20 Gory Movie Moments That Left Horror Fans Cheering

6. The Head Explosion - Scanners (1980)

The master of bodily impairment, David Cronenberg, could probably have filled this list all on his own. From the titular creature in The Fly to James Woods and his vagina chest in Videodrome. the director has blessed gore extremist with all kinds of nastiness over the years.

When pinning down the filmmaker's grossest handmade effects, however, there's really no contest - Scanners takes the prize. The film, written by Cronenberg, presents a world in which people with strong telepathic abilities can kill, simply by using their minds.

During the moment in question, one "scanner" in particular, played by Michael Ironside, has gone rogue, and he decides to show his rebellious power by making a speaker's head explode during a press conference. First, the poor guy begins apprehensively shaking, and then, boom! His head detonates as if someone hid a stick of dynamite in his brain.

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