Scanners (1981)Stream and Watch Online

Looking to feast your eyes on 'Scanners' on your TV or mobile device at home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the David Cronenberg-directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Scanners' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Scanners' right now, here are some specifics about the Filmplan International 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 assembled reviews from 1,123 top 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 Amazon Video, Max, Apple iTunes, Criterion Channel, and HBO Max Amazon Channel .