@jivens It started out as a French bread publication #monsterdon

#monsterdon Herbie the Elf ain't got nothing on this sadistic dentist. I think this is what activated so many boomers against dentists... hahahahaha

I have the dentist scene stuck in my fucking head from when I was a little kid, #monsterdon

You can tell a dentist knows his stuff when he's wearing a scarf and a bonnet hat

#Monsterdon

That's a different end to the dentist than the musical.

#Monsterdon

Jack Nicholson!

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#Monsterdon "PAIN" magazine lol

#monsterdon Mushnick is facing the time honored conflict that all CEO's struggle with. Dead bodies and murder for profits, or... yeah... that's awesome, let's just look the other way.

#Monsterdon

So... like, this is actually an incisive inquiry into the corrupting influence of the desperation of poverty with the temptations of greed... 🤔🤔🤔

Deep.

They make fun of British teeth but what the fuck is going on here?

#Monsterdon

@Bluedepth I'll even drink Malört!

#monsterdon

oh god, not the dentist, please.

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the "seedling" for one of my favorite genres: the horror-comedy. I love this movie!

#monsterdon

Mushnick is having a hard day, but he still knows the receipts! #Monsterdon

Things are not looking up for next Christmas

#Monsterdon

TBF that is a sackable offence, right there...no finals warnings....gone

#Monsterdon

I’ve heard of “Wringing my hands” but… wringing my foot?!

#monsterdon

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Really? That was pathetic.
Also... it didn't occur to him to try the butcher shop..?

Got to feed the plant human meat..?

Oh come now, save some blame for the dude who threw himself on a train track

#Monsterdon

...So the drunk got hit by a train and that shrunk him down far enough to fit in a potato sack? #monsterdon

The train came from Maximum Overdrive I guess #monsterdon

this is unbelievably badly shot

#Monsterdon

This is some kind of weird metaphor for Freudian babies

#monsterdon

"feed me"

Kid doesn't realize butchers exist.

#monsterdon

The man eating plant and it's insatiable hunger is of course....Capitalism

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon if my cats could talk, "feed me" would be their number one priority too

#Monsterdon

I had forgotten how funny the script really is.

#LittleShopOfHorrors1961

my money is on Mushnik getting eaten

#Monsterdon

The malapropisms are cracking me up. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon These two talk like they are identical twins, or the Stygian Witches from Clash of the Titans. LOL. Like a conversational ping-pong tournament

I don't understand Mushniks business plan, I fear he's already spent the seed money on a new suit

#Monsterdon

🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

🛍️ LITTLE SHOP OF TRIVIA 🌷🦷

Soundtrack sound familiar? Composer Fred Katz sold to Roger Corman the same score for seven films, including Bucket of Blood and Monsterdon unfavorite The Wasp Woman.

Katz had a music editor repurpose segments of previous scores for each request.

#LittleShopOfHorrors1960

Snake oil is snake oil. 98% alcohol or otherwise. The more things change...

#Monsterdon

If you get a plant from a mysterious old Asian man maybe check if he is also selling gremlins #Monsterdon

@wohali can't wait to see him eggs! #monsterdon

#monsterdon "My wife's making gardenias for dinner."

I don't think Audrey Jr. will be the sweetest thing in the whole wide world, not without a staggering amount of added sugar

#Monsterdon

lol, Dick Miller's character just spends his whole day in the flower shop, but sure this isn't drugs...

#Monsterdon

@jonny I’m pro. Can’t speak for the group. #Monsterdon

98%
I mean giving ma cleaning alcohol would fix the issue I guess.

#monsterdon

Seymour's mom should watch Monsterdon with us

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon Alcoholic content 98% percent!!!

Hell of a way to go.
#monsterdon

YES!! Seymour for president. Absolutely.

#Monsterdon

Whoa a third filming location, extravagant

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💥 LITTLE SHOP OF TRIVIA 💥

Get the Joke

The evil seeds are said to come from a "plantation next to a cranberry farm." This is a reference to a big news story from 1959 about the cranberry harvest being tainted by the herbicide aminotriazole.

