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[[caption-width-right:350:The Enemy is close.\\
The Enemy is watching.\\
The Enemy is here.]]

->''"It is said that there are more daemons lurking in the dark than there are stars shining in the sky. But the day will come when the '''stars''' stop existing."''
-->-- '''Daemon Be'wesh G'guor'''

''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYt3aFiheEI Damnatus: The Enemy Within]]'' (or to give it its original German name, ''Damnatus: Der Feind Im Innern'') is a {{fan film}} set in the universe of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. It follows a small team of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits mercenaries]] recruited by the Imperial [[StateSec inquisition]] as they attempt to infiltrate a suspected Chaos cult on the planet of Sancta Heroica. It appears that a rogue inquisitor is behind the cult and is attempting to summon a [[EldritchAbomination daemon]] for his own purposes, but the plot goes deeper than that, and it is not long before the heroes find themselves in way over their heads.

Created "by fans, for fans" by Spharentor studios in 2003, it originally enjoyed the full support of Games Workshop. However during post-production, problems arose over Intellectual Property rights due to differences in British and German copyright law and it was [[ExecutiveMeddling subsequently banned]] [[ScrewedByTheLawyers from official release]] in 2007. However, the movie was leaked onto various torrent sites on the net by an unknown party, and is now widely available on the internet.

Compare and contrast with ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultramarines}}'', the first official Games Workshop movie, and ''Film/TheLordInquisitor'', another fan-made ''40k'' film.

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!!Tropes:

