Scanners
1981, 99 minutes, Rated R
Welcome to the world of the Scanners - a race of humans with telekinetic powers that can wreak havoc beyond your most dreaded nightmate. Writer/Director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Nakend Lunch) brings the terror closer than ever before - he brings it right into your mond. Cronenberg is a modern day horror master whose name fits in easily with the likes of King, Craven and Carpenter... and Scanners, with it's spectacular and shockingly realistic special effects is a sterling masterpiece of the genre.
When a rogue Scanner of unparalleled power (Michael Ironside) wages a bloody war against the "normals", young empath Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is recruited to track him down. But Vale is inexperienced - and a battle with another Scanner could mean a grizzly death... or worse. Can Vale vanquish his insanely violent, power-mad adversary? Only one thing is certain: Scanners "delivers the chills-down-your-spine, heart-in-your-throat, you-can't-watch-but-you-daren't-leave goods!" - Time
- Director:
- David Cronenberg [11],
- Starring:
- Robert A. Silverman [2], Patrick McGoohan [39], Lee Broker [1], Lawrence Dane [4], Jennifer O'Neill [5], Michael Ironside [34], Stephen Lack [1],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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