The Death Artist

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The Death Artist ★½ 1995 (R)

Struggling busboy and would-be artist Walter Paisley (Hall) finds fame creating sculptures from dead bodies. Gruesome plot is a remake of Corman's 1960 “A Bucket of Blood” but the same premise was done much better with Vincent Price in 1953's “House of Wax.” 79m/C VHS . Anthony Michael Hall, Darcy Demoss, Shadoe Stevens, Paul Bartel, Mink Stole; D: Michael James McDonald; W: Michael James McDonald, Brendan Broderick; C: Christopher Baffa; M: David Wurst, Eric Wurst.

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