Little Shop Of Horrors (DVD)

This here is one of the best musical films I have ever seen. Based on a play (which itself was based on a non-musical version of the film), this film gives you fantastic music, great acting (with a whole host of famous actors taking part) and a talking, singing, human eating plant from outer space. The film starts the 'little shop of horrors' song on skid row. While the three singers (one of which now plays the wife in my wife and kids) the scene is being set. Other songs in the film include: the Prologue, Downtown, Grow for Me, Ya Never Know, Somewhere That's Green, Dentist!, Feed Me (Git It), Suddenly Seymour, Some Fun Now, Mean Green Mother From Outer ...  Read the complete review

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Little Shop Of Horrors has become a cult movie, a little like Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it started back in 1960 as a very low budget B movie which took Roger Carman only two days to produce and starred a very young Jack Nicholson as a masochistic patient at the dentists. It was in 1982 that Alan Menken and Howard Ashman got together and transformed the cult movie into a stage show. Keeping the humour of the show Menken wrote the music for it keeping it in the style of the late 50's and the early 60's. The zany lyrics were created by Howard Ashman who sadly passed away at the young age of 40 in 1992 whilst working on the Disney ...  Read the complete review

The first time I saw this I was nearing the end of my school years, and my dad was musical director for a stage production of it. I got carried away with the music and drawn in, and so asked him to show me the film version of it. Little Shop Of Horrors was directed by Frank Oz, and features the arrival of a strange and interesting new plant in the failing Skid Row flower shop owned and run by Mushnik. His two employees are the geeky and friendless Seymour and the blonde bimbo Audrey. Other characters emerge as the film progresses, but the main protagonist to these two is the plant, named Audrey II by Seymour. The plant's arrival, just when it seemed ...  Read the complete review

Today I was at my parents house after a tough day of shopping and little shop of horrors was on the TV. Now I haven't watched this film for yours so me, my Mom and my Sister sat and watched the whole thing and we loved it all over again. Here is why I think it is a fabulous film but a lot darker than I remember and I am not sure it should be a PG. The story of the film revolves around a small flower shop called Mushniks. Mushniks is run by Mr Mushnik with his 2 helpers, the hopeless Seymour and the ditzy Audrey. The flower shop does not do too well and they are usuallyextremely overstaffed. They also live in Skidrow which is a down and out community and ...  Read the complete review

Before I start, let me clarify, the version of this film I am reviewing is the 1986 Musical version directed by Frank Oz. NOT the 1960 version with Jack Nickelson. I also got the region 1 version. If you can find a region 2 DVD (I find it hard to believe as I searched long and hard!) it may not have all features I mention. This is a story about a singing plant, a daring hero, a sweet girl and a demented dentist!!! With its outrageous 80s attitude, this musical would probably appeal to similar cult followings as The Rocky Horror Picture Show! The film follows the entertainment that ensues in a local flower shop on Skid Row - Mushnik's Flower Shop. Business ...  Read the complete review