Scanners (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Love the combination of paranoia thriller and horror elements, and this Criterion release is a great way to watch it and dive deep into its production.

Just a well crafted film and scifi classic. The Blu-ray is nicely cleaned up and crisp.

There's something about Cronenberg movies that has the unlikely actors playing the supposed 'good guys' that to me creates a disbelief at first, empathy, and nagging suspicion long after the movies over. And Scanners star Stephen Lack is the epitome of that. Whereas following Cronenberg films had 'big name' stars like James Woods and Jeremy Irons, etc. That seemed to instate the characters quirkiness a little more readily ("If it's James Woods doing it, it's gotta get going at some point...") But I'd say Stephen Lack can hold his head up with the 'A List' just as well. At first, and to this day. the talk of this movie was of the gory 'exploding heads'. And when I first saw it, I thought it was so immature and lame. And I hate to say this about Dave's movies, but they're like hotel porn films on first viewing. One wants to FF to the 'money shots' and skip the cheesy dialog. And Cronenberg always seems to deliver some great 'money shots' vis a vis special effects in most of his movies. Exploding heads, lifelike TV sets, insect like typewriters that talk, etc. And at first, those are the memorable things when the movies done. But with Scanners, I wanted to go back and pay more attention as to what led to those gory effects. Even then, it's a bit daunting with Stephen Lacks 'friendly neighbor' persona. But there's this edge to him, an honest type of hidden tension. And it wasn't until I sat down with this DVD and watched with a 'clean slate' of expectations and judgement that I thoroughly enjoyed it, and say it is one of Cronenbergs classics. And thanks to Criterion, it's a valuable asset to have - for preserving, enlightening, and increased appreciation.

Very impressed with everything about this. Great movie, artwork, and quality. Love it!

Classic 80s movie in all its greatness, exactly how I remember it, just with better DVD quality. Very happy!

What i don't like is the more i buy the more problems i have with my purchase. My order Scanners was supposed to have 3 discs and it only had 2. It is a good movie.

Scanners is a monumental flick that everyone should see. It has, generally, really good acting. Especially, Michael Ironside. The pacing is great. Lots of suspense. And, conceptually, mind-blowing. Some of the effects that were pioneered in Scanners are still in use today. Is it a horror film? I guess but it doesn't matter because it is awesomeness.

For a Soecial Edition, Collection, Etc. Whatever you call them, this is the Bar. The movie is in excellent condition, not Blue Ray but looks great. However the Gold is in the second disk. Multiple half hour interviews and an additional hour long Film.

What can you say about this film? It looks like it was shot on an $8 budget and most of the actors could be replaced with cardboard cut-outs. It is just as terrible and just as awesome as I remember when it first came out. Plenty of hints at the true genius of David Cronenberg, and the only stand-out performance comes courtesy of the extremely underrated and underappreciated Michael Ironside.Product arrived in a timely manner with no damage.

La qualité de restauration du film est tout simplement hallucinante, comme toujours avec Criterion. Les suppléments ne sont pas nombreux, mais tous très intéressants. Probablement la meilleure version blu ray disponible dans le monde entier.

Love the criterion collection!!!! And a classic movie in superbly restored

That movie was excellent & awesome. An awesome excellent movie about these people that have telepathic abilities that cause really painful headaches. I like the scene where the guy with the glasses Tracy scan everybody but one of them scans him back really hard that his head explodes

A great film by one of the top 10 directors of all time, lovingly restored> CANADA rockS!