Scanners 1981

Name: Scanners
Released: 1981-01-14
Cast: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	David Cronenberg
Written by:	David Cronenberg
Release date:	1981-01-14
Runtime:	103 minutes
Critics score:	80 / 100
Tagline:	10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.
Related titles:	Scanners II: The New Order 1991 Scanners III: The Takeover 1992