A frustrated and talentless artist finds acclaim for a plaster covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statute. 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>
Director Roger Corman and writer Charles B. Griffith went to coffeehouses on the Sunset Strip to do 'research' for the beatnik characters they would create for this film.
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Goofs
Continuity:
Walter stabs the knife into the wall and it is at his chest height. In the next shot, it's up by his nose.
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