New Arrival Scanners (#712)

With Scanners, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. After a man with extraordinaryand frighteningly destructivetelepathic 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. A trademark Cronenberg combination of the visceral and the cerebral, this phenomenally gruesome and provocative film about the expanses and limits of the human mind was the Canadian directors breakout hit in the United States.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director David Cronenberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray

The Scanners Way, a new documentary by Michael Lennick on the films special effects, featuring interviews with Cronenbergs collaborators

Mental Saboteur, a new interview with actor Michael Ironside

The Ephemerol Diaries, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack

Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBCs The Bob McLean Show

New, restored 2K digital transfer of Stereo (1969), Cronenbergs first feature film

Trailer and radio spots

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Kim Newman