When movie fans think of Scanners, the immediate association is its spectacular exploding-head scene. In fact, when anyone thinks of spectacular exploding head scenes… Scanners is always on top of the ...

Without a doubt the most recognisable scene in Cronenberg's oeuvre, and probably one of the most widely-shared GIFs in the history of the internet, is the exploding head sequence in Scanners. In fact, ...

Pick out any David Cronenberg movie, and you’ll find within it a single, defining and unforgettable image. In Shivers, it was the sight of a disgusting parasite wriggling out of a human mouth. In The ...

Ask anyone what they remember best about David Cronenberg’s sci-fi horror Scanners and they’ll tell you it’s the exploding head scene. Of course, there’s a lot more to the movie than just that scene ...