Charles B. Griffith
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| - | '''''A Bucket of Blood''''' is a [[1959 in film|1959]] [[comedy film|comedy]] [[horror film]] directed by [[Roger Corman]] and starring [[Dick Miller]]. The film, produced on a $50,000 budget, was shot in five days, and shares many of the low-budget filmmaking [[aesthetics]] commonly associated with Corman's work. | + | '''Charles B. Griffith''' ([[September 23]] [[1930]] – [[September 28]] [[2007]]) was a [[Chicago]]-born screenwriter, best known for writing [[Roger Corman]] productions such as ''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'', ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'', and ''[[Death Race 2000]]''. |
| - | Written by [[Charles B. Griffith]], the film is a [[black comedy|dark comic]] [[satire]] about a socially awkward young busboy at a [[Bohemian]] café who is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor when he accidentally kills his landlady's cat and covers its body in clay to hide the evidence. When he is pressured to create similar work, he becomes [[murder]]ous. | + | He was credited with 29 movies, but is known to have written many more. He had also directed at least six films, acted in six films, was second unit director in six films, produced three films and was production manager of two films. |
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| + | With a career spanning decades, he is often cited as the father of American Black comedy. {{Fact|date=October 2007}} | ||
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| + | During the late fifties and early sixties, Griffith created both redneck classics such as ''Eat My Dust'' and black comedies such as ''[[A Bucket of Blood]]'' and ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]''. He had a small role in ''[[It Conquered the World]]'', which he also wrote, as Dr. Pete Shelton. | ||
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| + | Griffith died on [[September 28]] [[2007]] in [[San Diego]], aged 77, from undisclosed causes. | ||
| - | ''A Bucket of Blood'' was the first of three collaborations between Corman and Griffith in the comedy genre, followed by ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' and ''[[Creature from the Haunted Sea]]''. Corman had made no previous attempt at the genre, although past and future Corman productions in other genres incorporated comedic elements. ''A Bucket of Blood'' was remade in [[1995 in film|1995]] as a [[A Bucket of Blood (1995 film)|made-for-television film]] for the [[Showtime]] network. The character name of [[Walter Paisley]] has been adapted by actor Dick Miller as an [[in-joke]] in productions such as ''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]'' and ''[[Shake, Rattle and Rock!]]'', which credit otherwise unrelated characters played by Miller under the character name. | ||
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Charles B. Griffith (September 23 1930 – September 28 2007) was a Chicago-born screenwriter, best known for writing Roger Corman productions such as A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, and Death Race 2000.
He was credited with 29 movies, but is known to have written many more. He had also directed at least six films, acted in six films, was second unit director in six films, produced three films and was production manager of two films.
With a career spanning decades, he is often cited as the father of American Black comedy. Template:Fact
During the late fifties and early sixties, Griffith created both redneck classics such as Eat My Dust and black comedies such as A Bucket of Blood and The Little Shop of Horrors. He had a small role in It Conquered the World, which he also wrote, as Dr. Pete Shelton.
Griffith died on September 28 2007 in San Diego, aged 77, from undisclosed causes.
