Scanners
1981
10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.
Directed by David Cronenberg
User Rating
Intensity
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
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- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Written by
- David Cronenberg
- Produced by
- Claude Héroux
- Composer
- Howard Shore
- Cinematographer
- Mark Irwin
- Editor
- Ronald Sanders
- Makeup FX
- Chris Walas, Dick Smith, Stephan Dupuis, Tom Schwartz
- Origin country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.7/10 (1,415 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 69% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 60/100
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (65,623 votes)
Cast
Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist
Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
Robert A. Silverman
Benjamin Pierce
Lee Broker
Security One
Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács
Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes
Killer in Attic
Jérôme Tiberghien
Killer in Attic
Denis Lacroix
Killer in Barn
Elizabeth Mudry
Killer in Barn
Victor Désy
Dr. Gatineau
Louis Del Grande
First Scanner
Crew
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Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — MIND & BODY Pt 8: The Brood (1979) & Scanners (1981)
Scanners Collection
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