Shanks

"A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy."

Oct 9 1974 PG 1h 33m
Fantasy, Horror

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.

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Plot

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 instering 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.

Written by

Ranald Graham

Directed by

William Castle

Cast

Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Trailers
Shanks (1974) - TV Spot HD 1080p
Cinématographe Promo Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
823
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA