Movie Reviews for The Little Shop of Horrors

The Little Shop of Horrors

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Movie Reviews of The Little Shop of Horrors

Movie Review: If You Love Musicals...
Summary: 5 Stars

Then this movie is definitely for you. It's been one of my all time favorites since I was a child. I've seen it countless times over the last 15 years and each time is just as funny and entertaining as the first time.

Movie Review: The fun of rock 'n roll horror
Summary: 4 Stars

While lots of people have enjoyed the film-and-live experience of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," my candidate for a good time would be "Little Shop of Horrors." This remake of a classic bad-horror film shows that the core idea was perfect for a rock 'n roll musical. Everyone is sublimely cast, right down to the doo-wop girl singers who form the Greek chorus.

Rick Moranis may start out a downtrodden, mistreated nebbish, but a passionate heart beats under that nerdy exterior. If his "Suddenly, Seymour" duet with the incredible Ellen Greene doesn't make your romantic heart go pitter-patter, head for the cemetery, honey, because you're officially dead.

Part of me regrets that the film had a sort-of happy ending, but there's enough of an "uh-oh" tag at the end to give it an edge. Anyway, who cares about such quibbles? Just sing along with Steve Martin's sadistic dentist, and have yourself a real fun evil time.

Movie Review: Feed Me!
Summary: 4 Stars

Sometimes camp becomes cult. Such is what happened with the 1960 movie "The Little Shop of Horrors." Roger Corman produced or directed one schlock film after another in the 1950's and "The Little Shop of Horrors" seemed like it would be another in a series of low budget movies. However, fate had other plans for "The Little Shop of Horrors."

Mild, meek, clumsy Seymour Krelboin (Jonathan Haze) has an awful life. His mother is a hypochondriac, his boss is bossy and overbearing, and Seymour has little talent for much of anything. Seymour's life changes when he stumbles on seeds of unknown heritage. Seymour nurses a seed into a plant, which quickly becomes the strangest looking plant that anyone could imagine. However, the plant does not do well until Seymour accidentally cuts his finger; the plant suddenly perks up.

Life appears to take a turn for the better for Seymour. His boss Gravis Mushnik (Mel Welles) begins calling Seymour "son" and Seymour finally has the nerve to ask Audrey Fulquard (Jackie Joseph) on a date. Considering Seymour's life thus far, no one is surprised when the plant, called Audrey, Jr., by Seymour, becomes sickly. There is only one cure for Audrey, Jr., best spoken by Audrey, Jr.: "Feed me!" Seymour's life takes two parallel paths. There is Seymour's life when everyone is around, which is great, and then there is Seymour's life at night, when Audrey, Jr., demands Seymour to "Feed me!" Eventually Seymour must face the consequences of life with a demanding, carnivorous plant.

One unusual performance in this film is that of a then unknown actor, Jack Nicholson. Nicholson is hilarious and bizarre as pain-loving Wilbur Force. I can see the future Nicholson in the character of Wilbur Force who would eventually utter the classic line, "Here's Johnny," in "The Shining."

Corman managed to film most of this movie in two days for approximately $27,000. This movie made the rounds of the drive-in movie circuit and would have disappeared into B-movie decay but for late night television. This movie got a lot of airplay as part of various weekly horror movie shows (e.g., "Chiller" and "Creature Features") throughout the country to the pleasure of adoring fans, eventually spawning a Broadway play and a musical movie remake. However, it is difficult to make a cult classic, and the remake "Little Shop of Horrors," while clever and funny, fails to be as charming as the original.

"The Little Shop of Horrors" is a cute and funny, though a bit bizarre, movie. There is a lot of humor in this film if you have an open mind. Sure, the special effects are cheap and cheesy, but, like episodes of "Dr. Who," there is a certain charm in it all that keeps me coming back. If you enjoy B-horror and science fiction films from the 1950's and 1960's, particularly if you also like Jack Nicholson, you are going to love this movie.

Enjoy!