A Bucket of Blood 1959  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Anthony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, John Brinkley, Bert Convy, John Herman Shaner, Bruno VeSota, Judy Bamber, Myrtle Vail, Lynn Storey
Nerdy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller, in the first of several "Walter Paisley" films) is a busboy in a Greenwich Village cafe frequented by artistic-type people. He admires their lifestyle, but at the same time he is jealous of their talents. One day while trying to save a cat, he accidentally kills it, and, in order to hide the killing, he covers it with plaster, thus making it a sculpture that goes on display at the cafe. The patrons consider it a work of art, and proclaim Walter to be a great artist. They want more, and the untalented Walter must resort to what was successful with the first sculpture–and people start disappearing. A real Roger Corman hoot–cheap but lots of fun.
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 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson, Dick Miller, Myrtle Vail, Leola Wendorff, Lynn Storey, Wally Campo, John Herman Shaner, Toby Michaels, Jack Warford, Meri Welles, Dodie Drake, Karyn Kupcinet
When flower shop worker Seymour (Jonathan Haze) cuts his finger, the blood vitalizes his bloodthirsty Venus flytrap-like plant. Seymour becomes a slave to the plant and must perform murders to supply the needed blood while the plant brings business into the flower shop. Grossly funny and cheap, but it is lots of fun. Highlight: pain-loving Wilbur Force (Jack Nicholson) goes to the dentist.
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