While horror movie watching is a year-round event, this is that time of year when all of us can flourish, embracing the weird.
So, come one, come all, beasties unite! It’s Haunt-Tober time!
And now, an ode to my favorite carnivorous plant.
This horror musical is a delightful bit of mayhem and merriment.
It’s a love story, after all.
Directed by Frank Oz, as only he could, Little Shop of Horrors has catchy songs, charismatic performances, and fantastic effects. It is exactly what you want and may have never known you needed.
Passive Flower shop assistant Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) has his life turned upside down when he discovers an unusual plant that feeds on human flesh.
He’s in love with Audrey (Ellen Greene) who is with someone else and can’t seem to get the appreciation he deserves from his boss, Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia).
Suddenly Seymour
He names it Audrey II, and as it grows it becomes an attraction at the fledgling shop. While it brings success, it also brings tragedy, and Seymour is stuck between two decisions, worlds apart.
This is such a bizarre treat that manages to efficiently marry multiple areas of horror along with romance and comedy, all with terrific musical numbers.
Moranis, as our soft hearted hero, is perfect. He’s lovable and fantastic casting alongside our green human eating machine.
The film is stocked with cameos too, hilarity ensues with the likes of Steve Martin and Bill Murray.
Little Shop of Horrors is a film that you can just fall into. It exercises muscles in your chest and stomach that you didn’t know you had and leaves you feeling aglow.
A hearty dose of camp and a campy bit of heart, there’s enough horror to satisfy genre fans and catchy tunes to sing you through the night.
Today’s winner:
Wonderfully Weird & Horrifying 