Scanners
Taste attributes: horrorscience fictiondetectivemonster/alien/supernaturalthrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricategrittyenclosedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leads
"10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can’t Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode."
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, dark horror film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Horror
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
