A Bucket of Blood

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A Bucket of Blood is a 1959 low-budget black comedy horror film that satirizes Beatnik culture and the art world, directed by cult filmmaker Roger Corman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
associatedWith American International Pictures horror cycle
characterPlayedByDickMiller Walter Paisley NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jacques R. Marquette NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cultStatus cult film
director Roger Corman NERFINISHED
distributor American International Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Anthony Carras NERFINISHED
era 1950s American cinema
filmingStyle low-budget production
filmingTechnique shot on a very low budget
format black-and-white film
genre black comedy
horror
satire
hasCultFollowing true
leadActor Dick Miller NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Walter Paisley NERFINISHED
musicBy Fred Katz NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus Beatnik coffeehouse
notableFor early example of Corman’s horror-comedy blend
originalLanguage English
partOf Roger Corman filmography
portrays Walter Paisley as a busboy turned artist NERFINISHED
producer Roger Corman NERFINISHED
productionCompany American International Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1959-10-21
releaseYear 1959
remadeAs A Bucket of Blood (1995 film) NERFINISHED
runtimeMinutes 66
satirizes Beatnik culture
art world
screenwriter Charles B. Griffith NERFINISHED
settingLocation Los Angeles NERFINISHED
stars Antony Carbone NERFINISHED
Barboura Morris NERFINISHED
Dick Miller NERFINISHED
Julius Katz NERFINISHED
targetOfSatire bohemian art scene
theme critique of Beatnik subculture
dark humor about murder and fame
satire of pretension in modern art
tone macabre humor

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Roger Corman directed A Bucket of Blood
Jean-Yves Escoffier workedOn A Bucket of Blood
this entity surface form: Gummo