Roger Corman's Little Shop of Horrors, 1960: Streaming Review
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Күн бұрынThe flowers that kill in the Spring TRA-LA. We take a look at Roger Corman's Little Shop of Horrors, 1960 part of our Patreon exclusive series 50 Weeks of Corman.
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Summery: When clumsy Seymour Krelborn spoils two of a client's flowers, his boss Gravis Mushnick is ready to fire him from his flower shop until Seymour says he has mixed two different breeds of plant at home to create the "Audrey Jr." hybrid. Mushnick agrees to give Seymour another chance, and the next day Seymour brings in Audrey Jr., which becomes Mushnick's pride and joy and draws interest from his other employee Audrey Fulquard and more and more of their clients. Suddenly the plant ails, and Seymour accidentally learns that she likes blood. Upset because he doesn't know how to feed her, he walks along the railroad track and throws a stone that accidentally hits the head of a man who falls on the track and a train runs over him. Seymour takes pieces of the body back to the shop and discovers that the plant likes human flesh. The next morning, Audrey Jr. has grown and become the attraction of the shop. But how will Seymour feed his plant again?
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@Shadowman4710 Ай бұрын
Roger Corman is proof that a film doesn't need to be big budget to be good...
@tyrantgregcagkaiju71 Ай бұрын
Or a big schedule. Sometimes, less is more 👏😎
@BarryHart-xo1oy Ай бұрын
Very true.
@dannystaton5386 Ай бұрын
Roger will be missed
@BarryHart-xo1oy Ай бұрын
He will,indeed.
@sawg4607 Ай бұрын
Dick Miller dining in at the flower shop always makes me laugh
@EAG46 Ай бұрын
Thank you for making this available to everyone. Mr. Corman was one of a kind and he will be missed.
@BarryHart-xo1oy Ай бұрын
Quite true.
@chuckcookus Ай бұрын
Specifically the cops are are parody of Jack Webb's Dragnet.
@carpecanem611 Ай бұрын
The one cop is even called Joe.
@Sparklepunk Ай бұрын
They were one of my favorite parts. 😂
@helenj4902 Ай бұрын
Roger Corman is a legend ❤️ He gave so much to Hollywood and movie making 😭
@briansmith2163 Ай бұрын
When the portait of King Charles was unveiled, I IMMEDIATELY theought of the Burt Shonberg portraits in "House of Usher"... Ha Ha !
@BarryHart-xo1oy Ай бұрын
That’s exactly what l was thinking-the same weird,somewhat surreal design and overpowering colors.
@general1362 Ай бұрын
Thank you for keeping the memory of this giant alive.
@madahad9 Ай бұрын
I grew up on Roger Corman movies. Every Saturday morning on Chiller Theatre there was bound to be one of his movies playing. When you're a kid you overlook the cheapness of the featured creatures and just enjoy them chasing after the adult characters. I still find it awesome that he filmed Little Shop of Horrors in just two days. It still holds up exceptionally well and find it just as fun as the overblown Frank Oz remake. What his movies lacked in budget the made up for in charm. I will always have a soft spot for Roger Corman as well as many of those movies that left such a deep impression on me when I saw them as a kid. My favourite will always be Not of This Earth.
@ashleys9397 Ай бұрын
"Is there no end to your Horrors?" People ask me that very question all the time.
@benderbendingrodriguez420 Ай бұрын
In typical Roger Corman fashion he could've made it for 100, but he brought it under budget to 98. God Bless to the King of B Movies, & a hugely influential figure for cinema in general. Thank you Roger🙏🕊❤️
@imnoone492 Ай бұрын
I saw this at drive in when first released, I was 4 years old and loved it, it has a special place in heart as it was one of my first movies …
@GutMuncherZero Ай бұрын
Great episode, man - loved it ❤
@tyrantgregcagkaiju71 Ай бұрын
Thank you for everything, Roger Corman. Fly high, my good sir.
