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A Bucket of Blood

1959 · 66 min

A wry, macabre little comedy that makes you squirm and chuckle as it skewers pretentious art scenes with grisly, low-budget charm.

Tagline
You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!
Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • obsession
  • identity
  • madness
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, horror
Directed by
Roger Corman
Written by
Charles B. Griffith
Starring
Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, John Brinkley, John Herman Shaner, Judy Bamber
Music
Fred Katz
Cinematography
Jacques R. Marquette
Runtime
66 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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