A Bucket of Blood

A Bucket of Blood

1959 · 66 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (171 votes)
Dir. Roger Corman · Starring Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, John Brinkley · Music Fred Katz

“You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!”

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Nerdy Walter Paisley, 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, 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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A hilariously grim descent into artistic madness. This cult classic offers a darkly comic look at a delusional artist's desperate quest for fame, fueled by increasingly morbid creations. It's a campy, unsettling ride with a unique beatnik flavor.

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