The Damned

About The Damned

A 19th-century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village.

The Damned (2025) is a horror mystery film directed by Thordur Palsson. Released in January 2025, it runs 89 minutes.

Its themes are winter, widow, curse, and folk horror.

Odessa Young takes the lead as Eva, Joe Cole as Daniel, Siobhan Finneran as Helga, and Rory McCann as Ragnar. The screenplay is by Jamie Hannigan. It was produced by Ley Line Entertainment, Protagonist Pictures, and Wild Atlantic Pictures. In the United States it streams on Hulu.

The Witch. Revenge, The Revenant, and Snowpiercer make useful companions to The Damned. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 225 votes and it carries a R rating.