''The Power'' is a 2021 British

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written and directed by Corinna Faith and starring Rose Williams,

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, Shakira Rahman, Charlie Carrick and Diveen Henry.

Plot

In early 1970s London, a nurse in training spends her first night at the

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Royal Infirmary during

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caused by a miners' strike. In the near-total darkness of the old hospital, she is haunted by a supernatural presence, and by her own troubled past growing up in an orphanage.

Cast

* Rose Williams as Val *

as Babs * Diveen Henry as Matron * Charlie Carrick as Franklyn * Shakira Rahman as Saba *

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as Comfort *

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as Neville

Release

''The Power'' was released on streaming service

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on April 8, 2021, in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 55 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads: "A supernatural horror story grounded in real-world trauma, ''The Power'' marks writer-director Corinna Faith as an emerging talent to watch." Williams' performance in the film received praise. Simon Abrams for RogerEbert.com gave a mostly negative review, writing "Val needs to be more than just a generic symbol of right-minded martyrdom, and she’s never allowed to become more than that. The circumstances of her suffering are too slight to register, making it hard to feel anything for Val beyond a general sympathy."The Power Movie Review
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* 2021 films 2021 horror films Films set in hospitals British supernatural horror films 2020s supernatural horror films Films set in 1974 Films set in London Films about nurses 2020s English-language films 2020s British films {{2020s-horror-film-stub