History Main / BloodBath

See Also: LiquidAssets, LifeDrinker.

* Based on both the Elizabeth Bathory legend and UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler, one of the scariest villains of ''Manga/GhostHunt'' was a Japanese lord who bathed in the blood of numerous servants in the hope of extending his life and took up the moniker "Urado" (Vlad). [[spoiler: It's implied that the power of Urado's multiple HumanSacrifices [[note]]the team find a burial chamber set up like the famous Paris catacombs, and looks to have ''triple-digit'' numbers of skeletons [[/note]] has [[PoweredByAForsakenChild preserved the spirit of Urado and his two attendants/accomplices in an unending loop of kidnapping and sacrifice]] even after Urado is no longer alive to benefit from it.]]

* An old magazine ad for ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' featured some dude, presumably Caleb, in a bathtub full of blood with the tagline "Blood? You're soaking in it."

* Vampires in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Fantasy'' can only heal their injuries by bathing in blood.

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' has a bloodline of vampires called the Galloi who bathe in blood to make themselves more beautiful. They're not related to Bathory, though; they take their unique Discipline from the worship of Cybele, which often involved initiates being bathed in the blood of a bull to symbolize cleansing (and...[[GroinAttack other things]]). Additionally, both Macellarius and Noctoku tend to feast on blood in this manner; the Noctoku can absorb blood through their skin.
** The predecessor, ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', had the Blood Bath as one of the sacred rites of the [[ReligionOfEvil Sabbat]]. It wasn't about youth, but more a ritual of baptism and consecration interpreted through the Sabbat's "Crusades-era Catholicism on PCP" lens.
* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' universe:

* The new ''[[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness World Of Darkness]]'' supplement ''Immortals'' has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Blood Bathers]], who [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment gain a sort of immortality by bathing in blood]]. Their blood bathing ritual is guaranteed to place any characters who partake in it at [[ObviouslyEvil the very low end]] of the [[KarmaMeter Karma Dial]].

Compare: BloodIsTheNewBlack.

* One prank on ''Series/ScareTactics'' set up the target as a new employee at a health spa "for professional clientèle" that uses "very expensive ingredients". Along with female clients who come in for rejuvenation treatments is a list of younger women and their corresponding blood types. The exact scare prank involved the target walking in as one young woman is being bled over a bathtub that an older client was bathing in.

* The female villain in ''VideoGame/NinjaGaidenII'' is seen bathing in a pool of blood at one point and is even named "Elizabet" as a ShoutOut.

* Music/{{Milgram}}: In the music video for Mikoto's song "[=MeMe=]", he [[spoiler:(or, at least, his evil SplitPersonality)]] is shown bathing after killing his victims. The first couple of times, he's showering normally and washing blood off him, but the [[RuleOfThree third]] and final time, he is shown [[FanDisservice shirtless]] in a bathtub full of blood.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord|2012}}''. Shalltear Bloodfallen normally appears as an ElegantGothicLolita, but when she bathes in blood, her glamor breaks and she turns into what can best be described as a humanoid [[LampreyMouth lamprey abomination]].

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}''. Shalltear Bloodfallen normally appears as an ElegantGothicLolita, but when she bathes in blood, her glamor breaks and she turns into what can best be described as a humanoid [[LampreyMouth lamprey abomination]].

* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' Ronan bathes in the blood of Xandarians he's executed. This isn't immediately apparent due to the Xandarians' [[AlienBlood blue-black blood]], but then we see him start to refill his tub.

* The psycho in 1987's ''Rampage'', loosely based on the serial killings of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chase Richard Chase]], has recurring hallucinations in which he is showering himself with blood.
* ''Film/SpeedDemon'' has several scenes where men clad only in boxers perform a "purification ritual" that involves sensually washing each other with blood.

* In ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD: Bloodlust'', the spirit of the main antagonist, Carmilla, is brought back to her physical body by bathing her corpse in [[spoiler:Charlotte's]] blood.

* In ''Series/Outlander'', the Season 3 episode “The Bakra” features Geilis Duncan bathing in the blood of a goat to ostensibly maintain healthy skin.

* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'': Evoked when the grave of Mircalla Karnstein is opened because of suspicion of vampirism, and her body is found in a leaden coffin perfectly uncorrupted, and floating in seven inches of blood.

* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'' (evoked): When the grave of Mircalla Karnstein is opened because of suspicion of vampirism, her body is found in a leaden coffin perfectly uncorrupted, and floating in seven inches of blood.

* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'': {{Invoked|Trope}} when the grave of Mircalla Karnstein is opened because of suspicion of vampirism, her body is found in a leaden coffin perfectly uncorrupted, and floating in seven inches of blood.

* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'': {{Evoked|Trope}} when the grave of Mircalla Karnstein is opened because of suspicion of vampirism, her body is found in a leaden coffin perfectly uncorrupted, and floating in seven inches of blood.

* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'' (evoked): When the grave of Mircalla Karnstein is opened because of suspicion of vampirism, her body is found in a leaden coffin perfectly uncorrupted, and floating in seven inches of blood.