A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Roger Corman · 66 min · Letterboxd ↗

Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.

A Bucket of Blood screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Wednesday 21 October and Sunday 22 November.