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6.4 out of 10

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 8

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60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    60
    One of the most technically proficient of David Cronenberg's early gnawing, Canadian-made horror movies, though it lacks both the logic and the queasy sexual subtext that made his still earlier work - "Rabid," "They Came From Within" - so memorably revolting.
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Scanners is a new horror film made with enough craft and skill that it could have been very good, if it could find a way to make us care about it.
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  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    60
    Unfortunately the plot thickens so rapidly and so lumpily that one very soon loses interest in spite of the quite stunning and gory special effects.
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