Despite 2 or 3 "shock" moments, it's shockingly dull, barely coherent, poorly acted and, oddly for Cronenberg, thematically thin. Stephen Lack gives one of the shoddiest lead performances in a major movie history.
This review of Scanners (1981) was written by Paul N on 16 May 2012.
Scanners has generally received positive reviews.
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