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The Little Shop of Horrors (English Subtitled)
Comedy, Horror.
Penny-pinching Gravis Mushnick owns a florist shop staffed by himself and two employees, the sweet Audrey Fulquard and the clumsy Seymour Krelborn. Located on skid row, the rundown shop gets little business.
When Seymour fouls up a floral arrangement for sadistic dentist Dr. Farb, Mushnick fires him. Hoping to change his mind, Seymour tells him about a special plant he has grown from seeds he got from a "Japanese gardener over on Central Avenue."
Fed on Seymour's blood, the plant, called Audrey Jr, begins to grow, and the shop's revenues increase when curious customers are lured in to see the plant. The plant develops the ability to speak and demands that Seymour feed it.
When he carelessly throws a rock to vent his frustration, he inadvertently knocks out a drunken man who falls on the track and is run over by a train. Guilt-ridden but resourceful, Seymour decides to feed the mutilated body parts to Audrey Jr.
When Seymour visits Dr. Farb, defending himself, grabs a sharp tool and stabs and kills Farb. Although horrified, Seymour feeds Farb's body to Audrey Jr. The unexplained disappearances of the two men attract the attention of Sergeant Joe Fink and his assistant Officer Frank Stoolie.
While tending to his shop, Mushnick finds himself at the mercy of a robber who pretended to be a customer earlier that day and believes that the huge crowds he observed at the shop indicate the presence of a large amount of money.
Mushnick tricks the deranged robber into thinking that the money is where the plant is, which crushes and eats him after Mushnick maneuvers him close enough to it.
The plant then hypnotizes Seymour and commands him to bring it more food. He wanders the night streets and (accidentally) knocks out a streetwalker, who he takes to feed Audrey Jr. Lacking clues about the mysterious disappearances of the two men, Fink and Stoolie attend a sunset celebration at the shop during which Seymour is to be presented with a trophy if Audrey Jr.'s buds would open.
As the attendees watch, four buds open; inside each flower is the face of one of the plant's victims. Fink and Stoolie realize that Seymour is the murderer. (Wikipedia)
Movie Info
Directed by: Roger Corman
Writing: Charles B. Griffith (screenplay), Roger Corman (co-writer) (uncredited)
Cast: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Dick Miller, Myrtle Vail, Karyn Kupcinet, Toby Michaels, Leola Wendorff, Lynn Storey, Wally Campo, Jack Warford, Meri Welles, John Herman Shaner, Jack Nicholson, Dodie Drake
Produced by: Roger Corman
Music by: Fred Katz, Ronald Stein (uncredited)
Cinematography by: Archie R. Dalzell (photographer), Vilis Lapenieks (uncredited)
Film Editing by: Marshall Neilan Jr.
Art Direction by: Daniel Haller
Release date: September 14, 1960
Country of origin: United States of America
Running time: 72 minutes
Language: English, English subtitled
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