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The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Overview

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Director:
Roger Corman
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Writer:
Charles B. Griffith (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 September 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
The funniest picture this year! more
Plot:
A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it. full summary | add synopsis
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Eli Roth Wants To Remake ’80s Horror Film ‘The Funhouse’
 (From Screen Rant. 10 June 2009, 11:22 AM, PDT)

"The Little Shop Of Horrors" Remake in the Works
 (From OhMyGore. 19 April 2009, 6:30 AM, PDT)

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Plant food! more

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Also Known As:
The Passionate People Eater (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S (1998) | UK:A (theatrical rating) (1973) | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) (2007) | Ireland:PG | Argentina:16 | Australia:PG | UK:PG | USA:Unrated

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Roger Corman would shoot scenes with two cameras rolling at once while placed at different angles. He rarely shot re-takes and spent little time on lighting scenes. more
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Continuity: Frank walks into Detective Fink's office, sits down and lights a cigarette. The cigarette remains in his mouth until a close-up shot, where it is missing. When the wide shot is resumed, the cigarette is back again. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Audrey Jr.: Feed me!
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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Plant food!, 17 March 2006
7/10
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

I remember seeing this on a weekly television show called Chiller, when I was in high school. It was one of those local celebrity things, with an emcee presiding over whatever horror movies were in the library of that particular station. I realized quickly, what an offbeat flick this was. It was utterly hilarious with its moments of masochism, the man eating plant, Audrey one and two, and all the other things that Seymour must deal with just to keep going. The plant controls him and it is a hilarious plant. The black and white neutral staging of the plant is so much better than the flashiness of the musical (though I do like some of those songs). The smallness of this film is what helps make it work. Everyone is a caricature. Jack Nicholson's proudest moment. No wonder he is such a wack, spending all that time in his formative years with Roger Corman. The acting works because it is a period piece. No matter how much we try to reproduce the fifties, it always falls short of just seeing the fifties. It's like Dragnet without the strange suits and the slang of the time. It's just more honest because they weren't trying to reproduce it. I haven't watched this in some time, so I think I'll leave my computer and sit down and watch it again.

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