Scanners is david cronenberg s 1981 scifi thriller outing, full of the standard cronenberg trademarks. This sequel has a different set of characters from either of the preceding films in the series. A young scanner liliana komorowska, screamers with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her fathers experimental drugs. Mar 25, 20 available on dvd through au carrying on from david cronenbergs original scifi cultclassic, scanners iii.
It even feels a bit like a pilot for a new series helena is super hot, though. Scanners is david cronenbergs 1981 scifi thriller outing, full of the standard cronenberg trademarks. The takeover 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In the film, scanners are people with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. The takeover takes a twisted mindtrip into a startling world of. The takeover 1991 full movie, a young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, powercrazed villain after she takes an experimen. Following the dour, dull rehash of earlier events that was scanners ii, the scanners franchise finally continued. Liliana komorowska, steve parrish, valerie valois,, official content from republic pictures home video siblings with. The takeover 1991 full movie free watch online with english subtitles.
Liliana komorowska, steve parrish, valerie valois release date. With liliana komorowska, valerie valois, steve parrish, colin fox. They also steadily declined in quality, settling for bmovie cheese. A veterinary student has no idea hes a scanner one who can read minds and control the actions of others until he discovers his unique abilities while foiling a holdup. The takeover you are looking for rough, serious and futuristic movies about with computer, crimes, drug abuse, pregnancy, supernatural, heroes and family relations themes of action, horror and scifi genre shot in canada. Scanners is a 1981 canadian sciencefiction horror film written and directed by david cronenberg and starring stephen lack, jennifer oneill, michael ironside, and patrick mcgoohan. The takeover is the second sequel to scanners, released in 1992 and also directed by christian duguay. The film completely ignores the events and characters of the previous films, only retaining the concept of. Christian duguays second sequel to david cronenbergs austere psychic action flick, scanners, kicks off with a precredit sequence in which a christmas party in the canadian city of montreal ends rather ignominiously when a lighthearted demonstration of telekinetic scanner prowess initiated to convince two sceptical party guests of the. It feels both like a part of the series and a totally separate psyonic horror that just got rewritten as a scanners sequel.
A police commander introduces him to a scientist who works with other scanners and he is soon snagged in a web of death and deception that threatens. The takeover gives us another nice anamorphic transfer that features only a few grainy scenes here and there but is otherwise very nice. The takeover and just like that yepdefinitely my favorite scanners movie. The new order returns to direct this third part, which is widely unrelated to the original and its first successor. Sep 05, 20 in this scene from scanners iii, a christmas party is ruined by a scanning gone wrong. She has a severe migraine associated to the sound of voices and her stepfather elton monet shows an experimental eph 3 patch that he is developing in his company to be used in scanners. Its almost like a cannon films scanners jam and im all about that. Two years later, joyce and helena are attacked by a gang in an alley and helena activates her ability of scanner to save them. A young scanner liliana komorowska, screamers with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her father. The takeover 1992 a man steve parrish tries to stop his sister liliana komorowska from ruling the world with television and her explosive mind. This is essentially the same as the us trailer, only with the. At a christmas party in a high rise apartment, scanner alex monet shows off his psychic abilities with his best friend. The takeover the 1992 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
They also steadily declined in quality, settling for b movie cheese. Scanners is infamous for its head exploding scene which takes place very early in the proceedings, and is the first thing that i think of when i remember this movie. Scanners 3 the takeover episode 265 good bad flicks. Such a weeeird movie and thats saying something when it comes to this franchise.
Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. By his own account see cronenberg on cronenberg, the movie was a nightmare to work on however. Actie horror film geregisseerd door christian duguay. The takeover also known as scanner force in uk is a 1992 science fiction horror film and second sequel to the film scanners, and the last film in the trilogy. Suzy claire cellucci is the sexy evil nurse in the 1991 movie, scanners iii. What we need at the end is not openendedness but clarity, looseend tyingup, closure. A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners. Its pretty bad, its like the kind of movie youd see featured on mystery science theater 3000. Scanners iii o duelo final hd1992 dublado em portugues. A young scanner liliana komorowska, screamers with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her. Her brother, who is also a scanner, is the only one powerful enough to stop her. The film received mixed reception from fans and viewers, and is the least successful scanners film to be released. Met liliana komorowska, valerie valois en steve parrish.
Aug 12, 20 a young scanner liliana komorowska, screamers with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her father. The takeover, on the other hand, is a blissful slice of absurdity. The title of this david cronenberg scifi horror film refers to a group of people who have telekinetic powers that allow them to read minds and give them the ability to make other peoples heads. This is the third in the scanners series of films, where people have acquired telepathic powers due to drugs taken by their mothers during pregnancy. Scanners iii o duelo final hd1992 dublado em portugues youtube. The takeover 1992 christian duguay on allmovie this is the third in the scanners series of. The takeover 1992 scanner cop 1994 scanner cop ii 1995, also known as scanners.
The takeover also known as scanner force in uk is a 1992 science fiction horror film, the second sequel to the film scanners. A young scanner liliana komorowska, screamers with extraordinary telepathic powers transforms into a lethal killing machine after taking one of her fathers. The takeover sees two adopted scanner siblings trying to live a normal life until the brother accidentally kills a friend, and moves to thailand to run from his problems. The takeover also known as scanner force in uk is a 1991 canadian science fiction horror film, the second sequel to the film scanners. By his own account see cronenberg on cronenberg, the movie was a nightmare to work. In this scene from scanners iii, a christmas party is ruined by a scanning gone wrong.
A young female scanner turns from a sweet young thing into a murderous, powercrazed villain after she takes an experimental drug developed by her father. Everybody hates it when they dont explain everything that happened by the time the movie is over. The takeover 1991 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles. With david hewlett, deborah raffin, yvan ponton, isabelle mejias. The rest of the movie is good too, with a fairly fast pace that holds your attention, and it ends with a pretty.
The eleven worst ambiguous movie endings scanners roger ebert. His sister exposes herself to an experimental drug created to halt the headaches and voices that come with being a scanner. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. We need more movies like psycho unfortunately simon oakland has passed, but larry king is still with us and mulholland dr. Theres another great head explosionand a finger explosion, a group of alley punks that get scanned into the back of a garbage truck, a guy gets scanned into. In the movie, suzy attempts to seduce the main character, alex steve parrish by taking him into the backroom and unbuttoning her short tight sexy white nurse outfit. The rest of the movie is good too, with a fairly fast pace that holds your attention, and it ends with a pretty gruesome showdown between the good and bad scanner. The takeover 1991 liliana komorowska and steve parrish in scanners. Rare original uk trailer for scanners 3 the takover, under the title scanner force as it was originally released as in the uk.
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