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Shanks (1974)

Directed by William Castle

Horror

Overview

Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant to Dr. Walker, who is working on ways to re-animate dead bodies by inserting electrodes at key nerve points and manipulating the bodies as if they were on strings. When the professor suddenly dies one night, Shanks gets the idea to apply their experimental results to a human body, and then to start exacting some revenge.

Rated PG | Length 93 minutes

Actors

Marcel Marceau | Tsilla Chelton | Philippe Clay | Cindy Eilbacher | Biff Manard | Helena Kallianiotes | Larry Bishop | Don Calfa | Phil Adams | Read Morgan | William Castle

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/12/2022TVStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
09/12/2010TVBroadcastTV7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Such an oddity of a movie for all involved. Had to watch it again bc it’s so bizarre.

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