Their thoughts can kill! 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. 00:00 Intro 16:39 Horror News 29:34 What We've Been Watching 46:09 Film Review 1:55:22 Name Game 2:01:42 Film Rating 2:06:55 Outro Podcast - https://podlink.to/horrorhangout​​​ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/horrorhangout Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/horrorhangoutpodcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/horror_hangout_ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@horrorhangoutpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/horrorhangoutpodcast/ Website - http://www.hawkandcleaver.com​​​ Ben - https://twitter.com/ben_errington​​​ Andy - https://twitter.com/AndyCTWrites Nico - https://twitter.com/nicobellfiction https://nicobellfiction.com/ Audio credit - Taj Easton http://tajeaston.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thehorrorhangout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.