The Power

The Power

YOU feel it until you can't feel anything at all!

Directed by Byron Haskin

Produced by George Pal Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

1968108 min6.3 / 10

A paranoid sci-fi thriller about a team being systematically eliminated by an unseen psychic killer, built on suspicion and the terror of invisible threat.

One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Power scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does The Power end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Power violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is The Power easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Power sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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37/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity16

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise67

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Same Mood as The Power

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Power, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Power, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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