Cronenberg in transition: Scanners (1981)
With Scanners, his occasionally gory telepath thriller, David Cronenberg made a significant move from low-budget horror towards the […]
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Ronald Mlodzik, Jack Messinger, Iain Ewing, Clara Mayer, Paul Mulholland,
Plot: Disguised as an educational film. Stereo purports to be a report on the "Canadian Academy of Erotic Inquiry's" experiments to induce telepathy in eight experimental subjects. It follows the effects of the experiment using the theoretical framework of the parapsychologist Luther Stringfellow. The film is virtually silent except for commentary by the experimenters.
Cronenberg in transition: Scanners (1981)
With Scanners, his occasionally gory telepath thriller, David Cronenberg made a significant move from low-budget horror towards the […]