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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release1959

Runtime1h 6m

StatusReleased

Budget$50,000

Revenue$180,000

Production

American International Pictures

Alta Vista Productions

Movie

A Bucket of Blood

1959

1h 6m

6.6

Comedy

Horror

Synopsis

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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