@tomjohnson4922 Ай бұрын
This is such a fun film. I grew up with the musical and have actually seen it on stage in the decades ago so I tracked down the original. It is darker than the musical but it's just silly fun.
@Scatscar1985 Ай бұрын
And it led to a not very good animated TV show "Little Shop". No "of Horrors" in the title.
@tomjohnson4922 Ай бұрын
@@Scatscar1985 did it? When was this? Glad I missed it.
@Scatscar1985 Ай бұрын
@@tomjohnson4922 during the 1990s. I believe it was on Fox in the US. In the UK it was on Channel 4 on Sunday mornings.
@tomjohnson4922 Ай бұрын
@@Scatscar1985 hunh... I was in my 20s so somewhat surprised I've never heard of it.
@paulshri8609 Ай бұрын
😂😂😂some of the stories BEHIND the movies are worthy of being called legends😂😂😂RIP 🙏 RC.
@richardw2977 Ай бұрын
My dad was a huge fan of science fiction and clever humor - he loved Little Shop of Horrors and never missed the chance to watch it. Of course that meant that I was also brought into the fold, as it were. For me, I've always thought of it as a true contemporary of Visit to a Small Planet - which of course it is because they came out in the same year. The main difference is that Jerry Lewis had already made a name for himself with his stable of eccentric characters. So, his presence drew an audience almost by default at that point in his career. Little Shop of Horrors, in contrast, is a whole cast of eccentric characters with each a little more outlandish than the last. Dick Miller's flower eating man never disappoints no matter how often I watch this film.
@BarryHart-xo1oy Ай бұрын
Very true.
@thrashpondopons8348 Ай бұрын
My Dad saw this in the Theaters when he was a kid! I still remember staying up to watch it on Late Nite TV on his say-so!
@dangreene3895 Ай бұрын
Black comedies there were lots Arsenic and Old Lace and the The Trouble with Harry come to mind
@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat Ай бұрын
Thanks. Some notes: the cops were a direct parody of "dragnet", their dialog is stilted and rapid fire ,"my name is Friday. I'm a cop", "my name is fink. I'm a fink". The tire place was the Desser tire yard, at that time the largest in the world. Dick and Jackie also appear as a married couple in "gremlins".❤
@BarryHart-xo1oy Ай бұрын
Good to know.
@varanid9 Ай бұрын
I'm 63 years old and Corman was always there since I was a kid. I feel like I've lost a family member. As Hollywood sinks into its own dumpster, I guess it's fitting that he moved on. This is truly the end of an era. Fantastic analysis, Robin.
@JeffreyDeCristofaro Ай бұрын
I'm going on record saying that I only saw this after watching the film musical version, and despite not being as fond of this version as I was the later musical, I still find it very impressive that just one low-budget B-movie that good ol' Roger made among his many low-budget B-movies has developed the legacy it still has today... proof of just how much of a difference one man can and did make working with so little to begin with.
@IvorPresents Ай бұрын
Saw it on TV in my youth.and liked it. I need to see it again.
@GrandOldMovies Ай бұрын
Great analysis! Even in his junky films, Corman always showed craftsmanship, as well as giving his cast and crew freedom to bring something new. As for Black Humor Horror Comedy Firsts-- Maybe William Castle came first with The Tingler and House on Haunted Hill (both 1959)?
@a.champagne6238 Ай бұрын
I'll be seeing The Pit and the Pendelum on the big screen Sunday night.
@kzinful 8 күн бұрын
Thank you, though it was bittersweet given Roger's passing, it reflected his passion for filmmaking. And let us not forget the future legendary directors such as Scorsese, Coppola and Cameron that worked under Roger. We will miss you Roger, but you will live on through your films.
@buzzawuzza3743 Ай бұрын
My friends and I are planning to make our first films and we don't want to have to rush through the process anymore than we have to. If we need a few more days of shooting for "Beasts Beasts Beasts" then we want to have those days. And if the follow up, "Beasts Beasts Beasts Return" requires a little more work then we will make time for it.
