Scanners (1981)
- Starring:
- Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis 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, Rovi
- 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
- Neil Affleck - Medical Student in Hall
- Lee Murray - Programmer 1
- Sonny Forbes - Killer in Attic
- Anne Anglin - Scanner in Attic
- Alex Stevens - Programmer 3
- Jack Messinger - Scanner at Door
- Fred Doederlein - Dieter Tautz
- Geza Kovacs - Killer in Record store
- Lee Broker - Security One
- Victor Knight - Dr. Frane
- Louis del Grande - First Scanner
- Jennifer O'Neill - Kim
- Lawrence Z. Dane - Keller
- Michael Ironside - Revok
- Victor Desy - Dr. Gatineau
- Robert A. Silverman - Pierce
- Denis Lacroix - Killer in Barn
- Steve Michaels - Security 1 Car Driver
- Ken Umland - Scanner in Attic
- Jerome Tiberghien - Killer in Attic
- Anthony Sherwood - Scanner in Attic
- Dean Hagopian - Programmer 2
- Malcolm Nelthorpe - Security 2 Car Driver
- Robert Boyd - Hallucinating Guard
- Nicholas Kilbertus - Security 2 Car Passenger
- Terry Coady - Security 1 Car Passenger
- Director(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Writer(s):
- David Cronenberg
- Producer(s):
- Claude Heroux, Michael Ironside
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Gore, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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