The Damned

The Damned (1962) is a British sci-fi horror film you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Joseph Losey for Hammer at the height of Cold War nuclear dread.

American tourist Simon meets a young Englishwoman, Joan, on a seaside holiday. Her brother King leads a violent biker gang and guards his sister with a jealousy that curdles into obsession, chasing the couple along the coast. Their escape lands them inside a sealed military installation where a group of eerily calm children is kept under lock and key — bright, polite kids whose skin is cold to the touch, hiding a government secret.

Losey, soon to leave Hollywood behind under the blacklist, turned a cheap Hammer chiller into a bleak parable about the bomb. Oliver Reed is reason enough to watch as King, all menace and wounded charm. Long circulated in cut-down versions, it's prized by film buffs as an overlooked gem. Stream The Damned online on iFILM.