Review of Shanks (1974) by Brian C — 03 Nov 2016

I have mixed feelings about Shanks. It was quite innovative and quite daring to have a movie centered around so many non-speaking mimes.

Marcel Marceau plays the titular characters who is a mime and makes human dolls out of corpses using electronics wizardry.

Marceau is really quite wonderful. His expressions are creepy and off-putting, yet there is a childish playfulness to it.

The characters of the brother and sister were really good, and they were amazing as the reanimated doll corpses. They really looked and moved like a marionette would!

The bikers however, were extremely bad. From their really bad dialog and acting they didn't even feel like real people.

So there were some major faults in this film, but so many wonderful parts and subtle comedic moments.