@darrenkrivit6854 Ай бұрын
Thaks for that, well said, really appreciated ✌️
@YetiHideout Ай бұрын
I’m always so impressed by your thoughtful and indepth commentary. Such a great tribute to both Roger and a truly fun little movie. And boy do I miss Dick Miller! 🌸 (Have you considered a Walter Paisley video chronicling the many times Dick revisited the character? Would love to hear your commentary on that!)
@oliverganley6178 Ай бұрын
I believe that bit about the same score in seven films. I recognised one of the songs from this film in The Wasp Woman. Great review by the way, you make some great comments, but I’ll bet your patreons won’t be happy when they find out you’ve granted one of their exclusive offers to the common masses.
@DarkCornersReviews Ай бұрын
There's still 49 of this series no one else gets. Along with all their other perks.
@julietfischer5056 Ай бұрын
Studios had stock music libraries. If you couldn't afford your own score, you got one of those.
@Bigbadwhitecracker Ай бұрын
The tire segment reminded me of the mirrors in Lady from Shanghai.
@Bethelaine1 Ай бұрын
My friend and I watched Little Shop one dark Saturday night, we liked to watch “B” horror movies. After that we would repeat “Feed me Seymour” at odd times and burst out laughing. Perhaps that’s why our class mates thought we were strange. It is one of the movies that made me the woman I am today.
@kemmdog4444 Ай бұрын
We also recently lost Mark Damon who played Philip Winthrop in The Fall of the House of Usher.
@ThomasGidley-kv2uj Ай бұрын
Roger could churn them out fast but at the same time make them enjoyable.
@davidlionheart2438 Ай бұрын
An excellent episode and tribute to the greatest pure filmmaker of all time. I love "The Little Shop Of Horrors". It perfectly fits my warped sense of humor and the exchange: Seymour: "I'm a ventriloquist." Audrey: "A what?" Seymour: "A ventriloFEED ME!!!" always make me hysterical. It just tickles the hell out of me.
@user-is6pz7nk3u Ай бұрын
A movie with character and charm.
@markdavidwelsh3340 Ай бұрын
Sad to see that Mark Damon, star of Corman’s ‘House of Usher’ and Mario Bava’s ‘Black Sabbath’ has taken the last train to the coast 3 days after Mr Corman. After retiring from acting, he became a producer and his credits included ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’, ‘Short Circuit’, ‘Flight of the Navigator’, ‘The NeverEnding Story’, and ‘Monster’ with Charlize Theron. He was 91 years old and, like Corman, he was still working!
@user-ec7hf6dz7e Ай бұрын
I believe that LSOH lead to darker sitcoms like THE ADAMS FAMIY and THE MUNSTERS that we saw just a couple of years later. Horror and Comedy both need timing to work.
@spaceodds1985 Ай бұрын
Nicholson as Wilber Force is just so out there. It dulls the senses… Has there ever been a character with the name Wilberforce Fortescue?
@RavenHouseMystery Ай бұрын
There are so many things to remember about this Roger Corman classic, but it may also have the distinction of being the first film to have its remake be better than the original.
@cheapshow Ай бұрын
Ruddy lovely video.
@leppeppel Ай бұрын
9:46 That's how I feel about movies like Airplane! As long as most of the jokes land (no pun intended), there are so many that you won't remember the whiffs.
@dennismorriganmcdonough9133 Ай бұрын
The cops are spoofing the original run of TV show "Dragnet," produced by Jack Webb, who starred as Detective Joe Friday. By the end of its lengthy run, in 1959, it was the inspiration for a plethora of comedy bits based around Friday's flat, laconic speech. "Just the facts" was Friday's approach to every case, every witness, every partner on the job.
@jasonblalock4429 Ай бұрын
24:40 Sometimes I think Dick Miller took a role in this just to see how many scenes he could steal, using only reaction takes.
