SCANNERS

One Sheet (27" x 41"); Advance Style
Very Fine Folded; Artwork by Joanne Daley
Avco Embassy, 1981

A poster with only light general scattered crimping, as well as minor fold wear, with a little extra creasing to the vertical fold. Otherwise, a very clean image and poster.

In 1981, Canadian auteur David Cronenberg added to his then-brief catalog of "body horror" films with the release of Scanners, about a group of psychics with mighty telekinetic and telepathic powers, powers that can be used to deadly effect (hence the tagline, "Their thoughts can kill") and the large corporation that wants to use them as weapons. Rushed into production without a finished script - Cronenberg wrote individual scenes for the film instead of a traditional narrative - the film eventually required nine months of editing and reshooting, becoming "the longest post-production of any film I've ever done," according to the director.

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