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By Bob W (910) on 14 May 2015

Gory special effects (from a pre-CGI era) laden telekinetic sci-fi thiller. While dated, it is a cult classic that deserves a remake…

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By Michael G (2,333) on 18 Apr 2015

People making other peoples heads explode!! Every bit as fucked up as it sounds…

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By Bill S (2,971) on 29 Mar 2015

Another great Cronenberg classic, Scanners is a fully realized world of sci-fi horror, that if it were made today would be a franchise…

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By Ernesto C (20) on 08 Mar 2015

Probably my favorite Cronenberg movie. Not as gross as the movie poster might suggest but still brutal enough for the gorehounds…

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By Christopher B (2,528) on 21 Feb 2015

Scanners is a very fun thriller from David Cronenberg. I love the style of the film, from the set design to the music…

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By Stefan G (492) on 19 Jan 2015

An interesting story but terrible acting and poor production. Central plot was intriguing…

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By Grant S (1,780) on 19 Jan 2015

An interesting story but terrible acting and poor production. Central plot was intriguing…

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By Grant G (247) on 06 Jan 2015

A Thought-Provoking And Compelling Sci-Fi Horror Gem…

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By Louis M (149) on 08 Dec 2014

It was so long time ago that I watched Scanners in a movie theater…

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By Brett C (553) on 11 Nov 2014

Another sleeper hit. That was an amazing film. Self-induced psycho-kinectic powers. Genius idea. Probably fairly new at the time…

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By Sgt. C (526) on 18 Oct 2014

(53%) David Cronenberg's much admired and quite widely known entry is largely hype as far as I'm concerned as it's mostly an over-rated sci-fi…

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By Ryan V (1,568) on 09 Oct 2014

Writer/director David Cronenberg crafts a grotesquely unique mixture of the sci-fi, horror, and spy genres with 1981's Scanners…

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By Patrick Y (105) on 06 Oct 2014

While Scanners is an interesting entry into sci-fi action by David Cronenberg, the film does what it need to do: sets up conflict between the…

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By G.m. W (89) on 19 Sep 2014

David Cronenberg's Scanners is one of the those films that has more talked-about scenes in it than it actually has a great storyline…

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By Lanky Man P (744) on 16 Sep 2014

Scanners is about a power I sometimes wish I had…

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By Ingmar A (69) on 28 Aug 2014

Of Cronenberg's early films, this is one of his best. An exciting combination of Sci-Fi and Horror…

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By Christopher Long (186) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 02 Aug 2014

Cronenberg is so great at juxtaposing the surreal with the mundane to generate both creeps and (nervous) laughter…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 13 Jul 2014

The generous selection of bonus features includes vintage elements, like a trailer made up almost entirely of the exploding-head scene, a handful…

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By Nathan Lee (205) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 06 Jul 2014

Scanners consolidates the ruling problematic of the Cronenberg project from the sex slugs of Shivers to the financial abstractions of Cosmopolis…

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By Seth Y (151) on 23 Jun 2014

Michael Ironside's literally gave a mind-blowing performance no one will soon forget…

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