%%* ActionBomb: [[spoiler: Oktavian]]
* AllThereInTheManual: According to the [[http://www.damnatus.de/flash/site_eng.htm official site]], the name of Lessus' frigate is the ''Banishing Halo''. It also has some interesting backstory for the characters that did not crop up in the film itself.
* AlmostLethalWeapons: The explosives have a poor kill record even when they go off right next to one of the team.
* BadassLongcoat: Hiero and Corris.
* BadassNormal: All of the protagonists bar Nira (whose psychic powers put her on the JustForFun/SuperWeight scale), although Corris and Wodan approach CharlesAtlasSuperpower when they survive a grenade and an RPG going off right next to them, respectively. Subverted with Oktavian
* BaitAndSwitch:
** A meta-example, the film's [[http://www.damnatus.de/ official website]] features a downloadable "soundtrack album", but only one of the songs therein actually features in the film ([[spoiler: "Farewell" by Music/{{Summoning}}, which plays over the ending credits]])
** At first it looks like the team's been sent to investigate a Chaos cult, only to find that things are far more complicated (and worse) than expected.
* TheBerserker: Wodan Dubrovnik
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Some of the cultists take this option, as does [[spoiler:Osmar]], and it is implied that [[spoiler:Wodan]] does the same at the end.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: The team's mostly made up of mercenaries who just want to do the mission and get out alive, their ultimate target Makkabeus [[spoiler: was a radical Inquisitor who was trying to use the daemon's powers for the Imperium]], Lessus chooses to [[spoiler: invoke Exterminatus to try to stop the daemon]]. The only character that could definitely be called the bad guy is the daemon itself.
* BloodFromTheMouth: One of the cultists after Osmar stabs him in the neck.
* BodySnatcher: G'guor
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:All the heroes give their lives to try and stop G'guor, an Eldar spirit accompanying them pulls a ThanatosGambit, and Inquisitor Lessus invokes [[EarthShatteringKaboom Exterminatus]] on the planet, but the outro voiceover implies that G'guor will ''still'' be back someday.]]
* TheCameo:
** Unable to fit space marines into the film, they instead have a Grey Knight contact Lessus at the start of the film (via [=CGI=] holographic display) to tell him [[spoiler:that the Ordo Malleus strike force has been delayed and he's on his own.]]
** The producer's daughter also cameos as the girl with the apple.
* CameraAbuse: The view starts going swirly whenever there's a lot of Warp energy about - most notably in the ritual scene and Nira's fight against G'gour.
* ChekhovsGun: Several of them, most notably Hiero's amulet. [[spoiler: Although, it might be more appropriately described as a ChekhovsGunman...]]
* CombatPragmatist
* CosmicHorrorStory: Befitting the setting. It ends with [[spoiler: all of the team killed trying to escape, Exterminatus invoked to stop the daemon and the implication that even with the Farseer's trap, sooner or later the daemon will get free]].
* CrowdPanic: Complete with a bell-ringing doom prophet.
* CustomUniform: All the heroes have one. Pretty much everyone else (good or evil) gets robes.
* DeathOfAChild: One of the more hard-hitting images during [[spoiler:the Exterminatus scene]] is a shot of a mother and baby in amongst the CrowdPanic.
* DogFoodDiet: Apparently, during a past mission Wodan was allowed to eat rats. He is quite nostalgic about it.
-->'''Wodan:''' I just feel like having a ratburger now. Do you remember the times on Necromunda, Corris? Those were the best!\\
'''Corris:''' There the sewer was the most contaminated place.\\
'''Wodan:''' Yeah! Those were real rats!
* DownerEnding: Well, this is ''Warhammer 40K'' we're talking about.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In her introduction, Nira has a vision of a young woman being gunned down by the [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Adeptus Arbites]]. Later, we see that [[spoiler:the woman is one of Makkabeus' cultists, who shoots down the servo skull Adeodatus has sent back to warn his superiors. We then hear a voice off-screen shout "Halt!"]]
* DwindlingParty: Once the daemon gets loose, it doesn't take long for the group to start dying one by one.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Sancta Heroica meets this fate via the Exterminatus order given by Lessus.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The frigate officer is credited as..."frigate officer".
* EvilLaugh: The heavy stubber cultist takes this to [[ChewingTheScenery such ridiculous levels]] that either the actor or the film-makers ''must'' have been [[LampshadeHanging hanging a lampshade]].
%%* FaintingSeer: Nira
* FilmOfTheBook:
** Film of the Game, obviously.
** Also the Game of the Film of the Game -- Profiles of several characters have been made for the 40K spin-off game TabletopGame/{{Inquisitor}}''.
*** [[http://www.damnatus.de/documents/hiero_e.pdf Hiero]].
*** [[http://www.damnatus.de/documents/corris_e.pdf Corris]].
*** [[http://www.damnatus.de/documents/wodan_e.pdf Wodan]].
*** [[http://www.damnatus.de/documents/osmar_e.pdf Osmar]].
*** [[http://www.damnatus.de/documents/nira_e.pdf Nira]].
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: Inverted, with the bell being seen on screen but not heard (OrchestralBombing being in effect at the time).
* FreezeFrameBonus: When G'gour is chatting with Nira's amulet, the camera focuses on it and [[spoiler: the face of the Eldar spirit inside]] briefly flashes across the surface.
* GambitPileup: Between Makkabeus, Lessus, G'gour and the Eldar. Who actually wins is up for debate.
