The Little Shop of Horrors

1960 HorrorComedy 70 minutes Directed by Roger Corman

About The Little Shop of Horrors

Seymour, an assistant in a skid-row florist shop, is in love with his co-worker Audrey. He grows a new plant that talks and that dies unless it is fed human flesh and blood. The picture was produced under the working title The Passionate People Eater.

Cast & crew

More about The Little Shop of Horrors

Roger Corman directed and produced. Charles B. Griffith wrote the screenplay and is also in the cast. Archie R. Dalzell photographed it. Fred Katz wrote the music. Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, and Dick Miller, all previous Corman players, star. Jack Nicholson is in the cast. Wikidata dates include 1960 and 5 August 1960, and times the film at 70 minutes.

Themes

  • a plant that must be fed
  • a skid-row flower shop
  • Seymour and Audrey
  • Seymour
  • Audrey
  • talking plant
  • human blood
  • florist
  • Jack Nicholson

Look

Archie R. Dalzell was the cinematographer.

Music

Fred Katz wrote the score.

Notes

  • The working title was The Passionate People Eater.
  • Nicholson's part is one of his earliest.
  • The Internet Archive identifier is TheLittleShopOfHorrors1960_765.
  • Griffith both wrote the film and appears in it.

Scenes

  • Seymour's new plant talks and will not live without human flesh and blood.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (TheLittleShopOfHorrors1960_765)
  • Wikimedia Commons (The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) by Roger Corman.webm)