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The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) 6.3
A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's a bloodthirsty plant, forcing him to kill to feed it. Director:Roger CormanWriter:Charles B. Griffith (screenplay) |
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Cast
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Jonathan Haze | ... | |
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Jackie Joseph | ... | |
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Mel Welles | ... | |
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Myrtle Vail | ... | |
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Karyn Kupcinet | ... |
Shirley
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Toby Michaels | ... |
Shirley's Friend
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Leola Wendorff | ... |
Mrs. Siddie Shiva
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Lynn Storey | ... |
Mrs. Hortense Fishtwanger - Society of Silent Flower Observers of Southern California
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Wally Campo | ... |
Det. Sgt .Joe Fink /
Narrator
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Jack Warford | ... | |
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Meri Welles | ... |
Leonora Clyde
(as Merri Welles)
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John Herman Shaner | ... |
Dr. Phoebus Farb
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Dodie Drake | ... |
Waitress
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Plot Synopsis
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 »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 August 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Passionate People Eater See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Gravis Mushnik: All right, I'll tell you tomorrow right after I tell the police.
Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: [voice-over] But Mushnik didn't go to the police. If he had, that would have been the end of this unhappy story. But it was not.
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(1616) (uncredited)
Music by R. Melish (1780 ?)
Lyrics by Ben Jonson (in poem To Celia) (1616)
Sung a cappella by Myrtle Vail
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Trivia
The name of the character 'Siddie Shiva' is a pun from the phrase 'sitting Shiva', a Jewish funerary ritual, as well as a direct reference to her unlucky and constantly expiring relatives. See more »Goofs
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
Audry Fulquard: Gravis, what happened? Tell me.Gravis Mushnik: All right, I'll tell you tomorrow right after I tell the police.
Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: [voice-over] But Mushnik didn't go to the police. If he had, that would have been the end of this unhappy story. But it was not.
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Soundtracks
"Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"(1616) (uncredited)
Music by R. Melish (1780 ?)
Lyrics by Ben Jonson (in poem To Celia) (1616)
Sung a cappella by Myrtle Vail
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I first saw this movie on TV when I was a kid and it probably never even made the Drive-In circuit but went straight to local television station libraries. Even as a kid I never saw any horror in this but viewed it as a tongue-in-cheek horror/comedy. This is directed by the king of Drive-In horror genre movies Roger Corman who also went into straight to video film making as a producer. This movie likely would have had it's limited late night TV run in the 60's and into the early 70's and then disappeared if not for the fact that a young Jack Nicholson had a fun and memorable role in this. Lead actor Jonathan Haze didn't have a notable career after this but Jackie Joseph would go on to a lot of film, television roles and TV cartoon voice-overs. Other cast members Dick Miller and Mel Welles would go on to appear in many television and movie roles and Miller is still very active today. Writer Charles B Griffith and Roger Corman wrote this in a single night, gave their actors three days to rehearse and shot it in two days. Griffith supplies the voice of the man-eating plant. This is a black comedy, low budget campy classic and I've seen it many times. Great character names and a funny script. This is bad by design which makes it pretty good. I would give this a 6.5 out of 10.