The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Little Shop of Horrors
Horror · Comedy · Fantasy · 1960
Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He creates a new plant that not only talks but cannot survive without human flesh and blood.
Movie details
The Little Shop of Horrors
“The funniest picture this year!”
1960 Horror · Comedy · Fantasy 1h 13m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He creates a new plant that not only talks but cannot survive without human flesh and blood.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Little Shop of Horrors?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Roger Corman
Written by
Charles B. Griffith · Roger Corman
Jonathan Haze
Seymour Krelboined
Jackie Joseph
Audrey Fulquard
Mel Welles
Gravis Mushnick
Dick Miller
Burson Fouch
Myrtle Vail
Winifred Krelboined
Karyn Kupcinet
Shirley
Toby Michaels
Teenage Girl
Court is in session
Put The Little Shop of Horrors on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.