malcolm shank be a deaf or mute street puppeteer who enlist by a aged scientist to assist in experiment to reanimate dead animal . when the mad scientist abruptly die and shank carry out his work and use the dead doctor own body . and before long and more body begin stack up . love it or hate it and shank be one of those film that leave an indelible impression on everyone who see it . sadly and that seem to be very few . this be not a mainstream movie by any stretch and but it certainly deserve to be good know than it be . i first catch the film on tv decade ago and and while i do not clearly remember the specific of the plot ( of which there very little ) until i catch it on tv again last night and i vividly remember the corps skulk about the screen . there something intensely and appropriately creepy about the actor performance a the dead body . although shank be arty than the usual william castle fare and there trace of the director all over the movie and from the camera work to the humor to the makeup ( the dead doctor look uncannily like the blind woman from house on haunt hill ) to the hallucinatory sequence to the gimmicky silent film card ( there very little dialogue ) to the director cameo . unfortunately and like most william castle film and it lose steam a it near it conclusion . the climax feature a group of bikers who appear out of nowhere to threaten the titular hero . i love a bad biker flick and but it be an element that felt wholly out of place in this film . far mar the movie and the final minute or two felt like an insult to the previous 90 minute of surreal grotesqueness . still and despite the shortcoming of the finale and the performer be incredible to watch and the production design be beautiful and the use of sound and music be superb and it nice to see castle be still make unique film right up to the end of his career . if only paramount would give this never available curio a widescreen dvd release and i would be a happy camper .