Step Into ‘Purgatory’ In Chilling UK Trailer For The Damned

Life is cruel like a very cold winter that pushes you to the limits. In Thordur Palsson‘s The Damned step into ‘Purgatory’ with Odessa Young and Joe Cole in the UK Trailer.

Vertical Entertainment are releasing the film both sides of the Atlantic. It’s also inspired by the Icelandic filmmaker’s own homeland especially the Westfjords in the 1800’s. Unforgiving, cruel unlivable lands, beautiful to look at steeped in folklore. .

The Damned, is an ominous and chilling thriller, that follows Eve (Young) and her crew as they come across a shipwreck and are faced with the moral dilemma to either help, or prioritise their own survival.

This looks bleak, we do love the Norse mythology and it does look to play on the superstitions that get passed down to people. A mix of period drama and psychological elements that horror fans will enjoy.

Starring Odessa Young (The Staircase, Mothering Sunday) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Gangs of London), The Damned is a tense psychological horror film that follows 19th-century widow, Eva. 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.

The film also stars Lewis Gribben, Siobhan Finneran, Francis Magee, Rory McCann, Turlough Convery and Mícheál Óg Lane. The Damned is set for a UK and Irish cinema release from 10th January 2025.