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A Bucket of Blood (1959) Movie Review Summary

Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton

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BUCKET OF BLOOD is a low budget horror movie directed by Roger Corman in 1959. Dick Miller is waiter in a café. The clients are artists or beatniks and Dick admires them. One night, he accidentally kills his landlady's dog and covers it with plaster. The cat becomes the first work of art of the mad waiter.Recommended.
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The review of this Movie prepared by Daniel Staebler



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Plot & Themes

How difficult to spot villain?    -   Story partially from villain's perspective Time/Era of Movie:    -   1930's-1950's Murder Mystery?    -   Yes What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot?    -   90% Murders of set profession?    -   artists Crime & Police Story?    -   Yes Crime story:    -   criminal/victim falls in love with victim/criminal Horror film?    -   Yes Horror Plotlets:    -   mad guy with knife likes to slice Criminal enemy is...    -   drug dealers

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   White (American) Unusual characteristics    -   Mentally Ill

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   California

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   moderately messy visuals of dead Kind of violence:    -   knives Unusual forms of death    -   asphyxiation    -   hanging    -   decapitated    -   perforation--swords/knives Any profanity?    -   None

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