Scanners

Darryl Revok is a rogue "scanner" of unparalleled power with an insatiable thirst for control. Leader of an underground association, Revok wages war against the "normals" to claim his prize of world domination - his telekinesis a passive-agressive weapon of the most dangerous and deadly kind. Self-induced "empath" Cameron Vale is on the verge of insanity, struggling to cope with the powers that define his existence. With his propinquity to the subject, Vale is recruited by Dr Paul Ruth and tasked to track Revok down before any more damage is done. With the uncanny ability to read minds and lock into the human nervous system, Revok sets out to prove himself a formidable exponent - literally blowing people's minds in the process. At the end of the 1970s, Canadian director David Cronenberg made a name for himself among film fans with projects such as ‘Parasite Killer’ (1975) and ‘Rabid’ (1977) - even if film critics were always somewhat divided on what to make of the mixture of science fiction and horror. This was not to change with ‘Scanners’, which became a commercial success and cemented Cronenberg's reputation. Alongside ‘The Fly’ (1986), ‘Scanners’ is one of the most enduring stories from Cronenberg's pen.