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A Bucket of Blood

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Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura Morris), by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 1 day ago
3/4
Its worth as a horror flick is surpassed by its merits as a dark comedy. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Aug 9, 2024
[Director Roger] Corman’s madhouse of beatnik poseurs, drug dealing lowlifes, and poetry spewing beards has become a cult movie thanks to the gallows humor and crazy daddy-o dialogue ... Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 2, 2024
2/4
...a workable premise that is, for the most part, employed to one-note and repetitive effect... Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Oct 14, 2020
2.5/5
The eventual sculptures are innovatively grotesque, though the cheapness of the production rather limits the possibilities of Griffith's scenario, because there's little to deduce once Walter's reluctant admirers discover his devious secret. Go to Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Nov 10, 2019
3/4
What better way to undercut the worst of artistic pretensions than to do it with a slapdash movie produced in five days called A Bucket of Blood? Go to Full Review Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com Oct 29, 2018
4/5
It's a low budget masterwork that skewers the fad of its era while lambasting the ever-fickle art world. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 27, 2026 A Bucket of Blood = a 3.5 star Movie (I love Horror Movies) See more Alex D. @RT24918759 May 23, 2026 A great black and white horror comedy. Rip dick miller See more Javier R. @Ramjelly Nov 5, 2025 Is interesting for the time was made. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Oct 30, 2025 Success in 1 hour and 6 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A parody of proportions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Robson C @RT82519826 Oct 26, 2025 Walter trabalha como garçom em um bar onde acontece apresentações artísticas, que desperta nele a vontade de se tornar. porém, ele não tem talento nenhum. Tudo começa a mudar quando ele mata acidentalmente o gato da sua senhoria e ele tem a ideia de envolver o animal em argila. As pessoas, ao verem a "estátua", ficam impressionadas com o realismo da obra. Assim, Walter é considerado um gênio. O problema é que novas obras são solicitadas a ele. O filme tem um ar de Poe, com essa história gótica. Com o grande trabalho de Dick Miller como Walter, nós vemos o nosso personagem principal evoluir de assassinatos acidentais a premeditados. É um filme barato, como todos os produzidos e dirigidos por Roger Corman, mas com uma proposta macabra, digna de um mestre do terror como ele. Uma pequena obra-prima do terror B. See more Nick O @Nicki1985 May 23, 2025 I’ve seen it a million times. First, these kids start hanging around beatnik coffee houses. Then they start killin’ cats. Next thing ya know, they’re full blown homicidal maniacs! Mondo Corman Weirdness! See more Read all reviews
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Roger Corman

Director

Dick Miller

Walter Paisley

Barboura Morris

Carla

Antony Carbone

Leonard de Santis

Judy Bamber

Alice

John Brinkley

Will

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Synopsis Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla (Barboura Morris), by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
Director
Roger Corman
Producer
Roger Corman
Screenwriter
Charles B. Griffith
Distributor
Something Weird Video, Sinister Cinema, Reel Media International [us], Rhino Entertainment Company [us], American International Pictures
Production Co
Alta Vista Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 21, 1959, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2015
Runtime
1h 6m
Sound Mix
Mono
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