A Bucket Of Blood

Walter Paisley, a nerdy busboy at a beatnik café, is celebrated as a brilliant sculptor after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and encasing the body in clay to hide it. Pressured by his newfound admirers to produce more work, the untalented Walter resorts to murdering people and using their bodies for his macabre sculptures. His fame grows, but so does the body count and the risk of his horrific secret being discovered, leading to a grim conclusion.