Scanners
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Movie Reviews of Scanners
Movie Review: Mind-Blowing
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow!
"Scanners" is a classic of horror.
It has all the goods.
The pacing is perfect.
The score and sound effects are perfect.
The acting and cinematography are excellent.
Great plot.
If you like gore, it's in there.
Some might call this "dated",
but trust me, it stands the test of time.
Who needs fancy-schmancy high tech effects?
Who needs gratuitous skin,sex and toilet humor?
Not David Cronenberg.
I have not seen "The Brood" or "Rabid" yet,
but I certainly intend to.
I love horror cinema and have seen many
films from all periods and from all over
the world and this is a keeper in my opinion.
There are some people, scanners,
who have a form of ESP that allows them
to read peoples minds and to project
destructive power and mind-control on others.
The ability is a burden and can be controlled
only when under the influence of a particular drug.
Who are they?
How did they become that way?
Will this power be used for good or ill?
All these questions and more will be answered
when you view the movie.
Movie Review: One of Cronenberg's best
Summary: 5 Stars
One of David Cronenberg's finest mashes of science fiction and pure horror, Scanners remains one of his most frightening and original films to date. Stephen Lack plays Cameron, a homeless vagrant who can hear other people's thoughts in his head. Soon enough, he is captured by mad scientist Dr. Ruth (The Prisoner's Patrick McGoohan) and learns that he is a "scanner": a human with vast, telekinetic powers that are literally mind blowing. When an even more powerful scanner (Michael Ironside) unhatches a plot for worldwide domination, Cameron goes hot on his trail, which leads to an inevitable, bloody showdown. Though not all elements of Scanners have aged particularly well, the film still holds up nicely almost thirty years later, and the special effects do for the most part as well, with the infamous "exploding head" scene ranking among one of the best effects sequences of the era and genre. Even though there were a whole series of vastly inferior sequels and spin-offs, David Cronenbergs' original Scanners is a masterpiece from one of the most brilliant minds to ever grace the science fiction and horror genres.Movie Review: 5 stars for a GREAT movie, 3 for No thrills DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
Scanners is a David Cronenberg classic. It has a great story about how some of the disenfranchised of society are actually telepaths cursed with actually hearing your thoughts. These Scanners also have the horrifying ability to manipulate your bodily functions from a simple nose breed to blowing out your veins to exploding your head ( One of the 2 most famous head explosions in horror - other is Maniac ). Anyway it seems that one Scanner is vying for world domination and a security corporation wants to stop him. They seemingly recruit a homeless scanner and turn him into an agent of good versus the evil scanners. The rest of the movie I won't spoil but it is a great one. The final confrontation between good vs. evil is outstanding. Although it isn't full of gore, it does have a couple of very gory scenes so it isn't for the squeamish.Movie Review: My favorite David Cronenberg film.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an extremley good film, the film contains probably the best gore scene ever. The exploding head was amazing, an evil scanner Revok played by Micheal Ironside has the ability to scan peoples brains and can make their heads explode, he is one of the most powerful scanner of all time and nobody can stop him that is untill a doctor uses another scanner who is just as powerful as Revok to destroy him. Great story but what I didn't like is when he was scanning a computer which is as big as the room that it is in so he can get some information but I guess it is just a Scifi horror film. If you like this film than I also recomend that you watch Videodrome, the fly, deadringers and naked lunch.Movie Review: A Great Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I see the reviews for this film are not glowing but I decided to sound off and say this film is tremendious. True at times it is a bit camp, and the dubbing of voices at times is bad, but the acting is timeless, the scenes are memoriable, and among Sci Fi horror films it rightfully established Cronenberg as the master of the genre. I can recommend this film as the perfect introduction to Cronenberg with his great films Videodrome(even stranger)and Dead Ringers.