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The title of this David Cronenberg sci-fi horror film refers to a group of people who have telekinetic powers that allow them to read minds and give them the ability to make other people's heads explode. The children of a group of women who took an experimental tranquillizer during their pregnancies, the scanners are now adults .. Read more

Starring	Patrick McGoohan, Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Lawrence Dane
Director	David Cronenberg
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Cronenberg recalls Scanners car crash tragedy
- WENN Newsdesk
- 12 Sep 2011
Movie maverick David Cronenberg has opened up about the car crash tragedy that wrecked the beginning of his Scanners shoot in 1980, insisting the double fatality would have ended most young filmmakers' careers. Two motorists collided when one slowed down to watch highway filming of the thriller, and cast and crew had to drop everything in a desperate attempt to save lives. He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "They slowed down, and the guy behind them didn't. My grip jumped over the fence and... Read more
Cronenberg's exploding-head movie to be remade
- 28 Feb 2007
David Cronenberg's 1981 movie Scanners - known by many as the one where a man's head explodes - is to be remade, with the director of Saw II and Saw III heading up the project. The futuristic thriller, which told the story of an underground group of people with psychic powers, is set to start filming early next year, reports Variety. Until then, fans may want to catch up on Cronenberg's back catalogue which often combined psychological and physical horror to produce a number of films that are... Read more
David Cronenberg’s History of Violence
- 23 Oct 2007
"Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos." - David Cronenberg David Cronenberg has come a long way since he started work on his first feature, Orgy of the Blood Parasites , 33-years ago. Set in a tower block where residents are infected by a slug-like virus that turns them into sex maniacs, the film was released under various titles - including The Parasite Murders, They Came From Read more

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