Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film's plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok (Ironside), a renegade scanner, to wage a war against ConSec. Another scanner, Cameron Vale (Lack), is dispatched by ConSec to stop Revok.
Scanners (1981)
Directed by David Cronenberg
Genres - Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
Release Date - Jan 14, 1981 |
Run Time - 103 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - R
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$14,225,876
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Blood, Cameron Vale, Cult, Drug, Exploding Head, Gore, Mind Control, Mind Reading, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Murder, Paranormal Phenomena, Psychic Power, Revok, Scanner, Scientist, Steven Lack, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Violence
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Filming Location: Montreal, Toronto
Narrative Location: Canada
Narrative Location: Canada
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Agyfürkészők
HU
İnfilak
TR
Kontrolori
RS
Mentes destructoras
MX
Scanners
AU, CA, DK, FI, FR, IN, IT, KR, NL, NO, PH, PT, ZA, ES, SE, TH, GB, US
Scanners - dödande tanke
FI
Scanners - Ihre Gedanken können töten
DE
Scanners - tappava ajatus
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Scanners: Los amos de la muerte
UY
Scanners: Mentes destructoras
PE
Scanners: Sua Mente Pode Destruir
BR
Scanners: Η νύχτα του μεγάλου τρόμου
GR
Skanerzy
PL
Skenuotojai
LT
Tappava ajatus
FI
Tarayıcılar
TR
Telépatas, mentes destructoras
MX
Сканнери
UA
Сканнеры
RU, US, SU
Скенери
BG
スキャナーズ
JP
掃描者大對決
TW