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Scanners

R
Movie
1981
1h 43m
English
Science Fiction, Horror
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, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
Rating
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6.6
IMDB
Scanners (1981) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
65

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Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
Robert A Silverman
Benjamin Pierce
Lee Broker
Security One
Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
Fred Dderlein
Dieter Tautz
Gza Kovcs
Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes
Killer in Attic
Jrme Tiberghien
Killer in Attic
Denis Lacroix
Killer in Barn
Elizabeth Mudry
Killer in Barn
Victor Dsy
Dr. Gatineau
Louis Del Grande
First Scanner
Anthony Sherwood
Scanner in Attic
Ken Umland
Scanner in Attic
Anne Anglin
Scanner in Attic
Jock Brandis
Scanner in Attic
Jack Messinger
Scanner at Door
Victor Knight
Dr. Frane
Karen Fullerton
Pregnant Girl
Directed By: David Cronenberg
Written By: David Cronenberg

Featured Comments/Tips

jarvis-9477279 says...
3 years ago
God this was painful to watch, Slow like crawling Slow, bad story, boring characters, crappie like really crappie Acting. Everything about this was just uninteresting and boring, and I've never had to grind a movie till the end as much as I had to with this garbage. Never again will I sit through this snooze fest ever again, what a load of bad acted rubbish. 1/10 for the head going pop. Everything else Trash just Trash
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DRNKMNKY says...
9 years ago
Although the idea behind the movie is good, the mediocre acting, bad SFX and boring directing makes this "just another mediocre to bad old-school horror flick".
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whoman2 says...
one year ago
If you can overlook the horrible acting, it’s pretty good for the most part. But the last half hour implodes and ruins the film for me. Could have been a classic.
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The_Argentinian says...
3 years ago
Damn, so many haters in here. Great movie.
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moonkodi
5/10  8 years ago
Didn't quite work. I'm not a fan of psychic power movies but the idea behind this one was good. The problems are that the charcaters are strictly plot based and have no identity outside of pushing the plot along. Sadly the plot doesn't have enough variation for this to wore. Just a few More
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