Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Jennifer O'Neill, Lawrence Dane, Stephen Lack
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Scanners is a 1881 Science Fiction/Horror story by David Cronenberg about a telepathic/telekinetic man drawn into an agency to eliminate another who can kill people with this mind. Several Scanners are shot while exploring a connection to an anesthetic drug for pregnant women. Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill and Michael Ironside star.
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where the bad scanner is trying to kill the good one using the telephone line, when the good guy turns it back and blows up the office/lab at the other end, one of the scientists is blown back through the glass by the explosion. In the shot from outside the room, it is easy to see the cable pulling him back. (01:22:55)
Paul Ruth: How do you feel?
Cameron: I feel... crystal clear.
Trivia: Scanners is identified as having the first known media depiction of psychic activity directly or indirectly causing nosebleed. This concept has since become widespread in movies, television, and comic books/graphic novels.