A strange little Film that I finally got around to- thanks, RiffTrax!
This is The Power, a 1984 Horror Film that sure looks like it came out of the late '70s. The Plot involves a strange object of great power and the people that want to control it.
Can anyone control The Power (TM) though?
Its Co-Writer/Co-Director - Stephen Carpenter- has a handful of interesting Films/Shows on his Resume ranging from The Kindred, Soul Survivors and the Grimm for NBC. How have I never watched that Show?!?
The other Directed those Films with him and did that Bram Stoker Mummy Film from the '90s.
Is this a good Film in spite of RiffTrax tackling it? To find out, read on...
A Professor lectures his Class about objects of power- as you do- and they leave after he's done...but a man stays behind.
He has one of said 'objects' and the power overwhelms him, throwing him against the wall and throw a flagpole!
Said object is.... about the least threatening thing you've ever seen. I've got Funko Pops that are more terrifying than this thing.
Admittedly, it is CapWolf, but still.
The man meeting the Professor has a whole section where he goes to Mexico to try and control the thing. As stated, of course, you can't control The Power.
That leads us to the, what, third Leads here so far.
We have a Local Reporter and her Brother, who break the story when...
Some College Kids find and get their hands on the Idol.
One of them proves that it can act like a big magnet...until it wrecks his home like a really big magnet.
More people do, well, the same thing and it keeps not going well.
Ultimately, the brother is corrupted by the Idol and tries to kill the students.
They narrowly defeat him, although not without losses.
For a final bit of wrap-up, the guy from the Mexico Scenes returned to see the Final Girl.
As you can see, the experience has maimed him.
For one last twist, he's killed when the Girl reveals that she too is possessed! The End.
It is alright, but pretty forgettable. Truth be told, I saw this a few weeks back and just didn't get around to reviewing it. To quote Megadeth, 'looking back is just a bit fuzzy.'
That said, there are some good practical effects here and the general Mood of the Film is good. The Premise is fine as well.
The execution, however, is not that exciting. We get rushed into the Introduction and death of the first 'owner' and then a long sequence with the second. After that, the Film begins proper...about 40 minutes in.
It is almost like they wanted to make a self-contained Anthology about this Idol/object and then chickened out halfway through. That or they made a Film that was too short and added the Intro bits.
The fact that I can make indirect/possibly wrong comparisons to Curse of Bigfoot is not in this Film's favor.
The Power is a decent Horror Film- and I will get a Poor Bastard of Cinema out of it- but nothing special. Maybe this Film that sounds like a Prequel will be better.
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| This came out in 1990. |
Next up, I go back to plans with my first Remake in recent memory. I have more coming for October, so this is just an aperitif really. Stay tuned...
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