Scanners: The Showdown (1995)

Director
Steve Barnett

Main cast
Patrick Kilpatrick; Daniel Quinn; Khrystyne Haje; Stephen Mendel; Robert Forster

Genres
Sci-Fi, Horror

Description
A demonic 'scanner' terrorizes Los Angeles and the only person who can stop him may not have the neurons for the job.


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