{"id":996,"date":"2017-09-15T12:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T12:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=996"},"modified":"2017-09-15T12:26:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T12:26:49","slug":"motion-picture-purgatory-shanks-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY: &#8220;Shanks&#8221; (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exploitation genius <em>William<\/em> (<em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby, The Tingler<\/em>) <em>Castle<\/em> &amp; inventor of such moviegoing gimmicks as \u201cEmergo\u201d (dangling skeletons over an audience), \u201cPercepto\u201d (joy-buzzers hidden under theatre seats), &amp; \u201cIllusion-o\u201d (hand-held \u201cghost-viewers\u201d) left us this oddest of swan songs to scratch our heads over for eternity before passing away in 1977! World renowned mime <em>Marcel Marceau<\/em> (!) plays dual roles as abused deaf mute puppeteer \u201cShanks\u201d &amp; the crusty old mad scientist he\u2019s assistant to! When the scientist dies, Marceau reanimates him via the electro-acupuncture remote control techniques they were working on! The heading for this Motion Picture Purgatory which originally appeared in a 2008 issue of The Montreal Mirror was \u201cThe Strangest Zombie Movie Ever Made!\u201d As always; the original art\u2019s for sale @ 100 bucks. More deets below or contact me for info. (To see image full-sized, click on it to open in a new window &amp; use the magnify function).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Shanks.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-997 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Shanks-656x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Shanks-656x1024.jpg 656w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Shanks-192x300.jpg 192w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Shanks-768x1198.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Shanks.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"__DdeLink__6_58462244111111111111\"><\/a> NOTE: If you like this original Motion Picture Purgatory artwork I have many, many more being offered as perks for sale on the crowdfunding page for my newest animated cartoon \u201cBuilding 108: Barnacle Bill the Tailor\u201d! Pick &amp; choose from the list provided in the campaign perks description section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/building-108-cartoon-animation#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original art for sale for $100.00 CAD. Includes three items total: The pencil art preliminaries, the original finished B&amp;W inks (signed &amp; dated by author\/artist Rick Trembles in pencil on the back), &amp; a color newsprint tear-sheet (or B&amp;W gray tones, depending on when it came out) from where it was originally published. Postage &amp; framing not included. Motion Picture Purgatory Volumes One &amp; Two available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAB Press<\/a>. For original art info, contact Rick Trembles @ ricktrembles (at) hotmail (dot) com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploitation genius William (Rosemary\u2019s Baby, The Tingler) Castle &amp; inventor of such moviegoing gimmicks as \u201cEmergo\u201d (dangling skeletons over an audience), \u201cPercepto\u201d (joy-buzzers hidden under theatre seats), &amp; \u201cIllusion-o\u201d (hand-held \u201cghost-viewers\u201d) left us this oddest of swan songs to scratch our heads over for eternity before passing away in 1977! World renowned mime Marcel Marceau [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motion-picture-purgatory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}