Četrdeset tisuća dolara gotovine koji slučajno dospijevaju u ruke Marion Crane (J. Leigh), tajnice trgovca nekeretninama, predstavljaju za mladu ženu preveliko iskušenje. Umjesto da ih položi na bankovni račun vlasnika tvrtke, nagonski ih uzima i pokušava pobjeći te započeti novi život. Putem prema mitskoj meti svih bjegunaca, Kaliforniji, zaustavlja se da bi prenoćila u malome motelu. Ugodna večer sa susretljivim i privlačnim vlasnikom, Normanom Batesom (A. Perkins), bit će posljednja u njezinu životu. Pokušavajući razotkriti tajnu, život će izgubiti i privatni istražitelj Milton Arbogaste (M. Balsam). A zamalo i njezina sestra Lila (V. Miles) koja zajedno s Marioninim ljubavnikom Samom Loomisom (J. Gavin) kreće u potragu za nestalom osobom koju vole svako na svoj način.
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Grotesquely surreal offering charting three male generations of the same bizarre family, including a pervert who constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater, and a passionate embalmer.
A quiet, epileptic taxidermist plans the perfect crime. All he needs is the right opportunity. An accident, perhaps…
Tim je menadžer u usponu koji je upravo dobio pozivnicu za „večeru s idiotom“, mjesečni događaj u organizaciji njegova šefa koji obećava izvrsne pogodnosti menadžeru koji se pojavi s najvećim glupanom. Timova zaručnica Julie smatra ovo nepriličnim i on odluči propustiti događaj dok ne susretne Barryja, radnika u poreznoj upravi koji u slobodno vrijeme izrađuje diorame s prepariranim miševima. U tom trenutku on shvaća da je naišao na zlatnu žilu. Ne može odoljeti i poziva na zabavu nespretnoga Barryja čije dobre namjere uskoro Timov život pretvaraju u niz neprilika, ugrozivši mu važan posao, vrativši njegovu ludu bivšu djevojku natrag u njegov život i otjeravši Julie u naručje drugog muškarca.
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant. But when Valerio meets Deborah, their fledgling romance is threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.
Paris interdit follows the pattern of the Italian mondo style documentaries which began in 1962 with MONDO CANE. The film jumps from one strange scenario to the next, including a woman who goes publicly nude on a bet, a family man wearing an anti-radiation suit in fear of the end of the world, a orgy-indulging cult with a kissing fetish, a role-reversal wedding of performing transvestites, a middle-aged man who gives striptease lessons to housewives, a self-absorbed loner who believes he’s a vampire, a ritualistic funeral procession involving the burning of a mannequin, a mass swimming pool baptism, etc. Probably the most fascinatingly grotesque bit, which at the same time is strangely touching, is when a woman has her beloved deceased medium sized dog stuffed by a pipe-smoking taxidermist (shown in graphic detail) and installed with an electronic barking device!
Amateur taxidermist, Walter Potter, became an unlikely success by putting his creatures in human positions and scenarios, referred to as anthropomorphic taxidermy. Potter's Museum, filled with his creations and collection of oddities and curiosities dazzled millions for over a hundred years until the collection's unfortunate separation in 2003. While largely about the man and his creations, the film also takes a look at the obsessive nature of collecting, as well as the controversial history of stuffing dead animals.
An inside look into the world of taxidermy and the passionate artists from all over the world who work on the animals.
What were Catherine and Louis thinking when they chose a cat with distinctive white spots? It would have been much easier to replace if they had picked the all-back one. Now, they will have to tell their daughter Sophie that Nugget's dead. Unless..
Stuffed is a short musical about a taxidermist who dreams of stuffing a human and the man she meets online, so afraid of aging he volunteers to be her specimen. An unexpected romantic spark between them complicates their plans.
A lonely isolated taxidermist suffers from false sense of reality, mental illness and control issues. He has an obsession with a waitress that turns into murder, he uses taxidermy to keep her around forever.
A reporter doing a story on taxidermy discovers an odd older couple that he becomes convinced are ex-Nazi's. The chief item leading to this belief is an odd puppet theater the couple operate in their basement that re-creates the Nazi era using stuffed creatures.
After the sudden death of her parents, a young girl finds a portal to an alternate world in which they are still alive and must choose whether to stay with them or go back to her brother in reality.
Not having bitten anyone at the age of 25 makes the young vampire Victor feel quite inadequate. New hope blooms, however, when he meets Sophia, a young doctor.
An aging woman attempts to regain her youth through her taxidermy and spell books.
When 12-year-old Rosie and Miles encounter a strange man on the 4th of July, their journey to watch the fireworks on the outskirts of town becomes an unexpected fight for survival.