a deaf mute name malcolm shank ( marcel marceau ) be a puppeteer . he live in an abusive home with his alcoholic brother ( philippe clay ) and constantly complain sister in law ( tsilla chelton ) . he also in love with sweet celia ( cindy eibacher ) . he go to work with a scientist name old walker ( also marceau ) who use electricity to bring the dead back to life . old walker dy and shank decides to use his discovery to make his life well . a real weird film from william castle his last film a a director . this be almost impossible to see i tap it off tcm where it play at around 3am . there a reason for that it pretty terrible . it try something different but doesn not succeed . you know youre in for something different when this start off with a title card say william castle present a grim fairy tale . there very little dialogue most of the information be convey through title card ( like a silent movie ) . marceau be very good in his two role and manages to convey all his emotion by facial expression and body language . the rest of the cast be just ok. it start off pretty good but slow down half way through and ( for some reason ) castle totally ignore the horrific aspect of the story and play it more like a comedy . it completely derail at the end when a motorcycle gang pop up out of nowhere to wreck havoc . it a odd movie alright but it very slow and dreary and frankly just dull . it commendable that castle try something different but it just doesn not work . castle himself do a cameo a a grocery clerk . i give this a 2 .