The Damned
The word "atmospheric" is unfortunately overused, yet nonetheless perfectly applies to Thordur Palsson's The Damned. The freezing, desolate arctic winter is the most important thing in the movie, the thing that makes everything work so well. Moments in the boat on the freezing water, in dark rooms lit by candles, gray mornings on the shore, at the communal table lit by dancing fire, all benefit from atmosphere. It's what makes the threat of the evil draugr all the more plausible. It's the 19th century, and Eva (Odessa Young, Assassination Nation, Shirley) manages a fishing station. Her husband has died, but she continues to run things, as she has no where else to go...
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