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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.
Jan 14, 1981 · The death of the first scanner ('Victor Del Grande' ) was filmed in two different ways: the theatrical release has Revok (Michael Ironside) causing his head to explode; an alternate take, featured in television versions, shows him dying of a grotesque heart attack instead. The Sci-Fi Network has shown the scene intact.
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- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- David Cronenberg
- 1981-01-14
Oct 28, 2015 · October 28, 2015. The eye-popping, brain-raining skull explosion in the early goings of David Cronenberg’s 1981 horror classic Scanners remains one of the most impressively executed movie deaths...
- Kevin Polowy
Jan 14, 2021 · That explosive onscreen kill serves as an unforgettable introduction to the film’s villain, Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside). In the decades since Scanners‘ January 14, 1981 release, Ironside...
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Directed by David Cronenberg • 1981 • Canada. Starring Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Michael Ironside. With SCANNERS, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue ...
Watchlist. New Customer? Scanners (1981) Michael Ironside: Darryl Revok. Showing all 25 items. Jump to: Photos (21) Quotes (4) Photos. Quotes. Darryl Revok : [strikes back at Cameron with scanner abilities] All right. We're gonna do this the scanner way. I'm gonna suck your brain dry! Everything you are is gonna become me.