Scanners (1981)
- Starring:
- Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror
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My RatingSynopsis of Scanners
The title of this David Cronenberg sci-fi horror film refers to a group of people who have telekinetic powers that allow them to read minds and give them the ability to make other people's heads explode. The children of a group of women who took an experimental tranquilizer during their pregnancies, the scanners are now adults and have become outcasts from society. But Darryl (Michael Ironside) decides to create an army of scanners to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is his brother Cameron (Stephen Lack), who wants to forget that he was ever a scanner. Winner of the International Fantasy Film Award at the 1983 Fantasporto Film Festival, Scanners was followed by a pair of sequels, neither of which involved Cronenberg. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 103 mins
Complete Cast of Scanners
- Stephen Lack - Vale
- Patrick McGoohan - Dr. Paul Ruth
- Chuck Shamata - Gaudi
- Adam Ludwig - Crostic
- Mavor Moore - Trevellyan
- Steve Michaels - Security 1 Car Driver
- Malcolm Nelthorpe - Security 2 Car Driver
- Jerome Tiberghien - Killer in Attic
- Anthony Sherwood - Scanner in Attic
- Denis Lacroix - Killer in Barn
- Victor Knight - Dr. Frane
- Sonny Forbes - Killer in Attic
- Fred Doederlein - Dieter Tautz
- Neil Affleck - Medical Student in Hall
- Lee Broker - Security One
- Louis del Grande - First Scanner
- Jennifer O'Neill - Kim
- Lawrence Z. Dane - Keller
- Michael Ironside - Revok
- Victor Desy - Dr. Gatineau
- Robert A. Silverman - Pierce
- Lee Murray - Programmer 1
- Anne Anglin - Scanner in Attic
- Alex Stevens - Programmer 3
- Jack Messinger - Scanner at Door
- Geza Kovacs - Killer in Record store
- Nicholas Kilbertus - Security 2 Car Passenger
- Ken Umland - Scanner in Attic
- Dean Hagopian - Programmer 2
- Robert Boyd - Hallucinating Guard
- Terry Coady - Security 1 Car Passenger
- Director(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Writer(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Producer(s):
- Michael Ironside, Claude Heroux
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Gore, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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