Scanners

Canada 1981, 102 minutes
Dir. David Cronenberg
English
Genres: Horror / Science Slip

Feat. Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside

Aroview: A 'scanner' describes a person able to read minds, but with a potential to cause nasty headaches. An intense cautionary tale about the dangers of science in the wrong hands. Famous for its 'exploding head' sequence.

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3 stars (Good Enough) Fun exciting romp, you're following all the way through and its directed brilliantly- but it's not much more than that. Worth watching for a good time and some fantastic practicals however. rn ~Sevenhead
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3 stars (Good Enough) Cronenberg says this was made from an unfinished script - it shows. I was surprised to find that star Stephen Lack was great in an earlier movie, The Rubber Gun; he's terrible here. Ironside & McGoohan rule though. ~Pearce