Despite an ending that falls a bit flat, Thordur Palsson’s The Damned is a promising directing debut rich in mythos.

Set in the late 1800s against the unforgiving backdrop of Iceland’s Westfjords, the film follows a crew of fishermen who ...

Inspired by the dramatic landscape of the Westfjords of Iceland in the 1800s and the region’s folklore, the psychological ...

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A bleak if repetitive thriller centers on a 19th-century Icelandic fishing outpost and a moral quandary.

In our clip from the film, Eva learns about the legend of Draugur, an entity that may just be lurking around the village. Not only does this clip give you a taste of the tension palpable throughout ...

If I were to tell you even a little bit about what you call ‘my secrets,’” Bernard says, “I might be condemning you to death.

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Directed by Thordur Palsson. Starring Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Siobhan Finneran, Rory McCann, Turlough Convery, Lewis Gribben, Francis Magee, and Mícheál Óg Lane. SYNOPSIS: A 19th-century widow has to ...

A chilling folk-horror thriller which reconfirms that January is often a fertile time for under-the-radar genre fare, The Damned, which hits theaters Jan. 3, tells a sinister campfire tale of guilt, ...