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Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Bucket of Blood (1959) |
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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.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Bucket of Blood (1959) |
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Plot
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
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- very skinny (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- hanging
- decapitated
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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