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66% Critic Match
A Bucket of Blood
“You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!”
6.6 / 10• 1959• 1h 6m•NR• English
ComedyHorror
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dick Miller
Walter Paisley
Lead
Barboura Morris
Carla
Antony Carbone
Leonard de Santis
Julian Burton
Maxwell H. Brock
Ed Nelson
Art Lacroix
John Brinkley
Will
JH
John Herman Shaner
Oscar
Judy Bamber
Alice
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roger Corman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Bucket of Blood is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
