The Little Shop of Horrors from "A Bucket of Blood". The film slowly gained a cult following through word of mouth when it was distributed as the B movie in a double feature with Mario Bava's "Black Sunday" and later with "Last Woman on Earth". The film's popularity increased with local television broadcasts, in addition to the presence of a young Jack Nicholson, whose small role in the film has been prominently promoted on home video releases of the film. The film was the basis for an Off-Broadway musical, "Little Shop of Horrors", which was notably made into a 1986 feature film and enjoyed a
Horrors of the Black Museum gimmicks at that time." The film was given a wide release in the US on a double bill with "The Headless Ghost". It was very popular and earned over $1 million in profits. Cohen estimated 72% of the audience for this sort of film was aged between 12 and 26. Cohen says when the movie was released on television they had to take off the hypnotism prologue "because it does hypnotize some people." The film was later inducted into the Museum of Modern Art at the behest of Martin Scorsese. Horrors of the Black Museum Horrors of the Black Museum