A frustrated and talentless artist finds acclaim for a plaster covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statuette. Soon the desire for more praise leads to an increasingly deadly series of works.
Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian café, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor - but his new-found friends want to see more of his work. Lacking any artistic talent whatsoever, Walter has to resort to similar methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing...
Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Maxwell's line, "And no one knows that Duncan is murdered and no one knows that Walter Paisley is born ...", is most likely a reference to the death of King Duncan in "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.
See more »
Goofs
Continuity:
When we see Walter's dish rack in the background, there is no pan for the blood. In the next shot, there is a big pan on the dish rack that Walter uses for Lou's dripping blood.
See more »
Quotes
Oscar:
I saw a statue once. It was called, "the third time Phyllis saw me, she exploded." Will:
Man, what kind of statue was that? Oscar:
I dunno, it was made out of driftwood and dipped in fluoric acid. Very wild. See more »