- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- January 14, 1981 (44 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Canada
- Production companies
- Filmplan International
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rating
- R
Scanners
Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Jennifer O'NeillKim Obrist
Stephen LackCameron Vale
Patrick McGoohanDr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence DaneBraedon Keller
Michael IronsideDarryl Revok
Robert A. SilvermanBenjamin Pierce
Lee BrokerSecurity One
Mavor MooreTrevellyan
Adam LudwigArno Crostic
Murray CruchleyProgrammer 1
Fred DöderleinDieter Tautz
Géza KovácsKiller in Record Store
Sonny ForbesKiller in Attic
Jérôme TiberghienKiller in Attic
Denis LacroixKiller in Barn
Elizabeth MudryKiller in Barn
Victor DésyDr. Gatineau
Louis Del GrandeFirst Scanner
Anthony SherwoodScanner in Attic
Ken UmlandScanner in Attic
Anne AnglinScanner in Attic
Jock BrandisScanner in Attic
Jack MessingerScanner at Door
Victor KnightDr. Frane
Karen FullertonPregnant Girl
Margaret GadboisWoman in Mall
Terrance P. CoadySecurity 1 Car Passenger
Steve MichaelsSecurity 1 Car Driver
Malcolm NelthorpeSecurity 2 Car Driver
Nicholas KilbertusSecurity 2 Car Partner
Don BuchsbaumLarge Man in Mall
Roland NincheriLarge Man in Mall
Kimberly McKeeverHallucinating Guard
Robert BoydHallucinating Guard
Graham BatchelorYoga Technician
Dean HagopianProgrammer 2
Alex StevensProgrammer 3
Neil AffleckStudent
Crew
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Reviews
[Blu-ray Review] ‘Scanners’ Criterion Should Make Your Head Explode After being on hiatus due to debilitating migraine headaches, it is humorous to me that my return to reviews for Bloody Disgusting would start with the recen...
Looking back at David Cronenberg’s Scanners Famous for its exploding head sequence, Scanners was one of David Cronenberg's earliest mainstream hits in the US. Ryan takes a look back...
Blu-Ray Pick: Scanners (Criterion, $39.95)
HORROR MOVIE (Published 1981) Good superbrains vs. homicidal superbrains. Foolish mystery, but Cronenberg has style.
Scanners movie review & film summary (1981) “Scanners” is a new horror film made with enough craft and skill that it could have been very good, if it could find a way to make us care about it. I don't
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