@Animei9 Ай бұрын
Of his comedy trilogy, this one seemed to have the most topical humor. I had to look up most of the jokes. Something I didn't feel as much of a need for with the other two. I still found it funny even before I looked it all up, but after I did it really added to it. I own all three and they are all brilliant but in a lot of ways, this one is my favorite
@rsacchi100 Ай бұрын
Before between the original and the remake there was a musical stageplay. It was almost certainly the stageplay's popularity that effected the movie musical. Two approaches to comedy are: You start out with something you think is funny then milk as much as you can. You keep the comedic moves coming like a machine gun, "The Little Shop of Horrors" uses this method. The latter gives more laughs. It also has the advantage of people picking up some of the gags they missed on subsequent viewings.
@jma00a1 Ай бұрын
RIP Mark Damon
@shannondore Ай бұрын
I love this one and the musical. When I saw it at like age 5 or 6, Jack Nicholson really stood out to me. I found him funny. Not a big role but a memorable one.
@AngelMapper Ай бұрын
As far as reusing music, I definitely recognize some of it from Wasp Woman.
@PuncherOfAbs Ай бұрын
I always wanted the mad Butcher starring Victor Bueno to be turned into a musical
@ralphyetmore Ай бұрын
The police characters are specifically a parody of the characters Joe Friday and Bill Gannon from the u.s. show Dragnet. It actually started as a radio show then moved to TV. All in all, it had about a 20 year run with u.s. audiences. It was part of the cultural zeitgeist of the mid 20th century there.
@mikesilva3868 Ай бұрын
Good movie 😊
@morgangallowglass8668 Ай бұрын
WAY better than the remake, IMHO!
@PuncherOfAbs Ай бұрын
Did bucket of blood and little shop make it on the midnight movie Circuit?
@ericjanssen394 Ай бұрын
Have we had a career tribute to the tongue-in cheek work of Charles B. Griffith? (Even including his non-Corman work like “Dr. Heckle & Mr. Hype”?)
@sneakyskunk1 Ай бұрын
Dick Miller was never not handsome. That dude just aged like fine wine. Roger Corman knew a star when he saw one.
@jasonsantos3037 Ай бұрын
I watched the original little shop of horrors not that long ago not bad for movie from Roger Corman.
@fembotheather3785 Ай бұрын
Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux is a black comedy from the late 40s.
@Bigbadwhitecracker Ай бұрын
Not really a horror. Too subtle.
@fembotheather3785 Ай бұрын
@@Bigbadwhitecracker I was commenting on the claim that Little Shop of Horrors was the first black comedy. While Corman was an amazing filmmaker, he didn't invent the black comedy.
@unperson5713 Ай бұрын
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) is described as a screwball black comedy on Wikipedia. I think claiming to invent black comedy is unrealistic.
@bpark222 Ай бұрын
I think he claimed to have invented black comedy horror.
@PuncherOfAbs Ай бұрын
Back in the 50s and even now a dentist is a catch. Typically a dentist owns his own practice. It was the norm for women to meet some one twice there age or just plan unattractive. Because that was the thing to do.
@simonmacomber7466 Ай бұрын
Dick Miller played a man, eating flowers in a movie about a man eating flower.
@Hogtownboy1 Ай бұрын
🎶because I am a dentist🎶
@andrewyoung2796 Ай бұрын
You can t have a mustache at a service station?
@user-ec7hf6dz7e Ай бұрын
I did.
@markshulusky6680 Ай бұрын
No, you didn't.
@garyhoutz1540 Ай бұрын
Dick Miller, he's been in more crap than corn.
@kurtjk01 Ай бұрын
Interesting use of natural light against your pale British flesh; a fine attempt at Corman's principle of "using what you have" to create atmosphere and structure for the plot to move forward. But the single-shot camera is an overused trope. Still, he might give you a job, if some folks are right and you get lucky after you die. Grade: B+
@DarkCornersReviews Ай бұрын
I think he'd appreciate me more as a writer. I'm sure I could knock out a 60 minutes script in a weekend
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