Wall

This is one of the most interesting, entertaining, stylish and original movies I've ever seen, even though it's obvious from the first ten minutes that the acting is terrible and the story is pretty thin. an extremely likable movie. i like it better than videodrome.

G.W. Elmer

15Dec11

I love the fuck out of this one, but Lack's acting makes my head want to explode. He makes for some great reaction shots though.

Francisco R.

30Oct11

I would consider this film as Cronenberg's first breakthrough, or at least the strongest and most interesting of his early works, he seems to pick up some of its themes from his 1969 debut Stereo and continues to explore the relations between telepaths, though sometimes overly plot oriented, it never bores.

Gerald

27Sep11

That guy's head just blew up.

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ghsdtgsdhgsdasghd

22Aug11

No início pareceu-me um filme de crítica social. Os Scanners (que têm habilidades telepáticas) são marginalizados pela sociedade que não os entende. Ora, o que é que aconteceu à maior parte dos filósofos, pintores, etc, no seu tempo? There you go. Não é body horror. Há algum gore, bastante inovador, mas aparece esporadicamente. O argumento é brilhante e isto para mim é um clássico.

Nancarrow

13Aug11

A fever-trip of a film, complete with a wonderful score that heightens the paranoia to a disorienting level. Highly recommended to fans of Cronenberg and 80's American cinema.

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Nancarrow

8Sep11

whoops...canadian, but might as well be american

Judicial Joe

29Jul11

Good clean family fun.

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Matthew

3Jul11

Awful. Videodrome and Dead Ringers are leagues better.

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johnsonisjohnson

20Jun11

The confrontation between Darryl and Cameron is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.

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Mr. Arkadin, DT, RichyM

Chris Jones

18Feb11

There are a few interesting ideas and special effects trapped in the midst of a cyclone composed of terrible dialogue, rushed denouements and Stephen Lack being the worst actor who has ever lived.

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Matthew, K. G. Courtright

Aura

9Sep10

This film isn't beautiful or interesting. This film isn't even a film. You can’t ignore that. You must see.

Reginald Healer Marcellin

16Jul10

Great film. Great synth score. Great mood. Character relationships where a little dry and acting was robotic and stale but it suited the film

christopher talbot

4Jun10

awesome film!

Jim W

20May10

This movie is simultaneously hilarious and awesome. The writing is so awful, but the scanner scenes are mind-blowingly mind-blowing.

Guldborg

19May10

Watching this tonight!

Silenzio

18May10

Cronenberg made more mature, complex films later but this is the film that made me a huge fan of his. Brian De Palma made a similar film a few years earlier (The Fury) but Scanners is a lot more intriguing in my opinion. The special effects were so much more fun in the eighties before CGI came into cinema and this film is no exception. Regarding the actors, Michael Ironside completely steals this film

Seth Farmer

26Mar10

Sometimes I fantasize about an X-Men film directed by Cronenberg. Then I think of Scanners and realize he's already covered the subject, and then some.

Jardun

24Mar10

I loved the ending, then I hated it, then all the sudden I loved it again. All within like 4 minuets. Amazing.

Jake Mulligan

14Mar10

I don't get this movies love. It gives you a plot where the climax (the one exploding head) comes 10 minutes in, and the acting (mainly from the main character) is so laughably bad that you can't even enjoy the effects in the final battle, one of the only cool parts of the film. Important in the Cronenberg canon, but can't even touch some of his higher works like Videodrome, much less his masterpieces.