In 1987 Matthew Stengler, the son of a notorious gangster,

spirals home to "Crime Town, USA" to face his homicidal

half-brother, a dark inheritance and his own even darker deeds.

Simultaneously decades later, middle-aged and haunted by grief,

he descends into madness when a deranged young woman

arrives seeking retribution.

Almost 40 years in the making, DAMNATION (89min)

is a psychological thriller with crime and horror elements.

Pivoting between interwoven timelines, one actually shot in 1988 on 16mm and the other in 2024 on 8K, unified by Scot Colford's riveting lead performance as Matthew Stengler, with support from actor/musician Eric Purtle as his confidant Frankie in both eras.

Nina Pilar portrays Valerie Donahue in the modern day, an enraged young woman on a mission of vengeance. She's mirrored in the past by Gyn Cameron, founder of the pioneering industrial band Dementia Precox, as stylish psychopath Stephen Stengler.

Writer/Director Michael Capone's feature debut excavates his own past

to resurrect this disturbing, genre-bending, decidedly analog saga

of original sin and redemption.