A Bucket of Blood

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Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 1959
Country: USA
Runtime: 66
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Roger Corman
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

A Comedy of Errors! A Comedy of Terrors!

The Picture Thatll Make You... sick sick SICK with Laughter!

Youll be sick - from laughing!

Will YOU join his human museum?

Youll be sick, sick, sick - from laughing!

A new dimension in horror!

Inside every artist... Lurks a mad man!

Writing by: Charles B. Griffith - writer

Produced by: Roger Corman - producer

Cast: 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 (as John Shaner)
Judy Bamber - Alice
Myrtle Vail - Mrs. Swickert (as Myrtle Damerel)
Bert Convy - Lou Raby (as Burt Convy)
Jhean Burton - Naolia

Music: Fred Katz
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Plot Outline: Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian caf?, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars...
Plot: Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian caf?, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landladys cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor - but his new-found friends want to see more of his work. Lacking any artistic talent whatsoever, Walter has to resort to similar methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing...

Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
During the end credits of each show we get to see not only out-takes but alternative workings of scenes from the weeks episode.

Goofs: We know about 9 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Revealing mistakes: Right before Walter punches the hole in the wall, the outline of where the hole is going to be can be seen before he breaks it open.

Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list - like these:
At the time of its original release there was a promotion in the newspapers movie section advertisements that made the offer, "If You Bring In A Bucket Of Blood To Your Local Theaters Management (Or Ticket Booth), You Will Be Given One Free Admission."
The line about how "artist" Walter Paisley "knows his anatomy" is apparently a nod to the similar themed House of Wax (1953) which used the same line about Vincent Prices character. Of course, a year later, Vincent Price became Roger Cormans favourite star.
The guitar player (and singer) at the night club is Alex Hassilev, who was soon to form the popular folk trio The Limeliters with Louis Gottlieb and Glenn Yarbrough.