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Scanners: Works, Legacy, Measurement & Science

Scanners is a 1981 Canadian science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg. The film stars include Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Dane and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are psychics with telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems, searches out…

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Scanners topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Legacy, Measurement and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Scanners.

Related topics
116
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
125
Extracted relationships
167
Concept neighborhoods
22
Bridge connections
125

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Reception · 35 topics
Production · 20 topics
Plot · 14 topics
Legacy · 13 topics
Overview · 13 topics
Cast · 10 topics
Works cited · 5 topics
Release · 3 topics
Soundtrack · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Box office
$6.3 million / $14.2 million
Budget
CAD$4.1 million
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Country
Canada
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Distributed by
New World-Mutual (Canada) · Manson International (International)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Release

Reception

Soundtrack

Legacy

Works cited

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Scanners connects Entity context

The extracted context around Scanners shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Scanners → Ares, Charles Derry, Christopher John, Cronenberg, Dark Dreams, Film, Grand Guignol, Had Mr, Halloween, In, Instead, It, John Carpenter, John Simon, National Review, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, Psycho, Roger Ebert, Some Another extracted example is Scanners → British, Comments, Cronenberg, David Cronenberg, December, Discussion, Explosions, Four, Grandeur, Heads, Illustrated, Jonathan Hatfull, July, Lack, March, Michael Doyle, No, Pierre David, Retro Classic Film No, Rue Morgue. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Scanners

Top relations

related to Critical response · 24
Scanners → Ares, Charles Derry, Christopher John, Cronenberg, Dark Dreams, Film, Grand Guignol, Had Mr, Halloween, In, Instead, It, John Carpenter, John Simon, National Review, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, Psycho, Roger Ebert, Some
related to Further reading · 24
Scanners → British, Comments, Cronenberg, David Cronenberg, December, Discussion, Explosions, Four, Grandeur, Heads, Illustrated, Jonathan Hatfull, July, Lack, March, Michael Doyle, No, Pierre David, Retro Classic Film No, Rue Morgue
related to Financing · 17
Scanners → Canada's, Canadian, Capital Cost Allowance, Corman, Cronenberg, David Cronenberg's, Dick Schouten, Filmplan International, Pierre David, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Roger Corman, Schouten's, Telepathy, The Brood, The Sensitives, Victor Snolicki, Vision
related to Accolades · 15
Scanners → Altered States, Although Scanners, Best International Fantasy Film, Best International Film, Best Make-Up, Best Special Effects, Dick Smith, Fantasporto, Fantasy, Genie Awards, Horror Films, Saturn Award, Science Fiction, The, The Academy
has effect · 12
Scanners → Amadeus, Chris Walas, Cronenberg, Dick Smith, Gary Zeller, Lucasfilm, Make-up, Naked Lunch, The, The Exorcist, The Fly, When
related to Release · 11
Scanners → Avco Embassy Pictures, Canada, David Cronenberg's Scanners, January, Leon Whiteson, Les Films Mutuels, New World Pictures, Quebec, The, United States, VHS
related to Filming · 10
Scanners → According, Blue Sunshine, Cronenberg, December, I've, Montreal, October, Star Jennifer O'Neill, The, The Sensitives
related to External links · 9
Scanners → Box Office MojoScanners, Criterion Collection, IMDbScanners, Kim Newman, Matter, MetacriticScanners, Mind, Rotten TomatoesScanners, TCM Movie Database
related to Plot · 8
Scanners → Cameron Vale, ConSec, Dr, Paul Ruth, Ruth, These, Vale, Vale's
Starring · 5
Scanners → Jennifer O'Neill, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film vale cronenberg revok ruth consec head david obrist scene scanner films first effects lack box office keller also international

Scanners relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 167 structured relationships around Scanners. Examples in this analysis include Scanners → Box office → $6.3 million / $14.2 million and Scanners → Budget → CAD$4.1 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ScannersBox office$6.3 million / $14.2 million1.00infobox
ScannersBudgetCAD$4.1 million1.00infobox
ScannersCinematographyMark Irwin1.00infobox
ScannersCountryCanada1.00infobox
ScannersDirected byDavid Cronenberg1.00infobox
ScannersDistributed byNew World-Mutual (Canada)1.00infobox
ScannersDistributed byManson International (International)1.00infobox
ScannersEdited byRonald Sanders1.00infobox
ScannersLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
ScannersMusic byHoward Shore1.00infobox
ScannersProduced byClaude Héroux1.00infobox
ScannersProduction companyFilmplan International1.00infobox
ScannersRelease datesJanuary 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (United States)1.00infobox
ScannersRelease datesJanuary 16, 1981 (1981-01-16) (Canada)1.00infobox
ScannersRunning time103 minutes1.00infobox
ScannersStarringJennifer O'Neill1.00infobox
ScannersStarringStephen Lack1.00infobox
ScannersStarringPatrick McGoohan1.00infobox
ScannersStarringLawrence Dane1.00infobox
ScannersStarringMichael Ironside1.00infobox
ScannersWritten byDavid Cronenberg1.00infobox
Scannersis a1981 Canadian science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg0.90text
Scannersis adark sci-fi story with special effects that'll make your head explode0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Scanners bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Vale, Ruth and Special. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • horror film
    • Cronenberg
    • Scanners
    • Films
    • Film
    • Horror
    • International
    • First
    • Special
    • Also
    • Script
    • Effects
    • David
  • david cronenberg
    • Cronenberg
    • David
    • Film
    • Michael
    • Company
    • First
    • Lack
    • Scanners
    • Also
    • Horror
    • Production
    • Effects
  • michael ironside
    • Michael
    • Darryl
    • Lack
    • Revok
    • Box
    • Canada
    • Office
    • One
    • Production
    • Company
    • Dr
    • Exploding
  • best international film
    • Cronenberg
    • Box
    • Office
    • Scanners
    • Also
    • Films
    • Horror
    • Ironside
    • Michael
    • One
    • Production
    • Company
  • canadian film institute
    • Cronenberg
    • Scanners
    • Films
    • Film
    • Horror
    • One
    • Production
    • International
    • Script
    • Special
    • Also
    • Effects
  • stephen lack
    • Michael
    • Ironside
    • Production
    • Effects
    • Head
    • Box
    • Canada
    • Office
    • Company
    • Dr
    • Exploding
    • International
  • private military company
    • David
    • Ironside
    • Michael
    • Office
    • Production
    • Drug
    • Film's
    • International
    • Lack
    • Ephemerol
    • Effects
    • Cronenberg
  • pharmaceutical company
    • David
    • Ironside
    • Michael
    • Office
    • Production
    • Drug
    • Film's
    • International
    • Lack
    • Ephemerol
    • Effects
    • Cronenberg

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Scanners, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Scanners with Reception. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ScannersReception · splits 90 ⟂ 36
ScannersProduction · splits 105 ⟂ 21
ScannersPlot · splits 111 ⟂ 15
ScannersOverview · splits 112 ⟂ 14
ScannersLegacy · splits 112 ⟂ 14
ScannersCast · splits 115 ⟂ 11
ScannersWorks cited · splits 120 ⟂ 6
ScannersRelease · splits 122 ⟂ 4
ScannersSoundtrack · splits 122 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Scanners

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples167
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Scanners to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Legacy, Measurement & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Scanners · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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