Episode 121 - The First Power

Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast

Reneé Hunter Vasquez, John Paul Vasquez, Travis Hunter-Sayapin

Tv & Film:film Reviews, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 175 minutes

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See you around, buddy boy! Join Reneé, John Paul, and Travis as they discuss Robert Resnikoff's 1990 crime horror film "The First Power." Please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodmortem Where to listen to the podcast and follow us on social media: https://allmylinks.com/thepodmortem Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepodmortem https://twitter.com/bloodandsmoke https://twitter.com/realstreeter84 https://twitter.com/travismwh What would you rate The First Power and what should we watch next? Email us at thepodmortem@gmail.com "Pod Mortem Theme" written and performed by Travis Hunter. https://youtube.com/travismwh

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0:00.0	I'm I'm Travis Hunter, joined as always by my co-host, my sister,
0:33.7	and my brother-in-law. Hi, I'm Renee Hunter Vasquez. Hi, I'm John Paul Vasquez.
0:41.9	This week, we're broadcasting live from underneath a water treatment plant discussing the 1990 crime horror film, The First Power.
0:45.9	This film was written and directed by Robert Reznikov.
0:49.0	Drawing inspiration from true crime cases and the occult, the first power provides a
0:53.6	thrilling police procedural
0:54.7	with a supernatural twist. While the film received negative reviews from critics, it would go on
0:59.8	to become a financial success earning twice its budget at the box office. So, the First Power,
1:06.5	what were your first impressions on the film? I remember watching this as a kid and loving it.
1:12.2	Yeah.
1:12.4	Like, I don't think I completely understood everything that was going on because I was really
1:16.9	small, but I know a lot of rewatching it for the show, a lot of what I remembered
1:23.6	was what, like, exactly how I remembered it in the movie. So that means this movie imprinted
1:30.8	those images. Yeah. Into my mind from so long ago and I still remember them like exactly as
1:38.8	when I was a kid. Like this movie, I enjoyed the shit out of this movie. So a ton of nostalgia.
1:44.3	Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I had ton of nostalgia? Oh, yeah.
1:44.9	Oh, yeah.
1:45.9	I had never, honestly, I was going to say I've never seen it.
1:49.0	I'd never even heard of it before you were like, we need to cover this.
1:52.4	Yeah.
1:53.3	I feel like, because I, we read the IMDB synopsis, right?
1:59.3	Yeah.
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