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First horror film of the year watched tonight in The Damned.

Not sure if anyone has seen the trailer for this, but it popped up a few times during some of the other horror films we watched in the last month or so and I was pretty interested in checking this one out.

Happy to report that it didn't disappoint. A nice strong start to the new year imo; this movie is bleak and depressing while also offering up some nice scares sprinkled in and good visuals. The general plot involves a crew of fishermen who neglect to assist a sinking vessel they see just off the coast, but also later decide to ransack the wreck for supplies. I won't spoil TOO much, but ultimately they begin to fear a mythological creature called a draugr, which is essentially a walking corpse shapeshifting figure. It's not a perfect film or an S ranking or anything, some of the characters can sort of blur together at times but it's nice and moody. There are some haunting shots and like I said, despite not really being centered around being a jumpscare film there are a few good moments.

We might be watching a film streaming on Prime that just released tomorrow night, we'll see. It's called The Monster Beneath Us; don't know much about it besides it being British (The Damned has UK and Irish production).