Scanners

1981 103 min Science Fiction, Horror

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. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

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IMDb 6.7 RT 69 Metacritic 60

budget $4,100,000 earnings $14,225,876 return 3.5x

director David Cronenberg

writer David Cronenberg

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