6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Horror, Drama, Mystery • 2025 • 89 min • Adults (18+)
The Damned (2025)
The Damned (2025)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Odessa Young • Joe Cole • Siobhan Finneran
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Odessa Young • Joe Cole • Siobhan Finneran
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
This psychological horror film centers on an isolated community grappling with the profound guilt and dread stemming from an impossible moral choice made for survival. It explores universal themes of human morality and consequence, remaining neutral on political ideologies.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film features traditional casting, aligning with its 19th-century Icelandic setting, and does not include explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on a survival dilemma without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering on DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High
The film centers on a widow's leadership and a moral dilemma concerning survival in an isolated fishing outpost. The narrative does not provide meaningful content regarding family structures, roles, or values.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'The Damned, 2025' does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. There is no depiction of queer identity or related narratives within the movie's plot or character arcs.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The Damned, 2025, depicts a 19th-century Icelandic widow grappling with an impossible choice during a harsh winter: rescue shipwrecked survivors or save her starving village. The narrative explores themes of guilt, dread, and survival in an isolated setting. The film's plot and character arcs do not feature transsexual characters or themes, focusing instead on the villagers' moral predicament and its psychological consequences.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film does not include any gender-swapped characters. All characters are portrayed with the same gender as established in their source material or historical context.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The Damned (2025) is an original story, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic of historical figures. No characters are established as a specific race in prior canon or history, meaning a race swap cannot occur.
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