The Dæmon

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The Dæmon

2024

1h 27m

Horror

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Haunted by the aftermath of his father's suicide, Tom abandons his wife and seeks refuge at the lakeside cottage where his father met his tragic end. There, his tormented memories from childhood resurface, all intricately connected to an ancient, mystifying force lurking beneath the lake's depths, driving Tom inexorably towards madness. As Tom's communication dwindles into eerie silence, Kathy, desperate to rescue her husband, enlists the help of her brother Mark, a struggling entrepreneur, and Mark's compassionate yet inexperienced wife, Jess, a trauma and grief counselor. Unaware of the sinister malevolence seeping from the lake, Tom becomes a willing vessel for the same evil that claimed his parents and now threatens all who dare draw near.

Rebecca Sayce

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

The Daemon is a thoughtful, eerie horror that carefully dissects our relationship with grief and how our failure to address its effects on our mental health can pass down for generations to come.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 24, 2025

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

THEDÆMON is an odd movie that will not be for everyone, but those who love these types of films will adore it.

Sep 14, 2024

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Kat Hughes

THN

Invasion of the Body Snatchers told through the veil of Lovecraft, The Dæmon, like the ocean it is set beside, is a moody, beautiful slow moving film with hidden depths.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 28, 2024

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Without something particularly evil going on, the peril feels out of reach. Even so, we can sit back and admire the filmmakers' impressive odyssey of sights and sounds.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 27, 2024

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Bee Delores

B-Sides & Badlands

The Daemon reads intensely raw and personal, a psycho-drama unraveling slowly before dipping into cosmic horror waters.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 24, 2024

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

The Daemon has been billed as Lovecraftian Horror. This turns out to be less in the existentially sublime way than in the slime coming out of people’s faces way.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 23, 2024

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Haunted by the aftermath of his father's suicide, Tom abandons his wife and seeks refuge at the lakeside cottage where his father met his tragic end. There, his tormented memories from childhood resurface, all intricately connected to an ancient, mystifying force lurking beneath the lake's depths, driving Tom inexorably towards madness. As Tom's communication dwindles into eerie silence, Kathy, desperate to rescue her husband, enlists the help of her brother Mark, a struggling entrepreneur, and Mark's compassionate yet inexperienced wife, Jess, a trauma and grief counselor. Unaware of the sinister malevolence seeping from the lake, Tom becomes a willing vessel for the same evil that claimed his parents and now threatens all who dare draw near.

Director: Matt Devino, David Michael Yohe
Producer: David Michael Yohe, Tyler Q. Rosen
Screenwriter: Matt Devino, David Michael Yohe
Production Co: Whalefilm, Isotropic Films
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 27m