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Scanners
Supernatural & Occult, Psychological, Body & Contagion, Genre Hybrids

Scanners

1981

10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.

Directed by David Cronenberg

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3.1
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After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

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Produced by
Claude Héroux
Composer
Howard Shore
Cinematographer
Mark Irwin
Origin country
Canada
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
en
Rating
R
TMDB
6.7/10 (1,338 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
69% Fresh
Metacritic
60/100
IMDb
6.7/10 (65,623 votes)
Released January 14, 1981·$4,100,000 budget·$14,225,876 revenue

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Podcasts

The Evolution of HorrorMIND & BODY Pt 8: The Brood (1979) & Scanners (1981)

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