Second Sight Films announces the brand-new Scanners Limited Edition 4K/UHD and Blu-ray Box set to release on 31 March 2025.
Scanners is the cornerstone of 1980s horror/sci-fi and a breakthrough for the now legendary director David Cronenberg (Crimes of the Future, The Fly, Videodrome), now the seminal shocker is set a mind-blowing Limited Edition makeover from experts in the field, Second Sight Films, this March.
Scanners Limited Edition 4K/UHD and Blu-ray Box set is set for release on 31 March 2024 and will also be available in Standard Edition 4K and Blu-ray. The groundbreaking special effects and iconic explosive scenes are about to be seen in all their grotesque glory with a brand-new 4K restoration, with the approval of Cronenberg himself.
The set is presented in a stunning rigid slipcase complete with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi and comes packed with a slew of brilliant special features including a new commentary, interviews with cast and crew, including Micheal Ironside. There’s also a 120-page book filled with essays and more.
Drifter Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack – Dead Ringers) is plagued by incessant voices in his head, unaware that he’s a ‘Scanner’ – a person with extraordinary telepathic powers, who can not only read minds but literally tear them apart.
When he meets Dr. Paul Ruth (Patrick McGoohan – The Prisoners, Braveheart), the scientist recruits him and others of his kind to help them adapt to society. But a sinister underground movement of Scanners led by the psychotic Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside – Total Recall, Starship Troopers) have other intentions and the ultimate confrontation of minds awaits.
Get your head in the game for this brand-new must-have collector’s edition of Scanners, it’s guaranteed to blow your mind.
Special Features:
• A new 4K restoration approved by director David Cronenberg
• Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
• UHD presented in HDR with Dolby Vision
• New audio commentary by Caelum Vatnsdal
• Audio commentary by William Beard
• My Art Keeps Me Sane: an interview with actor Stephen Lack
• Method in his Madness: an interview with actor Michael Ironside
• Bad Guy Dane: an interview with actor Lawrence Dane
• The Eye of Scanners: an interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
• Mind Fragments: an interview with composer Howard Shore
• The Chaos of Scanners: an interview with executive producer Pierre David
• Exploding Brains & Popping Veins: Interview with makeup effects artist Stephan Dupuis
• Monster Kid: an interview with makeup effects artist Chris Walas
• Cronenberg’s Tech Babies: a video essay by Tim Coleman
Limited Edition Contents:
• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi
• 120-page book with new essays by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, Eugenio Ercolani and Gian Giacomo Petrone,
Kurt Halfyard, Craig Ian Mann, Francesco Massaccesi, Jessica Scott, Emma Westwood and Heather Wixson
• Six collectors’ art cards
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