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.
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.
The film's central conflict and themes are primarily apolitical, focusing on individual psychological descent, the superficiality of the art world, and dark satire rather than promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies.
This 1959 film features a cast that is predominantly white, reflecting the common casting practices of its era without visible racial or gender diversity in significant roles. The narrative centers on a white male protagonist and does not incorporate or critique traditional identities or themes related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Roger Corman's 'A Bucket of Blood' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses exclusively on the protagonist's psychological decline and his macabre artistic endeavors within a beatnik subculture, rendering the film N/A for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
A Bucket of Blood (1959) is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or legacy characters. All characters were created for this specific production, meaning there are no instances of a character's gender being changed from a previously established canon.
This 1959 film is an original story with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations. Therefore, no characters had an established race that could be altered.
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