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A bucket of blood (1959)

A bucket of blood

A bucket of blood

United States

Thriller

75

Roger Corman

Antony Carbone, Barboura Morris, Dick Miller, Ed Nelson, Jhean Burton, John Brinkley, Judy Bamber, Julian Burton

Roger Corman's Dick Miller is Walter Paisley, a nerdy waiter and busboy at a Bohemian cafe teeming with beatniks and colorful hustlers. Paisley is jealous of the swinging social lives of the creative types who hang out at the cafe and wishes he could be a part of their crowd. A twist of fate answers his wish after he accidentally kills his landlady's cat, covers it in clay, and is heralded as a visionary genius. Paisley's work of art (titled 'Dead Cat') is such an artistic triumph that he's inundated with requests for more pieces. When a snoopy undercover cop tries to pin a drug possession charge on Paisley, the cop finds himself at the wrong end of a cast iron skillet and Paisley discovers a new way to manufacture his art. Bucket of Blood, a wildly comic horror film, is one of the most interesting and original films of Corman's career and deserves to be regarded as a rediscovered gem.

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