is a 1997 comedy horror film and monster movie, about several elite human oddity collectors and traders who find themselves locked in a castle with several mutated creatures come to life.

Martin, a questionable water sanitation worker, finds a strange, fleshy organism in a water treatment tank and contacts Belinda Yost, seller of animal and human oddities at International Medical Specimens Inc. (IMSI).

She tells Elvina Shaw, her incompetent receptionist, to arrange a meeting with Mr. Napoleon Lazar, a high level corporate executive.

Instead, Elvina calls Dr. Emilio Lorca, another oddities buyer, who pays extra for an exclusive “first look” at her new specimens.

Handcuffing Lazar to a tree, she steals the specimen, Sheila brings it back to Lorca’s castle and into his study.

The new specimen is revealed to be an organism with an enlarged human head, deformed with two pairs of eyes and two mouths, one on top of the other, and a short torso.

When they enter Lorca’s private study, they find the 4 jars broken and the specimens gone, leaving tracks to a vent shaft.

Talking through the wall, they are able to guide “the tapper” (the specimens) with yes or no questions into prying open the locked door.

Elvina is sleeping on the bed when the hairless ape creature sneaks under her blanket and begins breast feeding on her.

The hairless ape creature presses the button, causing both men to fall and dissolve in the acid.

It also featured 8–10 minutes in additional footage of Shatner and his mute, zombie bartender co-host sprinkled throughout.

are actually an ingenious combination of puppets and computer generated animation.” [3] The film’s credits list the Copyright © 1997 Tanna Productions Inc.

The film was released on VHS[5] and DVD in 1997, with audio commentary with actors Mel Johnson, Jr. and Michael Citriniti, Videozone: "The Making of HIDEOUS!