2021 · horror
The Power
Directed by Corinna Faith1h 33m2021
London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.
Our read: The Power (2021) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- cold
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