A bucket of bllod is a 1959 b movie, produced and directed by roger corman. Miller plays a hapless busboy at a beatnik coffeehouse that. It is a remake of a bucket of blood, the 1959 cult film directed by roger corman, who produced the remake. Late cult actor dick miller first played walter paisley a character name he would have again in five other films in this delightfully demented horror comedy from the writer and director of the little shop of horrors their next film. Michael harbours rating of the film a bucket of blood michael harbour a slight twist on the bodiesinthewaxmuseum trope thats also a beatnik pastiche, a sendup of artsnob culture, a tale of unrequited love, a desperate, hopeless attempt to achieve status and acceptance, and a bit of a crimenoir with a shadowy backalley chase. Jan 04, 2016 shock unearths an interview with indie film legend roger corman discussing his 1959 film a bucket of blood. Watch a bucket of blood starring dick miller in this horror on directv.
I have to say that with all the material that they have in the archives it beats me why the bfi thought this pile of rubbish was worth inflicting upon an audience. Watch a bucket of blood online stream full movie directv. Its the story of a backwards busboy in a beatnik dive trying to fit in by becoming an artist. A bucket of blood cleveland institute of art college of art. Nerdy walter paisley dick miller, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik cafe who doesnt fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful coworker, carla barboura morris, by making a bust of her.
A bucket of blood is a 1959 american black comedy horror film directed by roger corman. It sure looks like it would be a terrible adaption of the telltale heart. Bohemian artist in san francisco must kill in order to remain creative. Olive the latest addition to olives signature series label, their prestige collection, is roger cormans late50s, dick millerstarring black comedy a bucket of blood, a modest horror film about a waiter at a beat bar who turns art scene flavor du jour after he turns. Corman was not a scorcese, dick miller was no deniro, but walter paisley was eerily close to travis bickle in taxi driver. Olive the latest addition to olives signature series label, their prestige collection, is roger cormans late50s, dick millerstarring black comedy a bucket of blood, a modest horror film about a waiter at a beat bar who turns art scene flavor du jour after he turns his victims into clay casts, unbeknownst to the public. It is a remake of a bucket of blood, the 1959 cult film directed by roger corm. A bucket of blood was remade for television in 1995 with anthony michael hall as walter paisley, shadoe stevens as the cafe owner, and will ferrell as young man. Sep 21, 2019 olive films signature series release of a bucket of blood goes all out on this little gem, something we wish that every film would get. It was a precursor to cormans nobudget black comedic minigem the little shop of horrors, which was also written by charles b. A bucket of blood 1959 a misfit coffee shop busboy rises to stardom in roger cormans black comedy cult classic. In the four years between 1955 when he directed his first film and 1959 when a bucket of blood was released, he produced and directed nearly two dozen films in various genres and of varying quality, including the gangster film i mobster, machine gun kelly, horror attack of the crab monsters, the wasp woman, and teen flicks sorority.
James kendrick q network film desk november 10, 2019 what better way to undercut the worst of artistic pretensions than to do it with a slapdash movie produced in five days called a bucket of blood. Walter paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landladys cat and covers it in plaster. A bucket of blood is a 1959 american comedy horror film directed by roger corman. Walter finds himself resorting to the same methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing. A bucket of blood is a 1959 american dark comedy horror film directed by roger corman. A horror film with comedic overtones, a bucket of blood is produced and directed by roger corman. A bucket of blood is a 1959 comedic horror film directed by roger corman and written by charles griffith. A bucket of blood is a 1959 american comedy horror film directed by. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects. It plays better than many of his other nonpoe, nonprice films. Taken from a new 4k restoration of the original 35mm negative, this transfer is a marked improvement over the film detective bdr that came out in 2015.
Charles byron griffith september 23, 1930 september 28, 2007 was a chicagoborn screenwriter, actor and film director, son of donna dameral, radio star of myrt and marge. It was the talk of elementary school for the next week. Bucket of blood, a wildly comedic horror film, is one of the most interesting and original films of cormans career and deserves to be regarded as a rediscovered gem. Dick miller, barboura morris, antony carbone, julian burton, ed nelson, john brinkley, john herman shaner, judy bamber, myrtle damerel, bert convy, jhean. There was a 1934 film called bucket of blood based on poes famous story the telltale heart, an obvious inspiration for griffith.
In a bucket of blood corman takes his revenge, depicting the whole scene as something ridiculous, amoral, contemptible. Although chuckles clearly have the upper hand in a bucket of blood, corman doesnt ignore the horror entirely and some of the deathsequences are definitely more chilling than the ones featuring in other contemporary and serious horror movies. A bucket of blood is a film directed by roger corman with dick miller, barboura morris, antony carbone, john brinkley, year. A tale of a coffeeshop misfit busboy that horrifically rises to stardom in roger cormans black comedy cult classic. Still one of my very favorite corman films, a bucket of blood is a brisk, fast paced comedy horror satire thats filled with likable characters, some gruesome setpieces for its time, and dick miller commanding the screen as walter.
