Watched David Cronenberg’s “Scanners” for the first time last night with John and Matt. Quite entertaining for its Mystery Science Theater 3000 potential (“I want a non-gay explanation for this, and I want it now!”), but otherwise it doesn’t hold up well. Leaden acting, slow-as-molasses pacing, and too much eye makeup on Jennifer O’Neill all conspire to make for a substandard horror experience. I think even if I had seen it at 15 when it first came out, I would have been disappointed, for one thing, that only one head actually explodes in the entire movie. Still, it’s hard to underestimate the entertainment value of casting Patrick McGoohan from “The Prisoner” as a Freud-like psychologist named “Dr. Ruth.”
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thanks for the call i was asleep nice to see something a little lighter how about more of the movie concessions
I wish I could make some people’s heads explode.