Advantages: Classic Cronenberg horror Disadvantages: No special features, can be confusing
Scanners is an unusual movie from the now acclaimed director David Cronenberg. Before Cronenberg hit the mainstream his focus was always on horror, shining examples being Shivers and Rabid, both shot in and around Toronto and Montreal, places he considered home. On his first rise of power in the directorial stakes came Scanners, a significantly different horror movie, that seemed dated even from its release. Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is effectively ... ...so collecting an army of Scanners to do his bidding and get revenge on those who created them.
Scientist Dr. Paul Ruth (Patrick McGoohan) has been desperately trying to get to the bottom of Revock's power over other Scanners, and now with Cameron in his care he seeks the opportunity to send him out as a spy and end Revock's rule once and for all.
Despite the movie hailing from the very early 1980's there is little to prevent this looking like a ...
sghawken 11.03.2008
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Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is living on the fringe of society, self induced due to his ... more
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 Scanners th...
Production Year: 1987 - Horror - Original Language: English\Cantonese\Chinese - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon
Production Year: 2006 - Horror - Director: Dave Payne - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Michael Ironside, Arielle Kebbel, Derek Richardson, Devon Gummersall
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