This very graphic, but highly original mix of sci-fi and horror opens with social outcast with special telepathic powers wandering alone in a shopping mall. You get the immediate feeling that there is something wrong with this guy in that first scene and he is then picked up by a scientist, played by Patrick McGoohan, who sends him to infiltrate a group of other people with the same powers who are using them in dangerous ways, called "Scanners". This is not a typical horror film in the way that it is smart and original. Director David Cronenberg and composer Howard Shore help add to the film's atmosphere. However, some people will not enjoy the highly graphic scenes in which are quite disturbing when seen for the first time.
