A classic Corman film with some fantastic characters bought to life by a great cast. Well worth seeking out, just a shame that the DVD I got is such poor quality, it could do with cleaning up and re-releasing!
A Bucket of Blood
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A Bucket of Blood
Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone (II), Julian Burton (II), Ed Nelson
A goofy busboy at a beatnik coffeehouse desperately wants to be accepted into the "in" crowd. When he accidentally kills a cat and covers its body with molded clay to cover up his accident, the mold ...( read more
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Id: 9668607
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September 29, 2009
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July 29, 2008
"a bucket of blood" is an occult flick made by enlongating one episode of "twight light zone".
the story begins with a nobody with an absurd artisitc ambition to gain himself some respects from the beatnik artists in local cafe, then he achieves that by casting clay on real c...( read more) -
July 21, 2008
Hilarious semi-spoof of movies like Mystery of the Wax Museum and a satirical approach to '50s beatnik society. Ridiculous, and a great deal of fun!
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November 22, 2007
A classic b-movie about an artist who makes his creations from those he kills. It starts with a cat sculpture and then progresses to people. I like the names he assigns to each of his masterpieces. This black humour is a slight mix of "The House of Wax" and "Little Shop of Horror...( read more)
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August 20, 2007
A terribly disappointing black comedy version of "House of Wax". A lot of people also liken it to "The Little Shop of Horrors" because it has a very similar plot.
The one thing it doesn't have though is a "bucket of blood". Yet again Roger Corman fooled everybody with a title t...( read more) -
November 23, 2009
pretty funny horror movie thats only like, 30 minutes long. i wouldnt expect this amount of dark humor from something from the 50's. and i dont know what t.v. show that Dick Miller guy was on, but i used to see it
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August 4, 2009
In true Corman fashion, there is no bucket of blood in this film. But as far as film veteran Dick Miller's only starring role, Bucket of Blood is a quirky little black comedy that does for beat poets what Little Shop of Horrors did for horticulturists. In fact, Little Shop is not...( read more)
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July 6, 2009
dick miller is great actor who i think doesn't get the credit he deserves. the man has done about 50 monies in his life and bucket was his only staring role..........5 starts for dick!!!!!
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April 6, 2009
this movie rules.
very entertaining.very stylish.
i love roger corman..you should too.
