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A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners. (R, 104 min.)
9:00 PM
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With Scanners, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. 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. A trademark Cronenberg combination of the visceral and the cerebral, this phenomenally gruesome and provocative film about the expanses and limits of the human mind was the Canadian director’s breakout hit in the United States. [Janus]
Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan
Director: David Cronenberg
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
"An early masterpiece by David Cronenberg."
— Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
"Cronenberg's deadpan techno-thriller lampoon."
— Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
"An unnerving and challenging work of nihilistic prescience."
— Eddie Harrison, film-authority.com
"An absolute must-see cult classic for horror and sci-fi fans alike."
— Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
"Cronenberg is so great at juxtaposing the surreal with the mundane to generate both creeps and (nervous) laughter."
— Christopher Long, Movie Metropolis
"It’s a film that staggers the imagination as much today as it did four decades ago and it’s not difficult to understand why."
— Alan Mount, Starburst
"The picture is a genre classic, a masterpiece in its own spooky way, but saying that evokes visions of elitist projects that delicately scrutinize the human condition. Scanners is not like that all. It is a hard-edge, no-nonsense science fiction thriller."
— Kenneth Turan, New West/California
