Details

Release year: 1959

Storyline

A dimwitted busboy at a beatnik cafe passes off a cat he accidentally killed and covered in plaster as a sculpture, prompting a demand for more art that compels him to commit murders.

Top credits

Directors

Roger Corman

Writers

Charles B. Griffith

Cast

Dick Miller — Walter Paisley
Barboura Morris — Carla
Antony Carbone — Leonard de Santis
Julian Burton — Maxwell H. Brock

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Did you know

• The sets for this film would be re-used for Roger Corman's next production The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). They were previously used for The Diary of a High School Bride (1959).

• When preview audiences saw Maxwell arrive in a tuxedo and sandals, it caused them to chuckle because it seemed so appropriate to the character. However, it was actually because Julian Burton had swollen feet due to wearing the sandals constantly and had no choice.

• At the time of its original release there was a promotion in the newspaper's movie section advertisements that made the offer, "If You Bring In A Bucket Of Blood To Your Local Theater's Management (Or Ticket Booth), You Will Be Given One Free Admission."