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Scanners (1981)

6.7 IMDb 69% RT 60/100 MC
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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. Some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

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Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray

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Second Sight Films

Edition

Limited Edition

Street Date

TBA

Director

David Cronenberg

Box Office

$14,225,876

Editor's Notes

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Second Sight's 4K trilogy box has some of the best cover art in the boutique space. Only the first film is actually in 4K, which caught some buyers off guard. The original Scanners remains a Cronenberg essential and Second Sight's limited edition treatment gives it the packaging it deserves. Videodrome in 4K from Criterion is the companion disc most collectors pair it with.

noted Apr 9, 2026

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