Dick Miller in Scorsese's 'After Hours' -- Paisley alive?

Nice catch! 'After Hours' is one of my favourite Scorsese flicks; I've seen it a dozen times over the years but just saw this recently. Had to be a nod to Corman; it's just too coincidental otherwise.

That house is not fit to live in. No one's been able to live in it. It doesn't want people.

I've been looking up Dick Miller and in his Filmography it also mentions that he starred in The Twilight Zone Movie as Walter Paisley a diner owner, so obviously a nod to ABOB and After Hours.

i've read that the role became quite popular and that the actor has reappeared as walter paisley several times afterwards. when i re watched the terror and recognised the same actor as in the leading role here, i figured a while this had to have been made later since he got the main part in this. quite some contrast including the haircut right, both parts played well too, also notice the fat man from "attack of the giant leeches", where he had a much bigger part than in this. a bit of a spoiler here perhaps, i thought the fella would have a larger collection of creations by the end of this movie, sort of like that guy in the twilight zone episode "the new exhibit". says this is a predecessor to "the little shop of horrors" (wich says only took three days to complete) featured along with "the terror" in catcom dvd. amazing bits by elvira in the movie macabre release of this flick, i think many of these movies does themselfs best in the movie macabre collection. by the way, shares many of the same movies featured in the "hollyweird" and "cat com" collections.


standing outside looking in,
trying to find my way back to the living,
drifting under the dim sky,
walkin in the town pub for another round,
while trying giving the machinery a shout,
don't mind me,
just need some privacy,
at your square table i can't find a fix,
too different ingredients in our kind of mix,
don't mind him,
hat and coat at the bar keep,
a ghost of yesterday with a grin,
trying to reach back to where i've been,
standing outside looking in.

"After Hours" is one of the greatest movies. Anyone posting on a "Bucket of Blood" forum would find the movie wonderful. Of course I remember Dick Miller is the owner or waiter from the late night diner that Griffin Dunne finds himself in.

As a Dick Miller fan, the parallels between Bucket of Blood and After Hours simply never occurred to me. The similar occupations, the plaster-of-paris theme, what a great catch! Seems way too coincidental to be be coincidental!