2 thoughts on “WEIRD VIEW CREW, HALLOWEIRD SERIES: “A BUCKET OF BLOOD” (1959)”
My thoughts exactly, after first watching this, ha ha! Although it’s still one of my Halloween favorites. Perhaps a slightly weirder take on the same theme is Jack Hill’s Blood Bath from 1966; but that’s really only because, in the best of the Corman tradition, it’s a pastiche of three or four different movies (depending on the cut), so it combines the tortured artist inspired by corpses theme, with a spy thriller, and a vague vampire plot line (although it still manages to be stingy with the actual blood).
There is yet one more “Halloweird” post to be seen, but it’s still currently sitting in YouTube purgatory until it’s released through customs.
Just in case I didn’t emphasize it enough, the movie *is* funny, draws a mild chuckle here and there. Some of the humor is under-spoken and subtle, so you have to listen for it, plus the shoddy sound quality of current prints don’t help.
Still hunting for that 1995 remake (a TV movie,BTW) !
My thoughts exactly, after first watching this, ha ha! Although it’s still one of my Halloween favorites. Perhaps a slightly weirder take on the same theme is Jack Hill’s Blood Bath from 1966; but that’s really only because, in the best of the Corman tradition, it’s a pastiche of three or four different movies (depending on the cut), so it combines the tortured artist inspired by corpses theme, with a spy thriller, and a vague vampire plot line (although it still manages to be stingy with the actual blood).
There is yet one more “Halloweird” post to be seen, but it’s still currently sitting in YouTube purgatory until it’s released through customs.
Just in case I didn’t emphasize it enough, the movie *is* funny, draws a mild chuckle here and there. Some of the humor is under-spoken and subtle, so you have to listen for it, plus the shoddy sound quality of current prints don’t help.
Still hunting for that 1995 remake (a TV movie,BTW) !