Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Things From the Week of Sept. 242 of 11
Mind-Blowing Development of the Week
David Cronenberg fans got a treat this week when it was announced that his classic 1981 sci-fi thriller Scanners will be developed into a TV series.
Scanners are people with psychic abilities that make it possible for them to control another person's nervous system with potentially deadly (and gruesome) consequences, a power that makes scanners particularly useful as weapons.
A perfect vehicle for Cronenberg's signature "body horror" subgenre, the movie features two brothers: one wants to use his abilities to consolidate his power, and the other makes it his mission to stop him. This "man on the run" storyline makes it a great candidate for a TV series treatment.
Find more frights in Scary Good, IMDb's Guide to Horror
David Cronenberg fans got a treat this week when it was announced that his classic 1981 sci-fi thriller Scanners will be developed into a TV series.
Scanners are people with psychic abilities that make it possible for them to control another person's nervous system with potentially deadly (and gruesome) consequences, a power that makes scanners particularly useful as weapons.
A perfect vehicle for Cronenberg's signature "body horror" subgenre, the movie features two brothers: one wants to use his abilities to consolidate his power, and the other makes it his mission to stop him. This "man on the run" storyline makes it a great candidate for a TV series treatment.
Find more frights in Scary Good, IMDb's Guide to Horror
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