Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Shanks end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Shanks easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Shanks

Name: Shanks
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1974
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher, Biff Manard

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

Directed by William Castle

Produced by Paramount Pictures, William Castle Productions

197493 min5.2 / 10

A darkly surreal tale of a lonely, isolated man who uses forbidden science to animate the dead and exact revenge, blending puppet-master control with body-horror resurrection.

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.

Clusters

Monster Movies About Trauma Desire as Predator Supernatural Horror Films Depression and Complicity Evil Dolls and Puppets

Genres

Fantasy Horror

Keywords

Puppet Master Mime

Questions people ask

Is Shanks sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Does Shanks end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Shanks violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is Shanks easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Shanks scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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