A bucket of blood is a 1959 cinema of the united states comedy film horror film. This he does in a 5day wonder that is a marvel of good filmmaking. Walter dick miller, aka that guy from gremlins and demon knight is a waiter at a beatnik restaurant who wants to be in on the scene but is a total dork. A bucket of blood tells the story of walter paisley dick miller who, after accidentally killing his landladys cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor. Bucket of blood was cormans first comedy, and he was somewhat insecure about tackling the material, but when the castcrew applauded after the first take, something that never happened before, when the movie wrapped he told charles b. A bucket of blood cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. A bucket of blood wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Miller plays a hapless busboy at a beatnik coffeehouse that is frequented by artists, writers, and poets. A bucket of blood is a 1959 comedic horror film directed by roger corman and written by charles griffith walter dick miller, aka that guy from gremlins and demon knight is a waiter at a beatnik restaurant who wants to be in on the scene but is a total dork. Bucket of blood is a hilarious horror film where the action takes place in the middle of the most amazingly crafted portrayal of the latefifties beatnick movement. A bucket of blood was made on one of roger cormans usual shoestring budgets and naturally shot in five days. With anthony michael hall, justine bateman, shadoe stevens, sam lloyd. A bucket of blood and taxi driver what a wonderfully depressing double feature. It starred dick miller and was set in beatnik culture.
It is a remake of a bucket of blood, the 1959 cult film directed by roger corman. A bucket of blood is a 1995 american black comedy horror film directed by michael james mcdonald. Dick miller, a character actor who starred in roger cormans a bucket of blood and whose sixdecade career included all of joe dantes movies, died today in toluca lake, ca. Other articles where a bucket of blood is discussed. I watched it with my siblings, then trundled off to sleep. Buy a bucket of blood the film detective restored version from amazon. In honor of its 60th anniversary, this olive signature edition of a bucket of blood celebrates the film s enduring legacy. A bucket of blood the film detective restored version. Vedro krvi je americka crnobijela horor filmska komedija snimljena 1959. This blackcomedy prefigures another of screenwriter charles griffithroger corman collaborations, the much acclaimed the little shop of horrors. Made at the close of the decade that gave him his name, filmmakermogul roger cormans. The film works as a satire not only of cormans own films, but also of the. A classic cult b horror movie posing as a real camp noir. First off, the 4k scan print is amazing, especially considering how many bad to downright unwatchable p.
It seemed to me that the director,brian desmond hurst,who went on to rather bigger and better films,had spent a lot of time watching and being influenced by german. A bucket of blood is presented on a 50gb disc in an avc encoded 1080p high definition transfer framed at 1. A bucket of blood 1959 film on dvd stars dick miller ebay. Vsak mesec nas obisce vec kot 4,5 milijonov uporabnikov interneta.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing a bucket of blood near you. Learn more about a bucket of blood and releases of this film on dvd, bluray, vhs and more on filmogs. A bucket of blood 1995 walter paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landladys cat and covers it in plaster. The film also features will ferrell in his film debut, and jennifer coolidge in only her second film role. The restored film detective version is a murky mess. The cast of the film is discussed briefly, as is the actors longterm working relationship with corman and the immortality of the walter paisley character. One saturday evening in the 1960s, bucket of blood was the latenight movie. Produced for the showtime premium cable network, rubys bucket of blood also features glenn plummer, brian stokes mitchell, and jurnee smollett. And coincidentally or not this movie also contains many references towards poe a walledup cat, so maybe corman simply needs the legendary horror.
When a critic wrote that the art world in the film was a metaphor for the movie world, says corman, i didnt deny it. That a bucket of blood was conceived along the lines of sick comics is borne out by a. Bucket of blood is a hilarious horror film where the action takes place in the middle of the most amazingly crafted portrayal of the latefifties beatnick movement, only a few notches above reefer madness in its exageration of the stereotypes but completely knowing and very clever. My advice if you have the mgm dvd of this move, dont waste your money on this bluray. No wonder he has credits for directing 56 films and producing 415. A bucket of blood is a 1959 comedy horror film directed by roger corman. He accidently kills a cat he is trying to rescue from a wall and entombs the animal in clay to save his job. I have long wondered about film detective releases and took a gamble on this one because a bucket of blood is one of my favorite roger corman camp movies. Nov 24, 2015 a bucket of blood is my favorite film directed by roger corman. Its been that way ever since i saw it for the first a number of years back. Street date september 24, 2019 available through the olive filmswebsite 39. A bucket of blood is a 1959 film about an artist who kills for his art. But after accidentally killing his landladys cat and covering the body in.
A bucket of blood 1959 olive a bucket of blood 1959 source. A bucket of blood is my favorite film directed by roger corman. The clay, the corpses, the beatniks, the horror, all those things stayed embedded in my mind for years. A bucket of blood olive signature bluray disc details. It was a precursor to cormans nobudget black comedic minigem the little shop of horrors, which was also written by. Nothing in the poster reminds me of ttthunless the guy with the crazy eye is supposed to be the old man with his telltale eyes which makes the narrator kill him.
Repressed cinema presents a 16mm print of the 1959 roger corman film a bucket of blood, plus surprise prefeature beatnik short films from curator ian sundahls personal archive. Both films tell the story of a nerdy busboy who turns to murder in. A bucket of blood is a nice little corman horror film. In honor of its 60 th anniversary, this olive signature edition of a bucket of blood celebrates the films enduring legacy. Released to bluray in late october by the film detective, a bucket of blood stars roger corman and joe dante stalwart, dick miller gremlins, rock n roll high school, and soooo much more, as walter paisley.
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