Wednesday, October 27, 2010

HMP #9 - Little Shop Of Horrors

Horror Movie Project #9 - The Little Shop Of Horrors
The Filmgroup Inc, 1960
directed by Roger Corman
written by Charles B. Griffith

For well over a decade now, one of my favorite film musicals has been Little Shop Of Horrors, starring Rick Moranis. So when I saw that the original 1960 film that inspired the musical was streamable on Netflix, I knew I had an entry of the Horror Movie Project ready and waiting. After watching ThanskKilling, a film that tried way too hard to be hilariously bad, earlier in the project, it was fun watching a movie that was genuinely hilariously bad.

It's a good movie, it's just that it's very obviously a product of 50's and 60's sci-fi/horror. The writing isn't great, but Griffith obviously tried. And the acting is just fun to watch. Plus, it started the film career of Jack Nicholson. Nicholson is often used to sell the movie in more recent packaging, but his role is minimal. He plays the character Bill Murray played in the later version. But his portrayal of a masochistic dental patient is subdued but still disturbing, and I couldn't help but think of his later role in The Shining.

Overall, a fun movie to watch. Not scary, but fun. Highly recommended.

1 comment:

  1. I didn't know such a thing existed. Aren't you supposed to be review horror movies? :)

    Finish Saw VI so we can go see Saw 3-D this week! Keep up the good work finding bad movies. Well at least they aren't as bad as some the I find and watch.

    Check out Pervert on Netflix that is pretty awful and @#$%ed up. At least it has boobs and is sort of funny. But it definitely has a penis killing people! lol :)

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