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The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

UNRATED  72 min  -  Comedy   -  5 August 1960 (USA)
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A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it.

Writer:

Charles B. Griffith (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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The Little Shop of Horrors -- A young man working in a flower shop nurtures a plant but soon discovers it needs human blood to live.  He causes a series of inadvertent deaths in order to feed the bloodthirsty plant, and the police become suspicious when so many people go missing. The Little Shop of Horrors -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment The Little Shop of Horrors -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jonathan Haze Jonathan Haze ...
Jackie Joseph Jackie Joseph ...
Mel Welles Mel Welles ...
Dick Miller ...
Myrtle Vail Myrtle Vail ...
Karyn Kupcinet Karyn Kupcinet ...
Shirley (as Tammy Windsor)
Toby Michaels Toby Michaels ...
Shirley's Friend
Leola Wendorff Leola Wendorff ...
Mrs. Siddie Shiva
Lynn Storey Lynn Storey ...
Mrs. Hortense Fishtwanger - Society of Silent Flower Observers of Southern California
Wally Campo Wally Campo ...
Det. Sgt .Joe Fink / Narrator
Jack Warford Jack Warford ...
Meri Welles Meri Welles ...
Leonora Clyde (as Merri Welles)
John Herman Shaner John Herman Shaner ...
Dr. Phoebus Farb (as John Shaner)
Jack Nicholson ...
Dodie Drake Dodie Drake ...
Waitress
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Storyline

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. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>  

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The store with more. See more »

Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Loja dos Horrores See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmgroup, The See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Charles B. Griffith not only wrote most of the screenplay, he also stars uncredited as several characters; among them: the screaming dental patient that runs out of Dr. Farb's office, the burglar that breaks into the flower shop, and even the voice of Audrey Jr. See more »

Goofs

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. See more »

Quotes

[answering phone]
Gravis Mushnik: Flowers, fresh as the springtime, Mushnik's
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Connections

Spoofed in Please Don't Eat My Mother (1973) See more »