Wow...at last!
This must surely be one of the most neglected fantasy films of all time. By all accounts a flop at the time of it's release, it has become the hardest to see of all William Castle's movies - until this BluRay and DVD finally come out it has been impossible to get hold of. It's also in colour, which is another rarity from this director.
French mime/actor Marcel Marceau plays the title role of Malcolm Shanks, a deaf mute puppeteer who scratches out a living putting on shows for children, while bearing the brunt of a miserable home life with his money grabbing brother and sister-in-law, who take all the money he earns for themselves. One day, an elderly professor (also played by Marceau in a dual role) sees his puppet show and offers Shanks a job - to come to his home to assist him is some experiments involving the artificial stimulation of dead animals via electricity, or something...why or how it actually works is not expanded on, but it involves small implants being...
very cool film
This film has got to be one of the strangest films ever made. It combines elements of many different genres. To say more would
spoil the fun.
William Castle's One-of-a-kind Final Masterpiece!
The legendary director's final film has to be seen to be believed. Filmed in the classic silent-film style with title cards and a haunting score by the great Alex North. The world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau as a mute puppeteer who discovers that he can re-animate the dead with electrodes and manipulate them like marionettes. Featuring wonderful performances by mimic greats Tsilla Chelton and Philippe Clay as Mrs. and Mr. Barton, Marceau's evil sister and brother-in-law. Marceau also plays an elderly scientist and inventor who befriends the mute puppeteer. A MUST SEE!
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