In 1981 Scanners consacrated David Cronenberg to the general public, turning him into the visionary that populates, feeds, tells our worst nightmares.

Cameron Vale is a misfit living on the fringe of society because of severe mental disorders. A large multinational company inserts him into the Ripe program of the Consec arms industry. The purpose of the program is to create scanners, beings with telepathic powers and able to act on the psychic abilities of others.