Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, “scanners“ are psychics with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film’s plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok (Ironside), a renegade scanner, to wage a war against ConSec. Another scanner, Cameron Vale (Lack), is dispatched by ConSec to stop Revok.
Scanners premiered in January 1981 to lukewarm reviews from critics but became one of the first films produced in Canada to successfully compete with American films at the international box office.[3][4][5][6] It brought Cronenberg and his controversial style of body horror attention from mainstream film audiences for the first time and has since been reevaluated as a cult classic.[7][8] It is particularly well known for a scene that depicts Revok psychically causing a rival scanner’s head to explode.
Scanners on 1981. aasta Kanada ulmefilm, mille kirjutas ja lavastas David Cronenberg ning mille peaosades on Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Michael Ironside ja Patrick McGoohan. Filmis on “skannerid“ selgeltnägijad, kellel on ebatavalised telepaatilised ja telekineetilised võimed. Relvade ja turvasüsteemide tarnija ConSec otsib skannereid, et neid oma eesmärkidel kasutada. Filmi süžee puudutab renegaadi skanneri Darryl Revoki (Ironside) katset pidada sõda ConSeci vastu. ConSec saadab Revoki peatamiseks teise skanneri, Cameron Vale’i (Lack).
Skannerid esilinastusid 1981. aasta jaanuaris kriitikute leigete arvustuste saatel, kuid sellest sai üks esimesi Kanadas toodetud filme, mis konkureeris edukalt Ameerika filmidega rahvusvahelises piletikassas.[3][4][5][6] See tõi Cronenbergile ja tema vastuolulisele stiilile body horror tähelepanu peavoolu filmipubliku seas esimest korda ja on sellest ajast alates ümber hinnatud kultusklassikaks.[7][8] See on eriti tuntud stseenina, mis kujutab Revokit psüühiliselt põhjustamas konkureeriva skanneri pea plahvatamist.