Watched this after A Bucket of Blood and although this copies that movie’s structure (and reuses many of the cast) its a better movie. I think the main reason is the character of Audrey the blood loving plant – whereas Dick Miller in Bucket was just motivated by fame and a desire to impress a chick, Jonathan Haze is bullied into it by Audrey, which makes him more likeable. (Increasing the sympathy factor, too, is that Mushnick becomes a party to the crimes through greed, something which doesn’t happen in Bucket; and also here Haze has a decent romance not just a stalking one). The narration gives Little Shop a great deal more pace and it is bright fun, although like Bucket it runs out of puff lightly towards the end even with its short running time.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Movie review – Corman #24 - “Little Shop of Horrors” (1960) ***1/2
Watched this after A Bucket of Blood and although this copies that movie’s structure (and reuses many of the cast) its a better movie. I think the main reason is the character of Audrey the blood loving plant – whereas Dick Miller in Bucket was just motivated by fame and a desire to impress a chick, Jonathan Haze is bullied into it by Audrey, which makes him more likeable. (Increasing the sympathy factor, too, is that Mushnick becomes a party to the crimes through greed, something which doesn’t happen in Bucket; and also here Haze has a decent romance not just a stalking one). The narration gives Little Shop a great deal more pace and it is bright fun, although like Bucket it runs out of puff lightly towards the end even with its short running time.
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