Production Year: 1960 - Horror - Director: Roger Corman - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Jack Nicholson, Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles more
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.... more
Roger Corman, other thanBucket of Blood, made about the same time with the same writer, Charles Griffith. Seymour (Jonathan Haze) is an assistant in a skid-row flower...
Roger Corman, other thanBucket of Blood, made about the same time with the same writer, Charles Griffith. Seymour (Jonathan Haze) is an assistant in a skid-row flower...
Little Shop of Horrors -
This version of the soundtrack to the hit musical is from the stage production, which ... more
ended rather differently than the movie: just about the entire cast (except for the backup singers) winds up as lunch for the hungry plant. As a result, this CD lacks the song "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space", which was written for the film. Instead, the recording closes with "Don't Feed the Plants", which is much more in keeping with the spirit of the rest of the musical. Little Shop of Horrors explores a wide variety of musical styles, from the rhumba-inflected "Mushnik and Son" to the I'm-on-Broadway ballads "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly Seymour". The most spirited numbers are those that feature the trio of back-up singers, who perform on the title track "Skid Row", "Da-Doo", "The Meek Shall Inherit" and other numbers with considerable energy. The recording loses something if you haven't actually seen the stage production but hearing this CD will give you an excellent reason to do so. --Genevieve Williams
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A review by natalie67 on The Little Shop Of Horrors (DVD) February 24th, 2009
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Loved it
Story
Outstanding
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Special Effects
Outstanding
How does it compare to similar films?
Outstanding
Advantages:
a good fiolm for the whole family .
Disadvantages:
its abit old nowadays
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Delightful film version of the Off Broadway triumph based on the Roger Corman black comedy, carried off beautifully here by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's memorable tunes. The plot of the film is A nerdish florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper (the voice of Levi Stubbs). Soon enough, Seymour feeds Audrey's sadistic dentist boyfriend (Steve Martin) to the plant and later, Mushnik for witnessing the death of Audrey's ex. Will Audrey II take over the world or will Seymour and Audrey defeat it? love this film so much every since i was little.....can remember everybit as well because its that good. kids and parents would love it.....its a great family film. In my opinion its a great plot and loads of exciting things happen.
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It is important not to confuse this with the later Rick Moranis version, this is the 1960s playful B&W version, with Jack Nicholson. It is deffinate viewing if you are interested in any B movies, or the work of the great Roger Corman
Advantages: you can sing alone with it Disadvantages: bit silly
...watch it . Well the kids there loved it as i do have trouble finding a movie that there like . I would say it is great if you like this kind of thing . I do the kids was going a round the house singing, for a week and still do now and again . One of the songs with was catchy . It went like this feed me , feed me, Simore feed me now. There is many more songs in it to that i enjoyed. I would say this is a family film. I do like one song the plant is ... ...named Audrey II . and the shop worker who tries to curb its appetite. simore (whom is play by the man who start in hunny i blew the kids up witch is a good movie to) is the one who feeds him he starts off feeding him by is blood when he cuts his finger . then yes that is right with humans he don't mean to do this but what would you did if a talking sing plant was begging you to feed them.
it as many stats in it witch you will remember it is starting ...
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Advantages: good film once you get into it Disadvantages: takes a bit to get into the film
...surrounding them somehow know all the words. But even I am completely captivated by "Little Shop of Horrors", with its Motown-esque numbers, stellar cast, and dark yet hilarious brand of humour.
Rick Moranis - showing off a surprisingly competent singing voice - takes the lead as down-on-his-luck uber-nerd Seymour Krelborn, the plant store assistant whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of a "mean green mother from outer-space". The newcomer ... ...sudden barrage of customers to the shop, but there's a catch. Audrey II has developed a taste for blood, and before too long Seymour's gonna have to feed him.
On top form is Steve Martin as the floppy-fringed dentist who, when not exercising his particularly painful line in tooth-extraction, is squeaky-voiced Audrey's less-than-doting boyfriend. Also popping up along the way are the late great John Candy as a wacko radio DJ, James Belushi as an ...
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Advantages: Good story line Disadvantages: Relatively bad effects
...This musical is an story of 2 lovers one an shy "geeky" Seymour and the outgoing Audrey. However the feelings they have towards each other is brought to the surface by an dangerous money-making human eating plant. The plant, who Seymour named Audrey II, manipulates Seymour into doing things that are not like him.
This film is an definite must-see, with an great storyline and some good vocal performances by Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene. The plant and special effects looks very good, for the time of the movie. The littleshop of horrors is definitley worth £7 and i am a teenager and i think it is great. This film is both for lads and lasses aswell so don't be put off that it is a musical because the storyline is good....
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Advantages: A Cult Musical Classic Disadvantages: Not to everybodies taste.
...LITTLESHOP OF HORRORSLittleShop Of Horrors has become a cult movie, a little like Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it started back in 1960 as a very low budget B movie which took Roger Carman only two days to produce and starred a very young Jack Nicholson as a masochistic patient at the dentists.
It was in 1982 that Alan Menken and Howard Ashman got together and transformed the cult movie into a stage show. Keeping the humour of the show Menken wrote the music for it keeping it in the style of the late 50's and the early 60's. The zany lyrics were created by Howard Ashman who sadly passed away at the young age of 40 in 1992 whilst working on the Disney classic Aladdin, such a loss to the music industry.
Well over 2,000 stage performances later in 1984 the musicals producer David Geffen started to move forward in...
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Advantages: great comedy horror full of laughs Disadvantages: none
...This review is on the film only and not the dvd.
In this movie Johnathan Haze stars as a really clumsy florist assistant Seymour.
The movie starts with a musical called skidrow.
Seymour works in a Skidrow flower shop for his boss Mr Mushkins and as there is very little custom in the store Seymour is at risk of losing his job unless buisness pics up.
Seymour brings a strange man eating plant to the store to try and attract buisness and save his job.
When the store is closed he is seeing to the plant when he cuts his finger the plants mouth opens and blood drips into its mouth and from that moment the plant starts to grow rapidly.
Every night when the store is closed the plant demands to be fed so Seymour cuts his fingers and feeds it but when he runs out of fingers to cut he has to go on a killing spree in the streets...
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Plot: An offbeat horror classic about a Skid Row flower shop employee who creates a weird plant that feeds on human flesh. Jack Nicholson appears in his first film role as a dental patient who thrives on pain.
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 favourite still generates plenty of laughs and chills, deserving of repeat viewings.
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Main Language: English
Dubbed Language: None
Subtitle Language: None
Hearing Impaired Language: None
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Special Features: 24 Chapter Points
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
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