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From producer-director Roger Corman come two cult classics about the madness of ambition, popularity, and greed. In A Bucket of Blood (1959), meek busboy Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) stumbles into fame after a grisly accident makes him the darling of the beatnik art scene, only to discover that true artistic inspiration demands ever-deadlier mediums. In Dementia 13 (1963), a young Francis Ford Coppola makes his directorial debut under Corman with a gothic, bloody web of family secrets, psychological horror, and axe murders.

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Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian café, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor - but his new-found friends want to see more of his work. Lacking any artistic talent whatsoever, Walter has to resort to similar methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing...

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Warner Archive's third volume of Tex Avery's MGM cartoons collects shorts from the director's final years at the studio, showcasing his wild sight gags, breakneck pacing, and gleefully rule-breaking animation.

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Contains 14 cartoons: Henpecked Hoboes (1946); Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947); Half-Pint Pygmy (1948); Lucky Ducky (1948); Droopy's Good Deed (1951); Caballero Droopy (1952); Millionaire Droopy (1956); Cat's Meow (1957); Grin and Share It (1957); Blackboard Jumble (1957); One Droopy Knight (1957); Sheep Wrecked (1958); Mutts About Racing (1958); Droopy Leprechaun (1958) The fourth and final volume of Warner Archive's Tex Avery Screwball Classics brings together 14 uncut MGM cartoons: the five previously unreleased Tex Avery shorts, his two CinemaScope remakes, and the Droopy cartoons directed by Michael Lah after Avery's departure from the studio.