Stalk of the Celery Monster (1979)

Name: Stalk of the Celery Monster
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1979-01-16

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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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Cast & Crew.

Tim Burton

Director / Producer / Writer

Ralph Votrian

Actor

Brett Thompson

Producer

J. Benjamin Chulay

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 16, 1979

Status
Released

Running Time
2m

Genres
Animation Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

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.