CRITERION COLLECTION: SCANNERS – CRITERION COLLECTION: SCANNERS (1 Blu-ray)

Welcome to the sector of the Scannersa race of humans with telekinetic powers that may wreak havoc beyond your such a lot dreaded nightmare. Creator/director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Naked Lunch) brings the fear closer than ever beforehe brings it right into your mind. Cronenberg is a up to date-day horror master whose name fits in easily with the likes of King, Craven and Chippie…and Scanners, with its spectacular and shockingly realistic special effects, is a startling masterpiece of the genre. When a rogue Scanner of unparalleled power (Michael Ironside) wages a bloody war against the normals, young empath Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is recruited to trackhim down. But Vale is inexperiencedand a battle with any other Scanner could mean a grisly death…or worse. Can Vale vanquish his insanely violent, power-mad adversary? Just one thing is certain: Scanners delivers the chills-down-your-spine, heart-in-your-throat, you-cannot-watch-but-you-daren’t-leave goods (Time)!