Cronenberg's visual touch excels, not expressed as much in gore and body parts this time, but in making psychic confrontations genuinely tense. Begins to look like a spy story for a while, but recovers to stay original.
This review of Scanners (1981) was written by John M on 03 Apr 2009.
Scanners has generally received positive reviews.
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