Scanners
Filmplan / Victor Solnicki Productions / AVCO Embassy Pictures / Canadian Film Development Corporation / MGM Home Entertainment (1981)
Horror, Science Fiction
In Collection
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027616865496
IMDB   6.8
103 mins United States / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Jennifer O'Neill Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane Braedon Keller
Michael Ironside Darryl Revok
Robert A. Silverman Benjamin Pierce (as Robert Silverman)
Lee Broker Security One
Mavor Moore Trevellyan
Adam Ludwig Arno Crostic
Murray Cruchley Programmer 1 (as Lee Murray)
Fred Doederlein Dieter Tautz
Géza Kovács Killer in Record Store (as Geza Kovacs)
Sonny Forbes Killer in Attic (as Sony Forbes)
Jérôme Tiberghien Killer in Attic (as Jerome Tiberghien)
Denis Lacroix Killer in Barn
Elizabeth Mudry Killer in Barn
Victor Désy Dr. Gatineau (as Victor Desy)
Louis Del Grande First Scanner
Anthony Sherwood Scanner in Attic (as Tony Sherwood)
Ken Umland Scanner in Attic
Anne Anglin Scanner in Attic
Robert A. Silverman Benjamin Pierce
Murray Cruchley Programmer 1
Géza Kovács Killer in Record Store
Sonny Forbes Killer in Attic
Jerome Tiberghien Killer in Attic
Director
David Cronenberg
Producer Pierre David
Claude Heroux
Writer David Cronenberg


Welcome to the world of the Scanners – a race of humans with telekinetic powers that can wreak havoc beyond your most dreaded nightmare. Writer/director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Naked Lunch) brings the terror closer than ever before – he brings it right into your mind. Cronenberg is a modern-day horror master whose name fits easily with the likes of King, Craven and Carpenter...and Scanners, with its spectacular and shockingly realistic special effects, is a startling masterpiece of the genre. When a rogue Scanner of unparalleled power (Michael Ironside) wages a bloody war against the "normals," young empath Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is recruited to track him down. But Vale is inexperienced – and a battle with another Scanner could mean a grisly death...or worse. Can Vale vanquish his insanely violent, power-mad adversary? Only one thing is certain: Scanners "delivers chills-down-your-spine, heart-in-your-throat, you-can't-watch-but-you-daren't-leave goods" (Time)!
Edition Details
Distributor MGM Home Entertainment
Release Date 28/08/2001
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
Subtitles English; Spanish; French
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 1.0
French Dolby Digital 1.0
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
• Theatrical Trailer