Scanners

6.7 / 10

(1,140 votes)

After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Science Fiction,

Horror

Duration:

103 minutes

Year:

1981

Director:

David Cronenberg

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Company:

Filmplan International,

Canadian Film Development Corporation,

Montreal Trust Company of Canada

Budget:

$4,100,000

Revenue:

$14,225,876

Cast:
Jennifer O'Neill

Kim Obrist

Stephen Lack

Cameron Vale

Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Paul Ruth

Lawrence Dane

Braedon Keller

Michael Ironside

Darryl Revok

Crew:
Claude Héroux

Producer

Mark Irwin

Director of Photography

David Cronenberg

Director

Gary Zeller

Special Effects

Pierre David

Executive Producer