Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Shanks' right now, here are some important points about the Paramount Pictures, William Castle Productions fantasy flick. Shanks starring Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher has a PG rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min. The release date of the movie is October 9th, 1974. The movie received a user score of 49/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 19 active users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the 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 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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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Shanks' on each platform when they are available. 'Shanks' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Fandango At Home, Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV, and Google Play Movies in the US.
'Shanks' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on October 9th, 1974
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
May 28th, 2013
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