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Synopsis: Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.
Director(s): David Cronenberg
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
1981
103 min
656 Views


'It's a door. I put an eye on it so they won't

know it's a door and they can't get back in

- 'cos they'll see the eye, you know...'

- 'Do you think that will fool them? '

'Sure. Sure it will.

- 'I mean, sure it will, you know.'

- 'I mean, if that's the only way...'

'No!

'What do you know?

You don't know nothing, do you?

'You want to see if I can do it again?

Do you? You want to see how I did it?

'Aaaargh!'

- 'Darryl...'

- 'Get your hands off me.

'Get your hands... Get your hands off me!

'Get your hands off me!'

That's me, isn't it?

As you were...

without Ephemerol, without guidance.

Is he still like that?

- Worse.

- How could he be?

At the age of 22,

he was extremely self-destructive.

Now, at the age of 35,

he is simply destructive.

In many ways, Cameron, he is your enemy.

And mine.

But I don't even know him.

He... knows you.

Somehow he was able to gather

a master list

of all the scanners who were ever born.

He has sought them out, one by one,

asked them to join him in an insane crusade

to destroy the society that created him.

And me?

He was looking for you but I found you first.

You can help me.

I don't understand.

All the scanners

who didn't agree to join him were murdered.

These murders represent a loss to mankind

of the most spectacular human beings

that ever walked the face of this planet.

You, Cameron,

and your brothers and sisters,

can bring a glory and a brilliance to our

society that has never been seen before.

We must stop Revok. Now.

ConSec are not ready

to give up their programme.

Paul Ruth... came up with a secret weapon.

What?

Someone you've been looking for, I think.

A scanner. Calls himself Cameron Vale.

I've seen him.

And Ruth knew exactly where to find him.

He's in indoctrination right now.

Can he do anything?

What kind of shape is he in?

He seems to function.

But he's nothing to worry about.

He's weak.

Very weak.

Welcome to our little psychic gymnasium...

...Cameron Vale.

And please meet

yoga master Dieter Tautz.

Mr. Tautz has kindly consented

to be your psychic sparring partner.

He has publicly demonstrated

on many occasions.

By the power of his will,

he can control his heart rate,

his alpha-wave rhythm,

and many other supposedly uncontrollable

functions of the human body.

- Are we ready?

- Just about.

Proceed.

If you'd be kind enough

to sit facing this gentleman here.

I want you...

I want you to slowly release your scan.

Slowly, with focus.

I want it to touch... his heart.

But not his brain. You understand?

Telepathy is not mind-reading.

It is the direct linking

of two nervous systems

separated by space.

I want you to make a link...

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David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg, CC OOnt FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and author. Cronenberg is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or visceral horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. His films have won numerous awards, including the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Crash (1996). more…

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