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A Bucket of Blood

You'll be sick, sick, sick — from LAUGHING!

★ 6.6 1959 66 min NR ComedyHorror

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.

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Released in 1959, A Bucket of Blood sits inside the 1950s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1959-10-21
Rating
NR
TMDB score
6.6/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
American International Pictures, Alta Vista Productions
Topicstalentartistbeatniksculpturemurderproto-slasher

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