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One sheet shows the character Darryl Revok, played by actor Michael Ironside, from David Cronenberg's 1981 sci-fi horror classic Scanners.About the Scene and Character The Character: Darryl Revok is a rogue, highly powerful telepathic "scanner" aiming for global dominance.The Image Context: This iconic poster artwork by Joann Daley captures Revok agonizingly flexing his telekinetic mental powers right before executing the movie's most legendary sequence—the graphic, early-film head explosion of a rival scanner.The Practical Effects: To achieve the infamous explosion without creating a visible spark or smoke from standard movie explosives, the special effects team constructed a gelatin dummy head packed with leftover food and fake blood, which was then blasted from behind with a shotgun. |
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