The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Hilarious, cheapie black comedy from 1960 that may be the best film by B-picture master Roger Corman, other than Bucket of Blood, made about the same time with the same writer, Charles Griffith. Seymour (Jonathan Haze) is an assistant in a skid-row flower shop who's on the point of losing his job when the unusual plant he's developed turns the store into a major attraction. The only problem is that the plant needs human blood to live, all the while crying, "Feed me! FEED ME!" Luckily, Seymour causes a series of inadvertent deaths that more than make up for the food shortage. Jack Nicholson provides a comic sidebar as a nutjob masochist visiting a dentist's office. Giggling and wild-eyed from the same impulse that might lead others to read scandal sheets, he can be seen in the dentist's waiting room reading aloud from Pain magazine. Famous for having the shortest shooting schedule on record (two days and a night), The Little Shop of Horrors spawned an off-Broadway musical that was in turn made into a successful film in 1986, starring Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. It was in just this quick-shoot atmosphere that Corman nurtured the careers of many of America's most celebrated film directors; this little shop of honors included Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme. The DVD has optional Japanese subtitles, very generous bios of the stars and filmmakers, and a clean, crisp transfer. --Jim Gay Amazon.com essential video

Absolutely adorable....

I loved this film. It's so low budget and cheap, yet it's immensely watchable, hilarious, and kind of sweet in a dark, sinister way. I think it's Corman's best film (along side his Poe films, which are quite outstanding in their own way), and it's the film that was "infamously" shot in two days. The fact that Corman shot this film at record speed and made a great film is really something special. I've never seen the musicial remake (even though some say it's as good as the original, just a different take on it), but I kind of don't want to ruin the impact this film had. This is an adorable movie, a little creepy, a little scary, and a little sweet.

August 11, 2008

AWSOME movie

What can I say? Its Little Shop Of Horror's.
I can sum it up in two words, Must See. July 18, 2008

Funny Movie

I LOVED this movie. I thought the story line and the dance numbers were very funny. I hope to come across more like this and buy more like this. June 26, 2008

It is NOT in 3-D! It is a useless 3-D conversion!

This is yet another example of ripping off fans of 3-D movies. Razor 3-D has released quite a few legitimate field-sequential 3-D titles, but they unfortunatley have also released 2-D movies that are supposedly converted to 3-D. THE CONVERSION PROCESS DOES NOT WORK! You cannot see any meaningful depth whatsoever! They did the same thing with some other movies, such as Night of the Living Dead, City Girls, etc. etc.
IF YOU ARE BUYING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE IT IN 3-D, FORGET IT! If you are satisfied with seeing it in 2-D, then you are fine. If you want to see real 3-D, you can do so with a field-sequential 3-D viewing system, but only use movies that were released to theaters in 3-D and then released on DVD in field-sequential 3-D. Some of the anaglyph movies (red/blue glasses) also work fairly well, but again, only if they were originally shot in 3-D. Quality varies widely. I would have given this review 0 stars if that option was available. June 12, 2008

One of the Best Musicals out there!!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS IS CLASSIC, TIMELESS MUSICAL. A SENSE OF HUMOR AND POPCORN IS ALL YOU NEED TO ENJOY THIS MOVIE. June 2, 2008

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