The Damned

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The Damned

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Released Jan 3

1h 29m

Horror

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Eva (Odessa Young), a 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, in the middle of an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post. Eva and her crew must choose to either rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. Facing the consequences of their choice and tormented by their guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices.

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Critics Consensus

Heavy on mood and existential terror, The Damned's patient approach to horror pays off with cerebral chills.

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Billie Walker

Little White Lies

What may have been intended as a chilling revelation, serves only as a reminder (one becoming increasingly frequent) that audiences are no longer to be trusted with the slightest inference.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 18, 2025

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Anna Smith

Time Out

But if you invest in its characters, it offers a thought-provoking insight into the depths of the human mind when faced with the laws of survival. It’s grim, but good.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 10, 2025

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

What Palsson is really tackling here is that intersection between the real and the arcane.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 7, 2025

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

The freezing, desolate arctic winter is the most important thing in the movie, the thing that makes everything work so well.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 24, 2025

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Rebecca Sayce

Starburst

Coupled with the beautiful yet deadly landscape, moody lighting, and eerie score, The Damned is an effectively unsettling psychological horror that explores the monsters we can become when faced with a fight for survival.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 23, 2025

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Matt Donato

Certified Forgotten

A 19th-century Nordic thriller rooted in dreary folklore that hardly blazes forward ... Palsson's tiny fishing community haunting bathes in slinking dread.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 22, 2025

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Dianne

love historical fiction which when movie opened was impressed with story telling, the shanty style song, the clothing. then come all the special effects. great gem of a movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/25

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Daniel

Movie was interesting, loved the setting, and the characters. Ending felt a bit rushed. This film should have been two hours rather than an hour and a half.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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Kia B

A wild ride that left me asking questions.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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robert

Isolation, guilt and superstition leads to madness.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Tom B

Well cast, scripted & acted film that was shot in Iceland in 2023. Great cinematography. Dark, but, imho, extremely well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Jeremy

great sound design and eerie tone make it an interesting watch despite it being a slow burn film

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Þórður Pálsson

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Odessa Young

Eva

Joe Cole

Daniel

Lewis Gribben

Jonas

Siobhan Finneran

Helga

Francis Magee

Skuli

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Synopsis

Eva (Odessa Young), a 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, in the middle of an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing post. Eva and her crew must choose to either rescue the shipwrecked or survive the winter with their last remaining food. Facing the consequences of their choice and tormented by their guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices.

Director: Þórður Pálsson
Producer: Emilie Jouffroy, Kamilla Hodol, John Keville, Conor Barry, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Nate Kamiya
Screenwriter: Jamie Hannigan
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: Elation Pictures, Wild Atlantic Pictures
Rating: R (Bloody Violent Content|Suicide|Some Language)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 3, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2025
Runtime: 1h 29m

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