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The Dam

2025 · 99 min

A claustrophobic, nerve-shredding descent into a flooded bunker where war trauma and Cold War horrors blur into one relentless fight for survival.

Directed by
Oleksii Taranenko
Genres
Action, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Maryna Koshkina, Dmytro Pavko, Volodymyr Rashchuk
Tagline
You want justice? Overcome the monsters of the past first.
Overview
The film takes place during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. After the Kakhovka dam is blown up, a detachment of Ukrainian soldiers led by a female fighter with the call sign Mara finds themselves in a secret Soviet bunker at the bottom of a reservoir where the USSR conducted human experiments during the Cold War. The consequences of these experiments are still in the bunker in the form of the half-living corpses of Soviet soldiers. Now, in order to survive, Ukrainians need to defeat the Soviet zombies, their own fear, as well as overcome internal disputes and trust each other.

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Directed by
Oleksii Taranenko
Genres
Action, Horror, Thriller
Starring
Maryna Koshkina, Dmytro Pavko, Volodymyr Rashchuk
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • trauma
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
Places
  • military
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, horror, thriller
Directed by
Oleksii Taranenko
Written by
Yaroslav Voytseshek
Starring
Maryna Koshkina, Dmytro Pavko, Volodymyr Rashchuk, Oleksandr Yatsentiuk, Mykhailo Dziuba, Andrii Podliesnyi, Orest Pasichnyk, Iryna Kudashova
Cinematography
Viacheslav Rakovskyi
Runtime
99 min
Country
Ukraine
Languages
Ukrainian

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