“The Damned” has a lot of competition, as most horror releases these days tend to go for intense atmosphere, valuing the art of the haunt over the shock of violence. Screenwriter Jamie Hannigan and director Thordur Palsson (making his feature-length helming debut) look to mount a tale of conscience and doom, taking viewers to a remote part of the world to inspect how a single decision manages to unravel a sense of order and sanity within a small community of fisherman. “The Damned” has terrific imagery and a decent understanding of menace, going the slow-burn route for most of its chills, and it has an advantage in its setting, as isolation is always good for frights. The endeavor is more invested in a gradual display of unsettling interactions, maintaining a leisurely pace, but Palsson doesn’t overstay his welcome with the work, and manages to deliver a few accomplished freak-outs along the way. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com