The Damned

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The Damned

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2025

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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Tara Brady

Irish Times

02/28/2025

3.5/5

The Damned is powered along by suspicion, atmospherics and an unforgettable landscape. Young is a capable final girl, her fierceness tempered only by the hint of repressed romance.

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Billie Walker

Little White Lies

01/18/2025

2/5

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.

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Anna Smith

Time Out

01/10/2025

3/5

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.

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Feb 9

6/10

The result is a disturbing, understated, and consistent film that confirms the potential of folkloric horror as a vehicle for exploring our deepest fears: those born from our own choices. [Full review in Spanish]

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Paula Vázquez Prieto

La Nación (Argentina)

Feb 8

3/5

The strategy of The Damned is fairly predictable, but working in its favor is an aesthetic that forgoes cheap shock in favor of a steadily mounting sense of unease, one that takes Eva's mind as its point of entry. [Full review in Spanish]

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Feb 2

3/5

The film is dazzling...However, in its 89 minutes...it falls somewhat short in its dramatic development and its foray into period horror (at times it feels like a watered-down Robert Eggers). [Full review in Spanish]

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Dianne

01/29/2025

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.

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Daniel

01/28/2025

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.

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Kia B

01/17/2025

A wild ride that left me asking questions.

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robert

01/15/2025

Isolation, guilt and superstition leads to madness.

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Tom B

01/14/2025

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

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Jeremy

01/14/2025

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

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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: Wild Atlantic Pictures, Elation Pictures
Rating: R (Suicide|Some Language|Bloody Violent Content)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 3, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2025
Runtime: 1h 29m