A Bucket of Blood

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Summary: A creepy and campy Corman classic
Review: Roger Corman is definitley the king of campy horror and A Bucket of Blood is his best. Dick Miller(who can be seen in nearly all of Joe Dante's films and in alot of Corman's) gets the most screen time he's ever had in his best role to date. A Bucket of Blood is one of the best waxwork films and a true must see for all Corman fans.

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Summary: A must for all Corman fans.
Review: This is a fairly predictable film, but still fun to watch. Dick Miller (long time Corman regular) gives a great performance as the demented artist who makes sculptures that are just a little too realistic. The cat in the wall scene is really a work of Corman magic!!!

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Summary: Murder As Art...
Review: Poor Walter Paisley (Dick Mlller). No one notices him in his dead-end job as busboy at The Yellow Door coffeehouse. Day after day he watches and listens as beat poets and musicians get all the attention and accolades. Then, one day, Walter accidentally kills his landlady's cat, covers it in clay, and -presto!- a new artistic master is born! Soon, the beatniks are at Walter's feet, begging for further expressions of his genius. Walter knocks a cop (Bert Convy) in the noggin with a skillet, turns him into a statue, and has another masterwork to show off! Unfortunately, this begins taking a toll on Walter's mind, turning him into just another pseudo-intellectual, elitist snob like the ones he'd once envied. Of course, Walter is also a serial killer, using his victims as the guts of his "art". BUCKET OF BLOOD is a hysterical look at the beat generation. It lampoons just about every type of beatnik pomposity. Roger Corman's sense of humor shines through every scene! This would be a perfect double bill with LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS or THE BLOODY BROOD. Highly recommended...

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Summary: To be watched under influence!
Review: An interesting flick from the vast outpour of cheapies by the mastermind moviemaker Corman. If you love Corman for the 10 Poe adaptions he made between 1960 and 1965, you might be disappointed, because this one is quite far from the Gothic beauty he created later. A beatnik artist's society is quite well portrayed and the film is definitely worth a watch, but you might want to buy the Roger Corman retrospective, vol 1 instead - you'll get two more flicks and that's always good!

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Summary: American International strikes again
Review: This is ok as a drive in movie and that is about it. I did like the beatnik atmosphere, the nerdy performance by the lead actor, and the sarcastic portrayal of this phony art crowd but the film is basically a one idea, three set movie that could only work as the second film on a double bill. When American International had a wildly exploitive script (like the superior "Wild in the streets"), they could do some interesting films but most of their output was kitsch or schlock. This is in the latter category.