Scanners

Scanners

10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.

1981103 min6.7 / 10

A visceral sci-fi horror thriller about psychic warfare, driven by body horror and paranoia, where extraordinary mental powers become instruments of grotesque destruction.

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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