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Scanners

1981

David Cronenberg

Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane ...

6.3

7,913

Sci-Fi. Horror. Thriller A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Derek Adams Time Out	Part conspiracy thriller, part political tract, it is Cronenberg's most coherent movie to date (...) He punctuates it with spectacular set piece confrontations which really do dramatise the abstract, ingenious premise"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"The quality of the film's inventiveness is not always of the first order, which is too bad because Mr. Cronenberg does seem to be a director-writer of some style."	NEU
United States	Ryan Lambie Den of Geek	"An entertaining, satisfyingly nasty entry from an early part of the director's career (...) For all its faults, 'Scanners' still has those unforgettable images which are a Cronenberg trademark"	POS
United States	Rob Vaux Collider	"Horror fans will likely find it irresistible (...) Cronenberg reminded us that even the grindhouse could aspire to art"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A new horror film made with enough craft and skill that it could have been very good, if it could find a way to make us care about it. I don't think it does (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Chuck Bowen Slant	"[It] ages well (…) 'Scanners' has a gratifyingly gnarly sense of punk cynicism, but it never entirely breaks free of its own containment, which is to say the obligations of genre (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lauren Taylor Bloody Disgusting	"'Scanners' has esthetic elements that definitely validate its place in the horror genre (...) A groundbreaking horror classic"	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"A treat for fans of violently eccentric sci-fi. But it won’t blow your mind."	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"A nifty science fiction comic-book of a movie that makes excellent use of its low budget and hastily-written script (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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