Where to Watch Shanks (1974) Online

Want to behold the glory that is 'Shanks' on your TV or mobile device at home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the William Castle-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Shanks' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Shanks' right now, here are some specifics about the Paramount Pictures, William Castle Productions fantasy 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 well-known users.

What, so now you want 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 Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Apple TV, and YouTube .