Directed by David Cronenberg Written by David Cronenberg   Cast Jennifer O'Neill ... Kim Obrist Stephen Lack ... Cameron Vale (as Steven Lack) Patrick McGoohan ... Dr. Paul Ruth Lawrence Dane ... Braedon Keller Michael Ironside ... Darryl Revok Robert A. Silverman ... Benjamin Pierce (as Robert Silverman) Lee Broker ... Security One Mavor Moore ... Trevellyan Adam Ludwig ... Arno Crostic Murray Cruchley ... Programmer 1 (as Lee Murray) Fred Doederlein ... Dieter Tautz Géza Kovács ... Killer in Record Store (as Geza Kovacs) Sonny Forbes ... Killer in Attic (as Sony Forbes) Jérôme Tiberghien ... Killer in Attic (as Jerome Tiberghien) Denis Lacroix ... Killer in Barn Elizabeth Mudry ... Killer in Barn Victor Désy ... Dr. Gatineau (as Victor Desy) Louis Del Grande ... First Scanner Anthony Sherwood ... Scanner in Attic (as Tony Sherwood) Ken Umland ... Scanner in Attic Anne Anglin ... Scanner in Attic Jock Brandis ... Scanner in Attic Jack Messinger ... Scanner at Door Victor Knight ... Dr. Frane Karen Fullerton ... Pregnant Girl Margaret Gadbois ... Woman in Mall Terrance P. Coady ... Security 1 Car Passenger (as Terry Coady) Steve Michaels ... Security 1 Car Driver Malcolm Nelthorpe ... Security 2 Car Driver Nicholas Kilbertus ... Security 2 Car Partner (as Nickolas Kilbertus) Don Buchsbaum ... Large Man in Mall Roland Nincheri ... Large Man in Mall (as Rolland Nincheri) Kimberly McKeever ... Hallucinating Guard Robert Boyd ... Hallucinating Guard Graham Batchelor ... Yoga Technician Dean Hagopian ... Programmer 2 Alex Stevens ... Programmer 3 Neil Affleck ... Medical Student in Mall Uncredited Cast John Brasington ... Hazmat-Suit Worker Chris Britton ... Hazmat-Suit Worker Jack Canon ... Hazmat-Suit Worker Richard Chapman Jr. ... Hazmat-Suit Worker Leon Herbert ... Hazmat-Suit Worker William Hope ... Hazmat-Suit Worker Thomas Kovacs ... Boyfriend Ian McQue ... Scanner / Security Guard Chuck Shamata ... Tony Sam Stone ... Security Guard Produced by Pierre David   Claude Héroux   Victor Solnicki   Original Music by Howard Shore

Additional Info Premiere: January 14, 1981 DVD Release: August 28, 2001 Blu-ray Release: March 27, 2018 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Production Companies Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) Filmplan International Montreal Trust Company of Canada (copyright holder) Distributors AVCO Embassy Pictures   (1981) (USA) (theatrical) Janus Films   (2014) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) 20th Century Fox Video   (1982) (USA) (VHS) Embassy Home Entertainment   (1983) (USA) (VHS) Encore Movie Channel   (2002) (USA) (TV) (pay television) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Home Box Office (HBO)   (1982) (USA) (TV) (pay television) Image Entertainment   (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) MGM Home Entertainment   (2000) (USA) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Nelson Entertainment   (1990) (USA) (VHS) The Criterion Channel   (2021) (USA) (TV) (digital) The Criterion Collection   (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,200 / 20,736 Site Ranking #2,196 Don't Look Now (1973) #2,197 Downton Abbey (2019) #2,198 Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood (1996) #2,199 A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) #2,200 Scanners (1981) #2,201 Inland Empire (2006) #2,202 Benny & Joon (1993) #2,203 Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (2019) #2,204 Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)