Shanks
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Shanks (1974, USA) is a Horror film directed by William Castle.
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- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released on October 9, 1974
- Color
- Running Time: 93 Min.
- Production and Distribution Co: Paramount Pictures
- Directed by William Castle
- Written by Rahnald Graham
- Starring Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay
- Produced by William Castle, Steven North, Sheldon Schrager
- Original Music by Alex North
- Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
- Film Editing by David Berlatsky
Plot Summary
- A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.
Taglines
- A new concept in the macabre in which the Good come out of the grave and the Evil are sent to fill the vacancy.
- Deliciously Grotesque.