Julian Burton

A Bucket of Blood -- Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian caf , is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars...

A Bucket of Blood -- After accidentally killing a cat and covering it with clay, a wimpy busboy/would-be sculptor exhibits it at a coffeehouse as one of his sculptures and becomes a success. He continues to 'create' new lifelike sculptures until one starts to melt...revealing human flesh.

At a 12th-century masked ball from hell, dissolute satanist Prince Prospero (Vincent Price) torments his guests, forcing them to participate in a variety of gruesome lethal games in this Roger Corman-directed horror flick based on two stories by Edgar Allen Poe. While most of the games end in someone's death, those who survive Prospero's amusements must endure the nightmare of torture and unthinkable depravity.

A nebbish waiter at a beatnik cafe longs to fit in with the artistic patrons but he lacks the skills or personality. When he accidentally kills his landlady's cat and covers the body in plaster to hide his mistake, the result makes him a successful artist and part of the cafe group. Lacking the skills to make true artistic pieces, the waiter continues his methods when branching into human forms. He is being sought by two men to bring him back. There are underlying messages on race, slavery, attitudes and perception.