Leofwine_draca
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is another one of the Roger Corman quickies made on the cheap. This one was shot in just two days and it shows. It's got a one-trick storyline, takes place for the most part in a single set, and with a small group of actors involved, many of whom were Corman regulars. It could have been a load of old rubbish but it works and the major reason for that is down to the interesting, original storyline. Griffith's idea is about a sort-of Venus flytrap plant that feeds on human blood rather than flies; in essence this is a vampire story, but with a plant rather than a human. There were lots of 'killer plant' type stories being churned out in the pulp age of weird fiction and this is just like one of them. Corman chooses to play things for laughs and the result is a quirky comedy with lots of surreal humour involved.Many of the laughs come from the bizarre characters in the film. Jonathan Haze is very good as the dim-witted Seymour and Jackie Joseph shines as the beautiful object of his obsession, Audrey. Mel Welles has fun as the larger-than-life flower shop owner and there are great, minor roles for Corman regulars Jack Nicholson (hilarious as a sado-masochist) and Dick Miller (as a guy who loves eating flowers). The special effects of the killer plant are VERY limited but the ending, with the faces of the victims appearing in the blossoms, is imaginative and slightly disturbing. It's not a film that you'll want to watch more than once, and the musical remake vastly outclassed it in terms of budget and technical proficiency, but the skewed, off-kilter comedy and bizarre storyline make it worth a watch.
sddavis63
No one is going to watch "The Little Shop Of Horrors" and think that it's a masterpiece. It isn't. Really not in any way. The performances are at best OK for the most part, the story is silly, the sets are bare bones, the man-eating plant looks ... well ... not very scary at all. Just silly. But of course, you're making a mistake if you watch this expecting to find a masterpiece. It hasn't become known as a cult classic for no reason. It has pretty much everything you'd want to find in a cult classic. In its silliness, it's fun pretty much the whole way through. Interspersed among the "OK" performances is actually a pretty good one by Mel Welles as Gravis Mushnick, a flower shop owner whose store is on skid row, so he doesn't make much money. When his employee Seymour (Jonathon Haze) develops a new plant, it's a chance for Gravis to make money by getting people into the store to see the new plant and hoping to get them to buy flowers while they're there. Unfortunately, the new plant is a man-eater, and Seymour ends up having to find its food for it. There's a bit of a spoof of the TV show "Dragnet" going on, revolving around a couple of local cops assigned to find the people who've gone missing (after being fed to the plant.) There's even a very early role for Jack Nicholson as a guy who loves having pain inflicted on him by dentists!It's not a masterpiece. Not at all. Not in any way. But it has more than enough going for it to deserve the status of cult classic that it's gained. And you'll never hear the words "Feed Me!" again after watching this and not think about this movie! (6/10)
kai ringler
just loved this movie to death,, every time I watch it it gets better I swear, think this is the second or third time I seen it much is made of the early Jack Nickolson appearance as the dental customer who just loves having all of his teeth pulled ,, it's' a great scene don't get me wrong, but this movie is about so much more, Aubrey first off steals the entire show,,, then I believe is our lovable store clerk,, and of course the store owner Mr. Mushnik,, I even love the old lady customers that come to the store,, the shop is very well done to I must admit,, I just love how our "hero" feeds the customers to Aubrey who keeps crying out Feed Me,, Feed Me.. it's just too freaking funny the way that happens the whole movie,, and his girlfriend she don't know what to make of the whole ordeal,, all in all one of the funniest horror movies ever made,, hats of to Roger Corman.
r-ragbeer
This movie starts out with comedy and in a way stays that way throughout the film, even though there are moment of murder there is still an underlying comedic feel to the movie. The acting was great a bit goof but for the purpose of the characters they were playing which made the movie a lot more enjoyable. The detectives that were trying to solve the murder were the best detectives ever, one cared more about solving the case instead of greaving over his child and their method of interigation is top notch they get straight to the point. Not sure what category of films this movie should be in whether that be horror or comedy but either one the movie is worth a watch.
AD
