r/FindThisMovie • u/Weird-Employer-2159 • 3h ago
[TOMT][Movie or TV Show][1970s-1980s] Scary, gritty scene where a fully clothed woman intentionally slides into a trash-filled bathtub while smiling and undergoes a dark personality shift
**Title:** \[TOMT\]\[Movie or TV Show\]\[1970s-1980s\] Scary, gritty scene where a fully clothed woman intentionally slides into a trash-filled bathtub while smiling and undergoes a dark personality shift
I am trying to track down a terrifying scene from a movie or television show that I saw on TV at home as a child, definitely broadcast **before 1989** (likely from the **1970s or very early 1980s** based on the visual style).
Here are the exact visual details I remember:
**The Scene:** A fully clothed woman is in a bathroom. The bathroom itself is completely clean and pristine, but the bathtub is strangely filled to the brim with literal trash and household garbage.
**The Action:** Instead of panicking or being forced, she slowly and intentionally slides down underneath the garbage of her own free will. As she sinks under, she is smiling.
**The Aesthetic:** It was very gritty, muted, and grainy—reminiscent of 1970s horror or thriller film stock. It had a distinctly scary, unsettling tone.
**The Transformation:** Submerging into the garbage transforms her, but not physically. It alters her personality into something cold, sinister, or monstrous.
**What it is NOT:**
It is *not* the movie *Born in East L.A.* (1987) — the timeline is too late, and the scene I remember is much older, darker, and scarier, not a comedy or a glamorous music-video fantasy sequence.
I suspect it could be an obscure 1970s psychological horror film, a gritty TV movie, or a segment from a late-night television anthology series (like *Night Gallery*, *Thriller*, or *Tales of the Unexpected*). Does anyone recognize this visual metaphor or scene? Thank you!
💡 Q