding a scene where a lady gets killed in a shower or bath.  That's just the way it is. I'll leave it to the armchair sociologists to figure out why.  I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that shower is a place where we're extremely vulnerable.  Also, it's a damn good way for a B-movie to sneak in its gratuitous nudity. So, let's have a look at 16 examples of this trope, shall we?  Bear in mind, we're only covering the lethal variety; so, Wes Craven's almost identical bathtub scen...

ALBUQUERQUE {AP} Crime scene evidence suggests New Mexico State University student Carly Martinez struggled with two men before she was murdered, prosecutors told jurors at the trial of Jason Desnoyers. The 18-year-old student was driven to a remote Las Cruces mesa , was stabbed more than a dozen times in the head, chest, abdomen, back, thighs and buttocks, and her body was "left to rot" in the desert, District Attorney Susana Martinez said Tuesday. Two weapons were used, a single-edged knife and another instrument, said prosecutor Martinez , no relation to the victim. "Two weapons, two men," she said. Desnoyers, 24, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy, tampering with evidence and criminal solicitation. Co- defendant Jesse Avalos , 26, is to be tried separately in September on similar charges. Defense attorney Gary Mitchell contends there was only one weapon. He said Avalos wore a belt with a knife, screwdriver and other tools the night Carly Martin...

When I lived in DC, I took at least two showers a day because of the swamp heat and humidity. Even then, after reaching what could technically, numerically be called adulthood, I would find myself checking cautiously behind the curtain (from time to time) for psychotic serial killers. The bathroom, and the bathtub in particular, is an incredibly vulnerable place . After all, we are (usually) alone. We are cornered. We are naked. Many films have exploited this vulnerability, but not all of them do it for fear. In fact, it turns out that where we spend .6% of our lives can also be an incredibly poignant space . It can also be hilarious. Many films have killed characters in the bathtub, but only a few could float to the soap-covered top as the best of the best. As with anything dealing with death in films, there will be a lot of spoilers. So beware. And beware of that clown living in your sewer system. 8. Bowman from Leviathan Although it was rightfully lambasted in one of the first Junkf...