The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) Review: Roger Corman Wins a Bet
“The flowers that kill in the Spring, TRA-LA!”Synopsis: A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it’s carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it. | ![]() Watch now on Amazon |
Calamity Brains:
I was fairly young the first time I saw Little Shop of Horrors, and at the time I was mostly disappointed that it didn’t involve singing. Watching it again as an adult (and armed with a little more background knowledge about the film), I found it surprisingly entertaining.
As is standard with Roger Corman films, the quality of both the cinematography and special effects leaves a lot to be desired. But everyone in Little Shop is so delightfully over-the-top campy that it’s hard to resist the movie’s charms. There’s lots of ridiculous dialogue; Seymour may as well be Radar from M*A*S*H; a young Jack Nicholson makes a brief appearance; the random music and voice overs hardly have anything to do with the movie. Little Shop was thrown together pretty quickly, and it shows – but the end result is still awfully fun.
Calamity Brains’ Rating: B
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