The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) | Directed by Roger Corman - Full Movie

A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it.

The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about an inadequate florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The film's concept may have been inspired by "Green Thoughts," a 1932 story by John Collier about a man-eating plant. Dennis McDougal suggests that Griffith may have been influenced by Arthur C. Clarke's 1956 sci-fi short story "The Reluctant Orchid" (which was in turn inspired by the 1905 H. G. Wells story "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid").

The film stars Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, and Dick Miller, who had all worked for Corman on previous films. Produced under the title The Passionate People Eater, the film employs an original style of humor, combining black comedy with farce and incorporating Jewish humor and elements of spoof. The Little Shop of Horrors was shot on a budget of $28,000 (about $240,000 in 2019), with interiors being shot in two days utilizing sets that had been left standing from A Bucket of Blood.

Directed by: Roger Corman
Screenplay by: Charles B. Griffith
Produced by: Roger Corman
Starring: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles
Narrated by: Wally Campo
Cinematography: Archie R. Dalzell, Vilis Lapenieks
Edited by: Marshall Neilan Jr.
Music by: Fred Katz Uncredited: Ronald Stein
Production companies: The Filmgroup, Santa Clara Productions
Distributed by: The Filmgroup, American International Pictures
Release date: September 14, 1960
Running time: 72 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $28,000–34,000
Box office: 25,066 admissions (France)