The Damned

Name: The Damned
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Horror
Released: January 3, 2025
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 64

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: January 3, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: The Damned is a tense psychological horror film that follows a 19th-century widow who is tasked with making an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated ﬁshing outpost during the middle of an especially cruel winter. With provisions running low, Eva and her close-knit community must choose between rescuing theThe Damned is a tense psychological horror film that follows a 19th-century widow who is tasked with making an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated ﬁshing outpost during the middle of an especially cruel winter. With provisions running low, Eva and her close-knit community must choose between rescuing the shipwrecked crew and prioritizing their own survival. Facing the consequences of their decision and tormented by guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 3, 2025

Concise, clever, and unnerving, it’s a perfect film for the onset of winter. Read full review

Slashfilm Jeremy Mathai

Jun 12, 2024

Even a minor stumble or two does little to hold back one of the year's better horror efforts, leaving us to grapple with images that will haunt us long after the credits roll. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Zilko

Jan 7, 2025

The scares are mostly metaphorical and the sparse imagery becomes repetitive by the end, but “The Damned” remains a promising debut that offers a moody exploration of the human condition. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 2, 2025

In his debut feature as a director, The Valhalla Murders creator Thordur Palsson lets the icy-blue pitilessness of the inhospitable Westfjords permeate every frame and every moment. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Jan 3, 2025

Young is very good in her part, making Eva a strong, flawed character whose depth helps to counterbalance the shallowness of everyone else. On the whole, however, The Damned wasn’t able to achieve what I was hoping from it and, rather than being an overlooked gem, it’s instead simply “overlooked.” Read full review

Anna Smith

Jan 10, 2025

While billed as a psychological horror, it may be best approached as a dark drama or thriller, rather than a fully terrifying experience. 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. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Dec 28, 2024

Had we been allowed to truly sit with the characters’ prejudices, then The Damned might have earned the desperation with which it strains for contemporary resonance. Read full review

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