Mouse Trap (game) shape of some pieces has been slightly modified over the years. There are several stages which form the mouse trap, and most stages are composed of multiple pieces. A 1990s ad campaign for the game involved a song which listed most of the stages of the mouse trap. In a proper operation, the player turns the crank, which rotates a vertical gear, connected to a horizontal gear. As that gear turns, it pushes an elastic-loaded lever until it snaps back in place, hitting a swinging boot. This causes the boot to kick over a bucket, sending a marble down a
A Bucket of Blood Tim Dirks, the film was one of a wave of "cheap teen movies" released for the drive-in market. They consisted of "exploitative, cheap fare created especially for them [teens] in a newly established teen/drive-in genre." When Corman found that the film "worked well," he continued to direct two more comedic films scripted by Griffith: "The Little Shop of Horrors", a farce with a similar plot to "Bucket of Blood" and using the same sets; and "Creature from the Haunted Sea", a parody of the monster movie genre. The film was acquired by MGM Home Entertainment upon the company's purchase of