Director Roger Corman's 1959 A Bucket of Blood is an offbeat, beatnik classic. That the movie is now parenthesized by Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia trimmings places it all the nearer to my warped heart.
Bucket of Blood is, in truth, a lead-in to Corman's Little Shop of Horrors, and like the latter, stars the incomparable Dick Miller. In this instance, Miller plays an eager-to-please sculptor named Walter Paisley, who uses a most unique foundation for his creations--the sort to make one's blood turn cold!
In addition to the charismatic Miller, Bucket of Blood features such sentimental favorites as Ed Nelson, Julian Burton, Burt Convy, Myrtle Vale, Antony Carbone, Judy Bamber and Barboura Morris as Carla, the compassionate apple of Paisley's smitten eye. To enhance these fine performances, Charles B. Griffith snappy script grants the stars lots of neato dialogue, and Jacques R. Marquette's moody photography and Fred Katz's sardonic score boost their doomed groove.
Mr. Lobo's casual charm peculates the contents to a murderous, table-bussing high, giving this Cinema Insomnia submission a finger-snappin', bohemian buzz like no other. In truth, Mr. Lobo's clever in-betweens comprise a Bucket of Blood tribute that acts as a veritable sequel in its own cool right.
There's no question that Cinema Insomnia's Bucket of Blood is an essential for any "misunderstood" video collection.
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