Scanners (1981)
- 6.8
- 1h 43min
- Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
- 1981-01-16 (USA)
Storyline
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.
Plot Keywords
psychic power, exploding head, surprise ending, human experiment, telepathy, investigation, sabotage, scientist, helicopter, canuxploitation, written by director, lighting a cigarette, fade to black, lying on bed, public telephone, night, surveillance camera, holding hands, schizophrenic, car on fire
Short Review
Scanners, according to David Cronenberg's new film, are people who can control others with their thoughts...The idea has a certain cachet. But Scanners doesn't pay off on it.
