Bucket Of Blood (1959) A Bucket of Blood Bucket of blood affiche.jpg Theatrical release poster Directed by Roger Corman Produced by Roger Corman Written by Charles B. Griffith Starring Dick Miller Barboura Morris Antony Carbone Julian Burton Ed Nelson John Brinkley Music by Fred Katz Cinematography Jacques R. Marquette Edited by Anthony Carras Production company Altavista American International[1] Distributed by American International Pictures Release date October 1959[2] Running time 66 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $50,000[3][4] Box office $180,000[4] A Bucket of Blood is a 1959 American black comedy horror film directed by Roger Corman. It starred Dick Miller and was set in beatnik culture. The film, produced on a $50,000 budget, was shot in five days and shares many of the low-budget filmmaking aesthetics commonly associated with Corman's work. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a dark comic satire about a dimwitted, impressionable young busboy at a Bohemian café who is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor when he accidentally kills his landlady's cat and covers its body in clay to hide the evidence. When he is pressured to create similar work, he becomes murderous
