I believe this movie was first released in 1994 as "Scanners: The Showdown." There is plenty of evidence via a Google search to support that. I think it was rereleased on VHS in 1995 as "Scanner Cop II." The release date of 1995 is therefore wrong in my opinion.
shareThe laserdisc, which is entitled "Scanners: The Showdown", has a 1995 release date on it (also, the Laserdisc Database offers the release date as May 16, 1995). There is a production year of 1994 printed on it as well but rule of thumb would be to state the year of release and not the year that it was actually filmed. A Google search proves nothing as they have no source to prove their claim and is hardly credible evidence it was ever issued in 1994.
Further note, while the opening credits on the laserdisc show the title as "Scanners: The Showdown" the closing credits show the title as "Scanner Cop II: Volkin's Revenge"
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We shot this in March of 1994. I believe it wasn't released until 1995.
Tom Irvin
Silver Lake,CA.
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