Scanners (1981) Review

Scanners (1981) synopsis: “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.”

Starring: Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Jennifer O'Neill, and Michael Ironside
Director: David Cronenberg

This week on Podcasting After Dark, co-host Zak walks us through our second David Cronenberg film (the first one being Shivers a few months ago). While Scanners might not get as much mainstream notoriety as The Fly we feel its influences are felt much further. It also holds up very well in 2022 as it touches on a lot of contemporary themes such as privatized security forces and big pharma pulling strings. David Cronenberg was truly ahead of his time with Scanners!

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