Scanners: Overview, Where to Watch Online & more

Movie Details

• Status: Released
• Movie Tagline: 10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.
• Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
• Release Date: 1981-01-14
• Runtime: 103.0 min
• Budget: $4.1 million
• Revenue: $14.2 million
• Production Companies: Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)-Filmplan International, Montreal Trust Company of Canada

Cast & Crew

Jennifer O’Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Robert A. Silverman, Lee Broker, Mavor Moore, Adam Ludwig, Murray Cruchley, Fred Döderlein, Géza Kovács, Sonny Forbes, Jérôme Tiberghien, Denis Lacroix, Elizabeth Mudry, Victor Désy, Louis Del Grande, Anthony Sherwood, Ken Umland, Anne Anglin, Jock Brandis, Jack Messinger, Victor Knight, Karen Fullerton, Margaret Gadbois, Terrance P. Coady, Steve Michaels, Malcolm Nelthorpe, Nicholas Kilbertus, Don Buchsbaum, Roland Nincheri, Kimberly McKeever, Robert Boyd, Graham Batchelor, Dean Hagopian, Alex Stevens, Neil Affleck, John Brasington, Chris Britton, Jack Canon, Richard Chapman Jr.-Leon Herbert, William Hope, Thomas Kovacs, Ian McQue, Chuck Shamata, Sam Stone

Synopsis – What to Expect from “Scanners”

Scanners is a 1981 science fiction horror film about a group of individuals with telepathic and telekinetic powers. The film follows a young man named Cameron Vale, who discovers he is one of these “scanners”, people with powerful psychic abilities. He soon finds himself in the middle of a violent struggle between two powerful factions: the underground group of scanners led by Michael Ironside and the powerful ConSec corporation led by Dr. Paul Ruth.

Cameron is recruited by ConSec to help them hunt down and destroy the scanners. He quickly learns that ConSec is using him to further their own agenda, and that they have no intention of helping him or the other scanners. He is forced to make a difficult decision: to either help ConSec and betray his own kind, or to join the scanners and fight for their freedom.

The film follows Cameron as he is thrust into a world of violence and intrigue, as he navigates between the scanners and ConSec in order to protect himself and his newfound allies. Along the way, he discovers the dark secrets behind ConSec’s agenda, and the true power of the scanners. As the stakes become higher, Cameron must choose between his own safety and the safety of the scanners.

Ultimately, Cameron must make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save the scanners and protect the world from ConSec’s sinister plan. Scanners is an intense and thrilling exploration of the power of the mind, and the lengths people will go

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