# Scanners (1981) Opening to The First Original Video Release From 20th Century-Fox (1982)

"There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created …and they are winning." "10 SECONDS: The Pain Begins. 15 SECONDS: You Can't Breathe. 20 SECONDS: You Explode." "There thoughts can kill!" "FUTURE SHOCK SOON... From AVCO EMBASSY PICTURES" An unforgettable theatrical tagline (as seen on the poster ads billboards shortly before it's U.S. release to movie theaters) to one of the most shocking and clever science-fiction horror films ever made in the early 1980s. A true roller coaster ride of thrills! The Canadian Box Office Hit film "SCANNERS" was released the same year as it's competitors: "Omen III: The Final Conflict", "Altered States", "Friday The 13th Part 2", "The Hand", and "Scream" ... and received accolades from U.S. and International critics including the L.A. Times. What you are about to view is the original first video release of "Scanners": Written and Directed by Critically Acclaimed Canadian Filmmaker David Cronenberg, the director who brought you "The Brood" (1979) " Rabid" (1977), "They Came From Within" (1975) and Stars Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack, Lawrence Dane and Michael Ironside. You are beginning to view the opening to the original video distributor for the film's debut on videocassette tape on both VHS and Betamax formats from the defunct 20th Century-Fox Video , which was held at retail standard price of $79.99 in video stores way back in 1982, a year after it's theatrical…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 2021
- By: TV & Video Rewind
- Genres: Horror, Science fiction
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/scanners-current-archive)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader or archive marks it public domain, and nothing the site holds bears that out (its record gives no year, or a year from 1978 on, which no US term has left), so where it is free is not known. Unclear is not offered.