Scanners (1981)Stream and Watch Online

Yearning to watch 'Scanners' in the comfort of your own home? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the David Cronenberg-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'Scanners' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Scanners' right now, here are some finer points about the Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation, Montreal Trust Company of Canada horror flick.

Released January 14th, 1981, 'Scanners' stars Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a user score of 67 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1,176 respected users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them."

'Scanners' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Vudu, Apple iTunes, Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, and Criterion Channel .