The Little Shop of Horrors
United States
1960
70 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
Seymour is a young man who works in a flower store. He manages to create a carnivorous plant that feeds on human flesh. Nobody knows about it, so Seymour and the plant become good “friends”. The plant needs food to grow up, so it convinces him to start killing people. –IMDb
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Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed “King of the Bs” for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate), is an Academy Award-winning American producer and director of low-budget movies, some of which have an established critical reputation: his cycle of films derived from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe for example. Corman is also a sometime actor, taking minor roles in such films as The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13 and Philadelphia.
Corman has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness; Corman once joked he could make a film about the fall of the Roman Empire with two extras and a sagebrush. One of the most expensive films he produced was Battle Beyond the Stars. —Wikipedia
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Joe Godburn
25May12
A great pioneer in genre mashups that not only lived up to its legend, but provided a great lesson in historically cultural milestones in film. Highly recommended for anyone looking into Roger Corman's impact on film making.
soiwaswrong
26Nov11
First watched it when I was 8 years old! I'm setting up my mind for the scariest scenes, but turn out to be a comedy film.. My memories are a little bit vague so I think I should watch it again...
Daniel S.
23Oct10
**1/2. A little disappointment after all the buzz about this supposedly cult movie. After all, THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is the best known Pre-Poe adaptations of Roger Corman's productions. As horror comedy, it's not funny at all. What I personnally liked the best was the dialogues, always full of corrosive observations, and the scene between Seymour Krelboin and Leonora Clyde the hooker. Recommended, though.
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Made Me Laugh, but Not in a Good Way
By Byron Brubaker on February 17, 2011
This was in a cheap set of horror DVDs. Even though it was made by Roger Corman, so I probably shouldn’t have been surprised, I was surprised by how much this movie goes straight for the laughs. It… read review
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