{"id":3108,"date":"2007-05-03T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T20:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T21:57:26","slug":"bucket-of-blood-a-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3108","title":{"rendered":"Bucket of Blood, A (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The artist is; all others are not.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Poster-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-59897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Poster-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Poster-1-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Poster-1-180x270.jpg 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Poster-1.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Beatnik era, a nebbishy busboy (Dick Miller) longs to become a great artist. When he accidentally kills his landlady&#8217;s cat, he is inspired to cover it in clay and call it art &#8212; and when his &#8220;Dead Cat&#8221; is well-received, he soon moves on to killing and &#8220;sculpting&#8221; human subjects.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Artists<\/li>\n<li>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Roger Corman Films<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis surprisingly effective low-budget thriller &#8212; directed by Roger Corman and scripted by Charles B. Griffith &#8212; is, along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35725\"><em>Little Shop of Horrors<\/em> (1960)<\/a>, proof of Corman&#8217;s ability to churn out entertaining movies with bare-bones budgets and minimal shooting schedules. While some of the production values in <em>A Bucket of Blood<\/em> are laughably bad (the newly-killed cat Miller pulls out of his wall is as stiff as a board), others &#8212; such as the atmospherically-shot climactic chase scene &#8212; are impressive. Perhaps most memorable, however, is the way in which Corman and Griffith deliciously satirize both Beatniks and artists, who are portrayed as pretentious, exclusionary, and not-just-a-little nutty. No wonder there are murders going on!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dick Miller as the desperate wannabe artist<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2-1024x495.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Miller2.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Julian Burton as a Ginsberg-esque Beatnik poet, who spouts countless pompous lines:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Mark well this lad: his is the silent voice of creation. Within the dark, rich soil of humility, he blossoms as the hope of our nearly sterile century!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton-1024x504.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton-1536x756.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Burton.png 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A hilarious, spot-on satire of both Beatnik culture and pretentious artists<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2-1024x504.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2-1536x756.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Satire2.png 1781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography-1024x519.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography-1536x779.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Bucket-of-Blood-Cinematography.png 1769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Griffith&#8217;s cleverly morbid script<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This cult film is a surprisingly enjoyable low-budget thriller. It&#8217;s listed as both a Camp Classic and a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0052655\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/69836\/a-bucket-of-blood#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/bucket-of-blood-1959.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/68557.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The artist is; all others are not.&#8221; Synopsis: During the Beatnik era, a nebbishy busboy (Dick Miller) longs to become a great artist. When he accidentally kills his landlady&#8217;s cat, he is inspired to cover it in clay and call it art &#8212; and when his &#8220;Dead Cat&#8221; is well-received, he soon moves on to killing and &#8220;sculpting&#8221; human subjects. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Artists Aspiring Stars Black Comedy Dick Miller Films Horror Roger Corman Films Serial Killers Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3108\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70483,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/70483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}