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Scanners

Name: Scanners
Director: David Cronenberg
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Released: 1981-01-14
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane

1981 · 1h 43m · Science Fiction, Horror

IMDb 6.7 Metacritic 60 RT 69%

Scanners is a cult classic with wildly inventive practical effects and genuinely unsettling moments, but the middling scores reflect a uneven plot that hasn't aged perfectly. Watch it tonight if you're a sci-fi horror devotee who can tolerate '80s cheese; skip it if you need a tightly plotted thriller.

Plot

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.

Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane

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