Re: The House Smells Wonderful! Saturday, 5/02/2025

dsi1 wrote:

Life was a lot simpler before man started growing plants. It was kill or
be killed. The way of nature is wise.

The Little Shop of Horrors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Shop_of_Horrors
"The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American horror comedy film
directed by Roger Corman. Starring a young Jack Nicholson, the film is a
farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on
human blood...
Florist shop owner Gravis Mushnick has two employees, Audrey Fulquard
and Seymour Krelboined. Located on skid row, Mushnick's rundown shop
gets little business. When Seymour fouls up a floral arrangement for
dentist Dr. Farb, Mushnick fires him. Hoping to change his mind, Seymour
talks about a plant he has grown from seeds he got from a "Japanese
gardener over on Central Avenue." Seymour names the plant "Audrey Jr.",
which delights Audrey...
The usual plant food does not nourish it, but when Seymour accidentally
pricks his finger, he discovers that the plant craves blood...
The plant develops the ability to speak and demands that Seymour feed
it..."
'Variety' wrote, "The acting is pleasantly preposterous...
Horticulturalists and vegetarians will love it..."
Jack Nicholson, recounting the reaction to a screening of the film,
states that the audience "laughed so hard I could barely hear the
dialogue. I didn't quite register it right. It was as if I had forgotten
it was a comedy since the shoot. I got all embarrassed because I'd never
really had such a positive response before..."
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