Tickets
Standard - £6
Conc. - Pay What You Can*
Doors 3.00 PM
Film 3.30 PM
Welcome to Sci-Fi Sundays YEAR 2 at Deptford Cinema. Join us for a special screening on the last Sunday of the month. Split again into 4 quarterly mini-seasons our 2020 programme will delve into themes of paranoia and invasion, marvel at the mysteries of the mind, journey across the universe and show you that nothing is quite what it seems…
Alongside each screening we’ve organised a little something extra; quizzes, short-films, expert talks discussions and much more.
SCANNERS
dir. David Cronenberg
starring. Stephen Lack, Michael Ironside, Jennifer O’Neill
country. Canada
year. 1981
runtime. 103 MINS
rating. 18
In David Cronenberg’s dystopian thriller rival groups of ‘scanners’ - telepathically enhanced humans with lethal capabilities - battle for control of their lives. On one side the sinister corporation ConSec seeks to employ and utilise the ‘scanners’ for it’s own nefarious intent. On the other side rebel ‘scanners’ led by Darryl Revok attempt to destroy the company. After several ConSec staff are murdered by Revok, ConSec enlists a powerful but disturbed ‘scanner’ named Cameron Vale to infiltrate Revok’s gang and destroy him.
Cronenberg’s films have always featured iconic imagery but perhaps never more so than in Scanners - whose infamous ‘exploding head scene’ is far more widely known than the film itself. But those who only know the film for its grisly special effects are missing out on a complex, and sinister espionage thriller: in the words of Kim Newman ‘a literal mutation of paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View’.
“Brilliantly conceived...Cronenberg ratchets up the tension to unbearable levels.”
Ticket Prices
Deptford Cinema is committed to providing affordable access to cinema and the arts, as such our Concession ticket is Pay What You Can. We are unfortunately technically unable to offer truly custom prices online, as such our online Concession ticket options are £0.00, £1.50, £3.00 and £4.50, however on the door tickets allow you to pay any amount that you can. A suggested price of £4.50 represents an amount that helps support Deptford Cinema put on our award-winning programming and events.
If you are able, you can purchase a Support Ticket, this covers the cost of a £4.50 Concession ticket and will go towards supporting our Pay What You Can scheme, helping to ensure a no barrier to entry for enjoying cinema and the arts.