Other Titles • The Little Shop of Horrors • The Passionate People Eater (1960) • Kleiner Laden voller Schrecken (1960)
Synopses for The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
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Hilarious, cheapie black comedy from 1960 that may be the best film by B-picture master Roger Corman, other than Bucket of Blood, made about the same time with the same writer, Charles Griffith. Seymour (Jonathan Haze) is an assistant in a skid-row flower shop who's on the point of losing his job when the unusual plant he's developed turns the store into a major attraction. The only problem is that the plant needs human blood to live, all the while crying, "Feed me! FEED ME!" Luckily, Seymour causes a series of inadvertent deaths that more than make up for the food shortage. Jack Nicholson provides a comic sidebar as a nutjob masochist visiting a dentist's office. Giggling and wild-eyed from the same impulse that might lead others to read scandal sheets, he can be seen in the dentist's waiting room reading aloud from Pain magazine. Famous for having the shortest shooting schedule on record (two days and a night), The Little Shop of Horrors spawned an off-Broadway musical that was in turn made into a successful film in 1986, starring Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. It was in just this quick-shoot atmosphere that Corman nurtured the careers of many of America's most celebrated film directors; this little shop of honors included Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme. The DVD has optional Japanese subtitles, very generous bios of the stars and filmmakers, and a clean, crisp transfer. --Jim Gay
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King of the B's, director Roger Corman shot this crazy beat-era classic in a mere two days, but it packs plenty of inspired lunacy and clever bits in its 70-minute running time. Jonathan Haze stars as clumsy assistant florist Seymour, who saves his job in Mr. Mushnik's skid-row flower shop when he brings in a unique man-eating plant. The problem is, it's a very hungry plant; every night it opens its huge jaws and demands to be fed, forcing poor Seymour to take to the street in search of victims, lest he disappoint his boss and his adoring girlfriend, Audrey (Jackie Joseph). From a zingy script by Charles Griffith, this hilarious black comedy overflows with great ideas and characters: Corman regular Dick Miller plays a hipster who eats flowers, and a very young Jack Nicholson takes a memorable turn as a masochistic dental patient. DRAGNET-style detective Joe Fink (Wally Campo) narrates as he slowly begins to track the killer down. This oft-revived favorite still generates plenty of laughs and chills, deserving of repeat viewings. A musical version debuted off-Broadway in 1982 and led to a film starring Rick Moranis and Steve Martin.
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Roger Corman's cult classic was shot in two days and a night, on a dare. Outrageous plot follows young Seymore, who works for a florist on Skid Row. He develops an unusual little flower for his girlfriend and names it Audrey Jr. Once in the shop Audrey Jr. becomes an instant hit with the customers. But the sweet little flower is a monster in disguise, needing human blood to survive. It terrorizes Seymore, bellowing "FEEEED MEEEE" when it's hungry. In a mis-guided attempt to keep everyone happy, Seymore murders several of the regular customers to supply blood for the increasingly hungry plant. Finally unable to take it anymore, and with a knife in hand, the young man leaps into the gaping mouth of Audrey Jr., destroying himself and the plant.
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Young Seymore must satiate the murderous appetite of an unusual plant which feeds off of human blood. Roger Corman's classic horror comedy features a young Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient.
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Roger Corman's original classic
"The most terrifying period in the history of my beat began in a little run-down florist shop called Muchnick's," relates Sgt. Fink in the opening of Roger Corman's 1960 black comedy.
Seymour Krelboin works at Mushnick's flower shop on Skid Row. To avoid the unemployment line, Seymour offers his boss a "special" hybrid plant he's been growing at home. When Seymour pricks his finger and the plant tastes blood, he learns the secret to its growth: human flesh. With each victim Seymour supplies, "Audrey Jr." (named after Seymour's girlfriend) grows, and so does its appetite...begging for Seymour to "feed me! Feeeed me!!"
The middle feature in Corman's trilogy of black comedies (the others being A Bucket of Blood, 1958 and Creature From the Haunted Sea, 1961), The Little Shop of Horrors was filmed in two days on an extremely miniscule budget, the movie's impact generated a smash Broadway hit as well as a major studio remake in 1986. The prolific and inventive Charles Griffith wrote the screenplay, supplied the voice of Audrey Jr., and played a gun-wielding thug.
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The Original Cult Classic Featuring Jack Nicholson
Shot in two days by legendary B-movie king Roger Corman (House Of Usher, The Raven), this 1960 cult classic inspired a long-running off-Broadway musical, filmed in 1986 with Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. Employed by Skid Row florist Gravis Mushnick (Mel Welles), the hapless Seymour Krelboined (Jonathan Haze) discovers that the weird Venus Flytrap hybrid he is raising not only thrives on blood, but also talks! Soon Audrey, Jr. named after his beloved co-worker (Jackie Joseph), is bellowing "FEED ME!," forcing poor Seymour to provide a series of unwilling "entrees"; Corman regular Dick Miller (A Bucket of Blood) co-stars. The young Jack Nicholson has a hilarious early role as a masochistic dental patient, Wilbur Force, while screenwriter Charles B. Griffith provides the voice of Audrey, Jr., and makes an unbilled cameo as a burglar.
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A hilarious horror-comedy classic. A nerdy flower shop employee unknowingly cultivates a ferocious, talking, blood-hungry, man-eating plant, forcing him to kill in order to feed it.
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A true cult classic! This film contains murder and mayhem when a flower shop employee discovers he is growing a blood-thirsty man-eating plant. Featuring Jack Nicholson, this is a must see in 3D!
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