A Bucket of Blood
1959 · Movie · NR · 66 min · ★ 6.6 · 66% critics
A shy busboy at a beatnik café tries to impress a co-worker with a clay sculpture, but his clumsiness leads to an unexpected “art” hit. When the praise turns addictive, he pursues bigger, bolder creations through increasingly dark missteps.
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Details
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-10-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (164 votes)
About
If you enjoy wry horror-comedy and playful satire in A Bucket of Blood, you’ll likely have fun watching it; Not for you if you want serious, well-developed characters or if darkly disturbing gags are a dealbreaker, similar to The Little Shop of Horrors.
Pros: campy black comedy; beatnik satire; quick 66 minutes | Cons: low-budget roughness; disturbing moments; thin character depth
Themes
- talent
- artist
- beatnik
- sculpture
- murder
- proto-slasher
Cast & crew
Dick Miller
as Walter Paisley
Barboura Morris
as Carla
Antony Carbone
as Leonard de Santis
Julian Burton
as Maxwell H. Brock
Ed Nelson
as Art Lacroix
John Brinkley
as Will
- JS
John Herman Shaner
as Oscar
Judy Bamber
as Alice
Myrtle Vail
as Mrs. Swickert
Bert Convy
as Lou Raby
Directed by Roger Corman