A Bucket of Blood

Sep 12, 1995

1h 23m

★ 5.1

Murder is his masterpiece.

Overview

Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects.

Genres

Thriller

Comedy

Horror

TV Movie

Production Companies

Showtime Networks

Concorde-New Horizons

A Bucket of Blood Trailers

Cast

Walter

Anthony Michael Hall

Carla

Justine Bateman

Maxwell

Shadoe Stevens

Leonard

Sam Lloyd

Art

Jesse D. Goins

Lou

Kin Shriner

Charlie

David Cross

Link

Patrick Bristow

Alice

Darcy DeMoss

Mrs. Swicker

Julianna McCarthy

Older Man

Paul Bartel

Older Woman

Mink Stole

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