The Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Shop of Horrors
Réalisation:
Roger CormanActeurs·trices:
Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Dick Miller, Jack Nicholson, Myrtle Vail, Karyn Kupcinet, Toby Michaels, Leola Wendorff (plus)Résumés(1)
Dans la boutique de fleurs de M. Mushnik, Seymour, un jeune employé un peu gauche, collectionne les maladresses face aux clients habituels et un peu bizarres. Parmi eux, Mme Hortense, une dame âgée qui vient quotidiennement acheter un nouveau bouquet pour... aller comme chaque jour à un enterrement. M. Fouch qui achète des fleurs dans le seul but de... les manger. Et puis il y a la collègue de Seymour, la jeune et belle Audrey, dont il est follement amoureux. A l'énième bêtise du jeune employé, le propriétaire lui demande de quitter le magasin, mais Seymour lui annonce qu il possède une plante très rare qui pourrait changer le sort de la modeste boutique. Mushnik décide donc de ne pas mettre à la porte le jeune apprenti à condition que celui-ci transforme la petite plante en une véritable attraction. Mais il découvre que l étrange végétal a besoin, pour grandir, d une substance bien peu conventionnelle. Il lui faut en effet... du sang humain !! (RDM Vidéo)
(plus)Critiques (2)
The Little Shop of Horrors has nothing to do with the horror genre except for the hungry carnivorous plant prop that feeds on human flesh. It is a low-demand comedy, somewhat similar to the Czech film Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet, but without the sophisticated artistic aspect, magical dialogues, and the screenwriting brilliance of Jiří Brdečka. The presence of Jack Nicholson is episodic and only documents the beginnings of his acting career. It is an unambitious, cheap, and quickly made film, but as a one-time watch, it's decent because it does not pretend to be anything and does not go beneath the surface of general taste. The dialogues also contain a few decent jokes, and the film has a certain social dimension due to its setting in a poor neighborhood. Overall impression: 50%.
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Little Shop of Horrors is an American production that is a beautiful example of the fact that Roger Corman made really great movies, not simply the incredibly low-budget ones, where it was easy to overlook the quality and the message. This is a low-budget movie, albeit with a really good plot. In addition, because the movie was also conceived as a slapstick comedy, it has that extra something. Even after sixty years, this movie is great and there is not much to fault it for.
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