* GratuitousLatin: As people in the Imperium are wont to do, the characters utter a few phrases of Latin ("High Gothic") during situations of appropriate gravitas.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The death of [[spoiler: Makkabeus]].
* HammerSpace: One cultist appears to pull a pistol out from behind his head. He might have been hiding it in the hood of his robes, but that's really just as silly.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Fingers are frequently seen on triggers when they shouldn't be, but Corris deserves a special mention for using his pistols for everything from pushing open doors to scratching his nose. On the other hand, this is ''Warhammer 40,000''.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The cultists. The heavy stubber in the maintenance hall battle has a particularly bad case of HeroTrackingFailure.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sergeant Osmar Adeodatus, who is a bit of a dick at first but is only fighting for [[MyCountryRightOrWrong the safety of his home planet]], and grows to accept the mercenaries as the film goes on.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: G'gour spends the last 5 minutes of the film monologuing.
* MagicVersusScience: Oktavian and Nira have a bit of this dynamic going on.
-->'''Nira:''' A warp storm is coming. Can you feel it?\\
'''Oktavian:''' I don't ''feel'', psyker, I ''see''.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Makkabeus and his cultists. Makkabeus himself also pulls off a DramaticUnmask.
* MindRape
* MindScrew: Any time the Warp is shown to the audience.
* MissingFloor: [[spoiler:The forgotten variety in that there are more than 69 sublevels to the hive.]]
* MundaneUtility: As well as killing cultists and shooting demolition charges in midair, Corris can use his laspistols to weld doors.
* NeckSnap: Two guards who get surprised by Corris and Wodan.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It's not clear whether or not Makkabeus' plan [[spoiler: to use the daemon would have actually worked or it would have just set it free]] but when it was interrupted and [[spoiler: Makkabeus killed]] the daemon was set free with no one left to stop it without resorting to [[spoiler: Exterminatus]].
* NonFatalExplosions
* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: An interesting variation for Oktavian.
* ObjectCeilingCling: Nira does this to a cultist who tries to surprise her. The fact that it's almost accidental only makes it scarier.
* OffTheShelfFX: Some of the props are rather noticeably this, though it's [[JustifiedTrope understandable]] in a low-budget fan film.
* OhCrap: The team when they see the result of Nira's ObjectCeilingCling, Makkabeus when the team gatecrash his ritual, and Hiero when [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement]] fails to stop G'gour.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Which Oktavian proceeds to point out.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: G'gour, as with most daemons (since knowing a daemon's true name renders them powerless).
* OrchestralBombing: During the finale.
* OrganAutonomy: G'gour is [[EldritchAbomination so damn evil]] that even ''corpses'' start spasming and trying to get out of his way.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Corris -- "In the name of the damned Inquisition, I hereby adjourn this meeting!"
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Happens to [[spoiler:Hiero]] when he tries to fight G'gour.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: A doom prophet during the CrowdPanic scene.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: In the finest tradition of the Emperor's holy Inquisition.
* RoboCam: From the servo skulls, and Adeodatus' bionic eye.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Our heroes screw up, die trying to escape, and then Lessus invokes Exterminatus on the planet.]]
* ShoutOut:
** The shots of Inquisitor Lessus standing alone on the frigate's huge observation deck bear a striking resemblance to a similar scene in ''Inquisitor'', a VERY old Games Workshop short movie also based in the ''40K'' verse.
** There's also the name of Lechias' alias -- [[Literature/HorusHeresy Eisenstein]].
* ShutUpHannibal: Nira to G'gour. He responds by [[WouldHitAGirl knocking her down]].
* SpaceClothes: Mostly averted, but the frigate officer has a truly epic collar. This is [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I4fhf67-ngg/SbmiHm8oNsI/AAAAAAAAADY/Dv2NNR3xwYA/s320/m2430545_P4Mb4.jpg apparently correct]] for officers in the Imperial Navy.
* SssssnakeTalk: G'guor
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Oktavian detonates himself to kill several cultists chasing the group.]]
* {{Technopath}}: Oktavian, which comes in handy during his afore-mentioned CMOA.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At least initially, there is some tension between the mercenaries and Osmar/Nira.
* ThanatosGambit: Courtesy of [[spoiler:Farseer Vintog Phaer]].
* ThisCannotBe: A variation, in that it is not the villain but one of his Mooks who says the line.
* TitleDrop: One of the cultists gasps "Damnatus est!" as Nira subdues him with her PsychicPowers.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Makkabeus has one, as well as an ArtifactOfDoom.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: "Ich bin hier... WEIL DIES MEINE WELT IST!" ("I am here... BECAUSE THIS IS MY WORLD!")
* WeakTurretGun: The cultists have one of these in the maintenance hall battle. Its lack of effect does not stop the cultist firing it from [[EvilLaugh enjoying himself immensely]].
* YouAreTooLate: Huge sacrifices are required by all to thwart the daemon, and with debatable success.
* YouShallNotPass: Von Remus does one of these. [[spoiler:It doesn't work out so well.]]
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