Films

A pioneer of macabre comedy, Roger Corman delivers with “A Bucket of Blood” an irresistible satire of the beatnik scene, inspired by the generation of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Walter Paisley, a hapless waiter at a café frequented by artists and bohemians, dreams of being accepted into their world and winning over the beautiful Carla. An accident leads him to cover a dead cat in plaster, inadvertently creating a sculpture that is hailed as a masterpiece. Seduced by the recognition, Walter decides to produce new “works”, plunging into a spiral of murder. Written in just five days and shot in another five, the film reinvents “Mystery of the Wax Museum” as a biting critique of artistic elitism, remaining one of the most brilliant examples of Corman’s dark humour.