A Bucket of Blood
(Unrated, 1:05:48, Released 1959)
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror |
| Release Date: | Oct 21, 1959 |
| DVD Release Date: | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Starring: | Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone (II), Julian Burton (II), Ed Nelson |
| Directed by: | Roger Corman |
| Synopsis: | 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 becomes a hit piece of art with the beatniks. Then, the busboy, now artist, pursues his new career performing more and more gruesome acts and turning them into works of art for unsuspecting curios. |
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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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September 29, 2009
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!
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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 nothing more than a remake of Bucket (which in itself is a skid row version of House of Wax), albeit a less sophisticated one. Most of the highlights of this film are due to the fine comic acting and timing of Dick Miller and Julian Burton, but if dead cats in plaster make you giggle, then you'll definitely get a kick out of this one.
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July 15, 2009
This is wonderfully, horribly disturbing.
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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. -
October 1, 2008
I own it. I should watch it sometime.
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August 16, 2008
This movie sounds awesome! Yeah, right.
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August 11, 2008
i like this film a lot. the story is interesting and unique about a coffeehouse busboy that accidentally kills a cat and covers the body in plaster to hide is mistake. people see it as magnificent art and see the busboy as an upcoming artist...and then he begins to kill people so he can cover them in plaster and show them off so that people in the coffeehouse will finally accept him into the crowd. i honestly can't think of too much to complain about for this film. if you have the chance, watch it.
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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 corpses that means he's got to continue murdering people to maintain his status of genius. then his final work would be himself hung around a rope.
if you always feel the twight light zone episode is not long enough to linger, "a bucket of blood" would be a good passing time entertainment. one sentence to term rod serlying's eccentric beings under his wondrous creations: the vain peculiar struggles made by petite people whose lives are demeaned by their charater flaws, so their seek another dimension to escape their miserable existence of insignificance, the twight zone. you witness an odd mercy bestowed upon those people while the audience secretly emphasize with them, indulging in such soothing morbidity where its popularity prospers. hopefully my term would be adequate. -
July 27, 2008
Kind of obvious but still sort of fun with to watch the Beatnik talk. Maybe if the whole thing was about Beatniks...
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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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July 14, 2008
Brilliant! And doesn't the lead actor, who's supposed to be about half his age, look like James Dean on crank? Someone said that and I've stolen it for myself.
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July 5, 2008
Dick Miller stars as a dim-witted busboy at a beatnik coffeeshop that becomes the toast of the hip crowd with his eerily lifelike sculptures. Great campy fun directed by the legendary Roger Corman.
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June 8, 2008
Not at all interested
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March 8, 2008
This underrated horror movie is actually very good, I love it. Te plot is so simple yet great. The acting is average and the gore could've gone a little further. But overall a very enjoyable horror movie.
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February 15, 2008
One of Roger Corman's best,... worst. Worth seeing for the bad movie enthusiast.
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February 8, 2008
Really more of a psychological thiller then the full out horror film the title implies.
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November 29, 2007
I think we all aspire to become beatniks by killing cats. It's my dream that's for sure.
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November 1, 2007
Not interested. In general I don't like horror movies.
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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 that had absolutely nothing to do with the film itself.
It's only of interest to see Dick Miller from "Gremlins" in an early role. Other than that it's just awful. -
August 20, 2007
pretty cool flic....a must see for any hardcore horror buff.
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August 18, 2007
Sounds cute. I've only seen a little of it.
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June 12, 2007
this gets a better than average rating from me, but mostly because it is humoursly strange, rather than scary or anything.
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April 25, 2007
Ah, I remember this. Well okay, no, I'm not old enough, but it's good.
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April 19, 2007
I've seen clips of it in commercials.
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April 15, 2007
Kinda funny, but still a bad movie. I can see a big screen remake before too long too.
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March 28, 2007
It's a fun old horror movie coming from Roger Corman. Short and sweet. Makes for great midnight watching.
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March 14, 2007
This is the exact same thing as the original Little Shop of Horrors. It's silly, it's corny, it's nothing short of ridiculous. But at the same time it's funny to see Mr. Futterman from Gremlins as a dorky killer in a world of beatniks.
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December 10, 2006
Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...
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December 3, 2006
I would like to see this, i think...
