When a lonely taxidermist agrees to preserve a dying man’s body, what begins as a strange side job—and a potential payday—spirals into a darkly comic nightmare when he falls for the man’s widow and discovers the entire situation may have been orchestrated by the deceased himself.

SYNOPSIS:

A Disturbing Presence blends the grounded, offbeat tone of Fargo with the absurd premise of Weekend at Bernie’s, anchored by the emotional undercurrent of Six Feet Under—a dark comedy about love, change, and the strange ethical lines people cross when they don’t want to let go.

Ed is a taxidermist who prefers animals to people. Animals are predictable. Quiet. They stay where you put them. People… don’t.

So when a terminally ill man named Eric McDuggal walks into his shop and asks to be preserved after death, Ed should say no. Instead, he says yes.

Partly out of curiosity. Partly because it feels like a challenge. And partly because, if he’s being honest, it sounds like it might pay well. With the reluctant help of his friend Jonathan, a funeral director who has seen everything and would very much like to unsee this, Ed takes on the most unusual job of his life.

The process is meticulous. Strange. Unsettlingly successful. But the real complication isn’t the body. It’s Eric’s widow.