Classic ‘80s sci-fi horror from David Cronenberg about a small, secret group of beings called Scanners – gifted with pain-inflicting...
Classic ‘80s sci-fi horror from David Cronenberg about a small, secret group of beings called Scanners – gifted with pain-inflicting psychic powers and a desire to take over the world. A scientist discovers one of these beings and converts him to wage war against his own kind.
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67 %42 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
64 %31,698 reviewsAudience score rating
"Scanners offers at least one literally eye-popping moment and another that can only be called mind-blowing."
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Variety
Variety"Looks less like Cronenberg's popular mid-'70s exploiters than one of his early experimental films remade on a higher budget"
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Time Out
Time Out"Cronenberg delivers."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"Made with enough craft and skill that it could have been very good, if it could find a way to make us care about it."
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Roger Ebert
Roger EbertScanners | Details
- Rating
- R16, Horror scenes and violence
- Runtime
- 103
- Genre
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- Canada
