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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: After Walter is exposed as a murderer, he starts hallucinating the voices of his victims swearing revenge, which combined with panic at being pursued leads to him killing himself to avoid facing punishment.]]
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* AnAesop: BeYourself, which Walter is unable to do. [[spoiler:It gets many people killed, including himself.]]
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* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: There are no actual buckets of blood (or art pieces titled "Bucket of Blood", [[NeverTrustAPoster regardless of what the poster shows]]) at any point of the film. It is very representative of [[HumanResources where Walter gets his art inspiration, though]].

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* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: There are no actual buckets of blood (or art pieces titled "Bucket of Blood", [[NeverTrustAPoster [[CoversAlwaysLie regardless of what the poster shows]]) at any point of the film. It is very representative of [[HumanResources where Walter gets his art inspiration, though]].
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* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath

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* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeathGoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: There are no actual buckets of blood (or art pieces titled "Bucket of Blood", [[NeverTrustAPoster regardless of what the poster shows]]) at any point of the film. It is very representative of [[HumanResources where Walter gets his art inspiration, though]].
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Walter Paisley (played by Creator/DickMiller, aka that fellow from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' and ''Film/DemonKnight'') is a busboy at a beatnik coffee house who wants to be in on the scene but is a total dork. One day, he accidentally kills a cat with plaster – no, not a "cat" like a guy, a literal feline, dig? -- and becomes a popular artist from the results. Eventually he resorts to homicidal measures in order to keep his newfound fame.

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Walter Paisley (played by Creator/DickMiller, aka that fellow from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' and ''Film/DemonKnight'') is a busboy at a beatnik coffee house who wants to be in on the scene but is a total dork. One day, he accidentally kills a cat with plaster – no, plaster––no, not a "cat" like a guy, a literal feline, dig? -- and dig?––and becomes a popular artist from the results. Eventually he resorts to homicidal measures in order to keep his newfound fame.
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''A Bucket of Blood'' is a 1959 [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror comedy horror]] film directed by Creator/RogerCorman and written by Charles Griffith.

Walter (Creator/DickMiller, aka that guy from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' and ''Film/DemonKnight'') is a waiter at a beatnik restaurant who wants to be in on the scene but is a total dork. One day, he accidentally kills a cat with plaster and becomes a popular artist from the results. Eventually, he resorts to homicidal measures to keep his newfound fame.

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''A Bucket of Blood'' is a 1959 [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror comedy horror]] film BMovie directed by Creator/RogerCorman and written by Charles Griffith.

Walter (Creator/DickMiller, Paisley (played by Creator/DickMiller, aka that guy fellow from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' and ''Film/DemonKnight'') is a waiter busboy at a beatnik restaurant coffee house who wants to be in on the scene but is a total dork. One day, he accidentally kills a cat with plaster – no, not a "cat" like a guy, a literal feline, dig? -- and becomes a popular artist from the results. Eventually, Eventually he resorts to homicidal measures in order to keep his newfound fame.



Was remade in 1995 with Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter under the direction of ''Series/{{MADtv|1995}}''[='s=] Michael [=McDonald=], and got a {{musical}} adaptation in 2009.

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Was remade [[TheRemake remade]] in 1995 with Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter 1995, under the direction of ''Series/{{MADtv|1995}}''[='s=] Michael [=McDonald=], [=McDonald=] and starring Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter, and got a {{musical}} adaptation in 2009.
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 2009. Creator/GlennSlater wrote a looser adaptation, ''Beatsville'', a year earlier. A third musical was produced for the La Mirada Theater in 2023, under the name ''Did You See what Walter Paisley Did Today?''

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 2009. Creator/GlennSlater wrote a looser adaptation, ''Beatsville'', a year earlier. A third musical was produced for the La Mirada Theater in 2023, under the name ''Did You See what What Walter Paisley Did Today?''
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 2009. Creator/GlennSlater wrote another adaptation, ''Beatsville''. A third, looser adaptation was produced for the La Mirada Theater in 2023, under the name ''Did You See what Walter Paisley Did Today?''

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 2009. Creator/GlennSlater wrote another a looser adaptation, ''Beatsville''. ''Beatsville'', a year earlier. A third, looser adaptation third musical was produced for the La Mirada Theater in 2023, under the name ''Did You See what Walter Paisley Did Today?''
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 2009

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 20092009. Creator/GlennSlater wrote another adaptation, ''Beatsville''. A third, looser adaptation was produced for the La Mirada Theater in 2023, under the name ''Did You See what Walter Paisley Did Today?''
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Was remade in 1995 with Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter under the direction of ''Series/MadTv''[='s=] Michael [=McDonald=], and got a {{musical}} adaptation in 2009.

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Was remade in 1995 with Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter under the direction of ''Series/MadTv''[='s=] ''Series/{{MADtv|1995}}''[='s=] Michael [=McDonald=], and got a {{musical}} adaptation in 2009.
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Was remade in 1995 with Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter under the direction of ''Series/MadTV''[='s=] Michael [=McDonald=], and got a {{musical}} adaptation in 2009.

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Was remade in 1995 with Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall as Walter under the direction of ''Series/MadTV''[='s=] ''Series/MadTv''[='s=] Michael [=McDonald=], and got a {{musical}} adaptation in 2009.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The random girl who slips Walter a vial of heroin is directly responsible for his GainingTheWillToKill and becoming a murderer.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The random Naolia, the girl who slips Walter a vial of heroin is directly responsible for his GainingTheWillToKill and becoming a murderer.
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: ''Annoyance Theatre'' produced a musical in 2009
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* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the title of the movie, the kills aren't particularly graphic. JustifiedTrope, given the time at which the film was made.

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* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the title of the movie, the kills aren't particularly graphic. JustifiedTrope, Justified, given the time at which the film was made.
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''A Bucket of Blood'' is a 1959 [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror comedy horror]] film directed by Creator/RogerCorman and written by Charles B. Griffith.

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''A Bucket of Blood'' is a 1959 [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror comedy horror]] film directed by Creator/RogerCorman and written by Charles B. Griffith.

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