Stalk of the Celery Monster (1979)
2m
Running Time
January 16, 1979Release Date
Stalk of the Celery Monster (1979)
2m
Running Time
January 16, 1979Release Date
Plot.
The only fragments remaining of the film today depict a dentist named Dr. Maxwell Payne making bloody experiments with his patients. He tries a woman, and after that the monster of the title shows up, roaring. In the following clip, the woman leaves, as Dr. Maxwell Payne searches for another victim.
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Stalk of the Celery Monster is a 1979 short animated film written, directed and animated entirely in pencil by Tim Burton during his time as a student with the California Institute of the Arts. The film caused such a stir among his class that it attracted the attention of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, who offered young Burton an animator's apprenticeship at their studio.