“You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!”
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.
Dick Miller
Walter Paisley
Barboura Morris
Carla
Antony Carbone
Leonard de Santis
Julian Burton
Maxwell H. Brock
Ed Nelson
Art Lacroix
John Brinkley
Will
John Herman Shaner
Oscar
Judy Bamber
Alice
Myrtle Vail
Mrs. Swickert
Bert Convy
Lou Raby
A Bucket of Blood is a comedy, horror film released in 1959 exploring themes of talent, artist, beatnik, sculpture, murder, proto-slasher. Directed by Roger Corman, it stars Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone. 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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