David Cronenberg's 1981 horror film Scanners is a darkly paranoid story of a homeless man (Stephen Lack) mistakenly believed to be insane, when in fact he can't turn off the sound of other people's thoughts in his telepathic mind. Helped by a doctor (Patrick McGoohan) and enlisted in a programme of "scanners"--telepaths who also can will heads to explode--he becomes involved in a battle against nefarious forces. A number of critics consider this to be Cronenberg's first great film, and indeed it has a serious vision of destiny that rivals some of the important German expressionist works from the silent cinema. Lack is very good as the odd hero, and McGoohan is effectively eccentric and chilly as the scientist who saves him from the street, only to thrust him into a terrible struggle. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Drifter Cameron Vale is plagued by incessant voices in his head unaware that he is a scanner, a group of people with extraordinary powers who can not only read minds but literally tear them apart. He is discovered by Dr. Paul Ruth, a scientist aiming to help his kind adapt to society. However an underground movement of Scanner's led by the psychotic Derryl Revok have other intentions and the ultimate confrontation of minds await. Special Features: My Art Keeps Me Sane - Interview with Star Stephen Lack The Eye Of Scanners - Interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin The Chaos Of Scanners - Interview with excecutive producer Pierre David Exploding Brains and Popping Veins - Interview with makeup effects artist Stephan Dupuis Bad Guy Dane - Interview with actor Lawrence Dane
There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning. Cameron Vale is living on the fringe of society self-induced due to his telepathic ability to read other people's minds. Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside) has the same condition and is the head of an underground association of so-called Scanners that want world domination. When Vale is taken to Dr Paul Ruth as a result of supposed insanity he's enlisted into a program that will involve him in a battle against his fellow Scanners.
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