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.”
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Marcel Marceau
Malcolm Shanks / Old Walker
Lead
Tsilla Chelton
Mrs. Barton
Philippe Clay
Mr. Barton
Cindy Eilbacher
Celia
Biff Manard
Goliath
Helena Kallianiotes
Mata Hari
Larry Bishop
Napoleon
Don Calfa
Einstein
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Castle's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Shanks is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
