not trying to be cute or anything but this would’ve been a really good episode of wizards of waverly place

Look on him everybody. Look at the quality of his work.

A cheap and fast Corman flick in which a young Jack Nicholson proves once again that he always knew how to steal a movie.

Now, no novocaine, it dulls the senses

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8/10

Shoutout to @classicreviews for the request.

The Little Shop Of Horrors is basically a retelling of A Bucket of Blood. This time, Roger Corman rips himself off.

Some of the jokes here fall flat, especially in the first twenty minutes of the movie. Gravis and Seymour's mother were yelling all of their lines, and it was annoying. Once it goes past the twenty minute mark, the jokes get good, and Gravis and Seymour's mother aren't yelling as much anymore.

The funniest scene is when Seymour visits the psychopathic dentist. And the scene after that, where Jack Nicholson makes an appearance, is pretty fucking funny as well.

"It's monstrousatous" -Audrey,

The Jack Nicholson part is fantastic.

I don't know. It's hard to evaluate this when I've seen the musical, which is far better. Every time there was a lull in the action, and there are a lot, the song Suddenly Seymour would pop into my head and I'd drift away. This is slow paced, even at 72 minutes, and really dragged for me.

The Little Shop of Horrors is a decent B movie with an interesting plot and a great early performance from Jack Nicholson, but it's vaguely anti-semitic and not nearly as good as the musical it inspired.

they should have made the film about dick miller eating flowers

Alienation of the worker from the act of production

In an attempt to keep his job, a clueless young man gets into trouble when Audrey Jr, the talking carnivorous plant he cultivated, develops an insatiable appetite and eventually begins to grow quite massively. The mysterious plant soon becomes a great attraction in the town of Skid Row as it is surrounded by a bizarre picture of peculiar characters such as the grumpy owner of the flower shop, a woman whose relatives die on a daily basis, a hypochondriac mother, a man who eats flowers, a sadistic dentist, and a sweet girl. The Little Shop of Horrors is a witty, absurd and eccentric comedy; a delirious and entertaining work with touches of black humour, horror, eccentric situations and a certain charm that comes from its resourcefulness and low budget.

"Feed me!"

Roger Corman's ultra-cheap horror-comedy was made in just 2.5 days on a budget of $22,500. It went on to become a cult success and was later adapted as an off-Broadway musical, which was in turn made into a 1986 big-budget Hollywood film. There's another remake in the pipeline, with such stars as Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans and Taron Egerton lined up to take major roles.

While this one isn't quite as awesome as the 1986 version, it's still a lot of fun thanks to its sick sense of humour and non-stop parade of eccentric characters. Amongst these include Dick Miller as a man who lives on a diet of flowers, and a pre-stardom Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient.

Feed-me!

Eu assisti primeiro a versão dos anos 80 e se tornou um dos meus filmes favoritos, a versão oitentista tem de diferente no seu enredo só as partes musicais e a comédia mais infantilizada e aconchegante, pois de resto é praticamente igual ao filme clássico.

E esta versão clássica tem os seus elementos com tom mais sério, com um humor negro e estilo de terror que era feito na época.

Uma curiosidade é que no marketing deste filme, algumas capas de DVD trazem o jovem Jack Nicholson apontando para a planta que seria a Audrey II, porém ele tem uma participação pequena sendo outro personagem e não o floricultor.

that woman whose family members kept dying has a higher body count than audrey jr. shes the real murderer here

Gonzo silly comedy. Can't wait to see the musical!

only fun when the talking plant is on screen screaming FEEEEEDDDD MEEEEE and that it’s starving to death, drinking blood or eating humans. the characters are so unlikeable i would not have cared if the plant ate them all, scenes without the plant were either boring or annoying or both, feels way longer than it is, the performances are gratingly over the top which isn’t something i usually get bothered by but maybe it’s just because it’s like that way before anything even happens and before the plant comes into the picture and improves the film... somewhat

was very upset to learn that the flower eating man was not in the musical

the one thing the musical truly needed to achieve perfection was the fella from this one who rocks up to Mushnik’s and just starts eating the flowers

This was a rough one to get through. The musical is just so much more fun. Also had to keep looking away from the dentistry scenes.

Dick went full method in this one and actually ate flowers!

the remake is better

Mad.

Really young Jack Nicholson MVP.

Whenever I have an unproductive week, I think to myself: In this time Roger Corman would have made three feature films.

Where else would you see Jack Nicholson get off on dental pain