The Little Shop of Horrors The Little Shop of Horrors The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American 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 flesh and blood. The film's concept is thought to be based on a 1932 story called "Green Thoughts", by John Collier, about a man-eating plant. However, Dennis McDougal suggests that Griffith may have been influenced by Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi short story from 1956, "The Reluctant Orchid" (which was in turn inspired by the 1905 H. G.
The Little Shop of Horrors father appears as a dental patient, and his grandmother, Myrtle Vail, appears as Seymour's hypochondriac mother. Dick Miller, who had starred as the protagonist of "A Bucket of Blood" was offered the role of Seymour, but turned it down, instead taking the smaller role of Burson Fouch. Production at the "Bucket of Blood" sets was compressed into three days of cast rehearsals, immediately followed by two days and one night of principal photography. It had been rumored that the film's shooting schedule was based on a bet that Corman could not complete a film within that time. However, this claim