Scanners
6.7
“10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.”
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
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3 films
Cast
49 people
Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
Known for
Dead Ringers
Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist
Known for
The Psychic
Summer of '42
Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
Known for
Total Recall
Nobody
Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
Known for
Braveheart
Escape from Alcatraz
Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
Known for
Bride of Chucky
Happy Birthday to Me
Robert A. Silverman
Benjamin Pierce
Known for
eXistenZ
Naked Lunch
Lee Broker
Security One
Known for
F/X2
Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
Known for
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
Known for
Short Circuit 2
Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
Known for
Death Ship
Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz
Also in
Shivers
The Hotel New Hampshire
Géza Kovács
Killer in Record Store
Known for
Orphan Black
The Dead Zone
David Cronenberg Director · Howard Shore Composer Mark Irwin Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $14M · Budget $4.1M · United States release January 14, 1981
Box office
Budget
$4,100,000
Worldwide gross
$14,225,876
Gross vs. budget
3.5×
Production
Filmplan International
Production
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Production
Montreal Trust Company of Canada
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
Filmplan
Production
Victor Solnicki Productions
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · January 14, 1981
Theatrical
Canada · January 16, 1981
Theatrical
United States · June 13, 2000
Physical · VHS
Australia
October 1, 1981 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 15, 1981 · Theatrical
Colombia
July 29, 1981 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 17, 1981 · Theatrical
Finland
August 7, 1981 · Theatrical
March 31, 2023 · Premiere · Night Visions International Film Festival
France
April 8, 1981 · Theatrical
December 15, 2000 · Physical · DVD
October 1, 2014 · Physical · Bluray
August 19, 2020 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 22, 2022 · Digital · VOD
Germany
March 5, 1981 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
May 1, 1982 · Theatrical · Rome
May 7, 1982 · Theatrical · Milan
Japan
February 1, 1987 · Theatrical · Re-release
Mexico
November 27, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 3, 1981 · Theatrical
Norway
January 21, 1982 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 6, 1982 · Theatrical
February 13, 2006 · Limited theatrical · Lisbon (Cinemateca Portuguesa)
October 15, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Porto (Batalha Centro de Cinema)
Spain
April 14, 1981 · Theatrical
November 4, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona (Phenomena, Event, Subtitled Version)
January 11, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Madrid (Event Re-release, Subtitled Version)
January 14, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona (Event Re-release, Subtitled Version)
Sweden
November 2, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 23, 1981 · Theatrical
Uruguay
May 13, 1983 · Theatrical
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