Want to behold the glory that is 'Shanks' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the William Castle-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.
Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Shanks' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Shanks' right now, here are some finer points about the Paramount Pictures, William Castle Productions horror flick.
Released October 9th, 1974, 'Shanks' stars Marcel Marceau, Tsilla Chelton, Philippe Clay, Cindy Eilbacher The PG movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a user score of 49 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 19 respected users.
Curious to know what the movie's about? 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."
'Shanks' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Vudu, YouTube, Amazon Video, Apple iTunes, and Google Play Movies .
'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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