Search - Scanners on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Not For Children, Gore Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 08/28/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 43 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 2 Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Sci-Fi Horror

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 tranquilizer during their pregnancies, the scanners are now adults and have become outcasts from society. But Darryl (Michael Ironside) decides to create an army of scanners to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is his brother Cameron (Stephen Lack), who wants to forget that he was ever a scanner. Winner of the International Fantasy Film Award at the 1983 Fantasporto Film Festival, Scanners was followed by a pair of sequels, neither of which involved Cronenberg. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Stephen Lack - Vale
Jennifer O'Neill - Kim
Patrick McGoohan - Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Z. Dane - Keller
Chuck Shamata - Gaudi
Michael Ironside - Revok

The '80s horror film Scanners comes out on dual-layered DVD in a widescreen anamorphic picture format (with a 1.85:1 aspect ratio) and the following rather limited audio track options: English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono and French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, with subtitles available in Spanish and French. Closed-captioning is also included in this release. However, there are no special or bonus features of any kind included aside from the original theatrical trailers. For a good part (about 20 minutes) of the movie's last half, the sound -- which at the Dolby 2.0 Mono level is not of good quality or sharpness to begin with -- is noticeably out of synchronization with the video. ~ Craig Chalquist, All Movie Guide