By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The saga of horror in isolation sees general release early next year.
Vertical releases THE DAMNED, directed by Thordur Palsson from a script by Jamie Hannigan, exclusively to theaters January 3. Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Siobhan Finneran, Rory McCann, Turlough Convery, Lewis Gribben, Francis Magee and Mícheál Óg Lane star; the synopsis: “THE DAMNED is a tense psychological horror film that follows a 19th-century widow [Young] 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.” See our review of THE DAMNED here.
