The Little Shop of Horrors some distributors, including American International Pictures (AIP), felt that the film would be interpreted as anti-Semitic, citing the characters of Gravis Mushnick and Siddie Shiva. Welles, who is Jewish, stated that he gave his character a Turkish Jewish accent and mannerisms, and that he saw the humor of the film as playful, and felt there was no intent to defame any ethnic group. The film was finally released by its production company, The Filmgroup, nine months after it had been completed. "The Little Shop of Horrors" was screened out of competition at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. A year later,
The Sweet House of Horrors release. Media-Blasters subsidiary Shriek Show would release the film for the first time ever in America in 2002. The Sweet House of Horrors The Sweet House of Horrors (in original Italian, La dolce casa degli orrori) is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci, made initially for Italian TV, but released direct-to-video instead when it was deemed too horrific for television. After being brutally murdered by a burglar, a young couple return as spirits to watch over their two young orphaned children. The ghosts also seek revenge against their murderer, and try to prevent their house from being