Movie poster for Scanners
TMDb Rating
6.7/10

1,307 verified votes

Scanners (1981)

Science FictionHorror
103 min

"10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode."

Plot Summary

After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Director

David Cronenberg

Top Cast

Stephen LackJennifer O'NeillMichael IronsidePatrick McGoohanLawrence Dane

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