Scanners
David Cronenberg · 1981 · Film
It depicted telepaths as a dangerous, volatile minority exploited by corporations, exploring themes of psychic warfare, body horror, and the struggle for self-control within a technologically advanced society.
What it is
This film depicts a hidden subculture of 'scanners', individuals with potent telepathic and telekinetic abilities, often resulting in agonizing headaches and involuntary destruction. A corporation seeks to weaponize these powers, leading to a violent conflict between rival scanners.
↑Inherited from(2)
The concept of a distinct, powerful, and often feared minority of telepaths living among regular humans, facing persecution or exploitation, is a direct thematic link to 'Slan'.
The portrayal of uncontrolled, destructive mental power, capable of causing immense physical harm or even death, resonates with the 'monster from the Id' concept.
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