#LittleShopOfHorrors1960

Having to keep up with all the new plants. Back when flower shops had pride. #monsterdon

There is actually a monster or at least one in this film so it technically meets #monsterdon criteria

Mr. Mushnick definitely has comedic timing! Actually, the whole cast does. Admirable.

#monsterdon

Dick Miller was also in Piranha

#monsterdon

@catzilla Well, SOMEONE was in the back singing "Marble Halls" 😂

#Monsterdon

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The guy being tortured there in the dentist's chair is screenwriter Charles Griffith!

According to Timothy Rush of Classic-Horror.com, it's better to think of this movie as a black comedy, not a horror movie.

#LittleShopOfHorrors1960

Glorying in all the Yiddishism here. "You want I should…" "…for to…" and wait, is the mourning customer called Mrs. Shiva?

#Monsterdon #Yiddish #יידיש

New fear unlocked: dentist who talks on the phone during the appointment #monsterdon

Wot in carnation

#Monsterdon

Were those Reese's cups?

And is this going to be a Pink Panther film??

#Monsterdon

Wow these actors are Jewishing it *up.* #monsterdon

I dig the title sketch, that is incredible work. MAD Magazine style. Prob go back and rewatch that a bit more.
#monsterdon

Here we go, my first propper experience with #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon ok i'm all here for this drawn opening credit sequence

I like the drawings

#Monsterdon

boooo cop narrator booooo

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Bill Murray as Jack Nicholson!

#Monsterdon

HERE WE GO

Rock it, Levi Stubbs!

#Monsterdon

this dentist is part Frank from Blue Velvet
#Monsterdon

@TerryHancock @msh @Taweret yeah the knife really didn't make much sense if he wasn't planning on doing some kind of harm to the plant, but then why jump in

#Monsterdon

here he is girls the leader of the plaque
#Monsterdon

@forestine There is no way I can attend those, it's too early at night on a week night for me 😞

#Monsterdon

@SnoopJ Hmm yeah that's a good point... I'm not all that familiar with stage productions in general and I definitely hadn't thought about how it would or wouldn't work from different locations in the theater

#Monsterdon

hehehee rump chomp
#Monsterdon

The writing, directing, casting, acting, and cinematography for Little Shop (80s theatrical musical) is ridiculously good.

#monsterdon #WrongShop

Glad to have been here for #monsterdon after missing last week - thanks @Taweret for putting this on the poll

i'm hanging out for the musical but now that the main event's over good job team and thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting ^_^

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Bucket of Blood is a good companion piece to Little Shop of Horrors, except for the bit with the cat. #Monsterdon

@Lazarou Cozy!!

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Anyway in one of the adaptations Audrey II takes over the world at the end, and honestly I think more #Monsterdon movies should end that way.

@Lazarou In some states they would employ it for their prison system as a cost-saving measure #monsterdon

i kind of like the idea that baby audrey II is using her hypnosis powers to bring people in

#monsterdon #LittleShopOfHorrorsMusical

@phaedral Oh it's beat all right. Like a dead horse. #Monsterdon

Rick Moranis is really amazing.

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🦖#MONSTERDON Goodbye!

What a barrage of trivia for this one 😬!

❤️ Thank you @Taweret for hosting this quirky classic.

🅱️ and thanks Cherizilla@mastodon.social for the Bingo card! "Gif appears in Monsterdon feed" is absolute genius.

🦖And to all the members of the Real Time Film Analysis Squad: We have to analyze the classics to more deeply appreciate modern themes. Or eat extra gummies. Either is fine. Enjoyed your commentary as always!

So cheesy. But a classic #Monsterdon abrupt ending. And I have a new respect for the musical 😆. Thanks, @Taweret and co, for the diversion.

@Lazarou It was an inspiration to generations of producers #monsterdon

Classic #Monsterdon shenanigans: bad decisions, very little makes sense, and a sudden ending. Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everyone for posting!

@jonny Do you mean the 80s musical film theatrical release, the unrecut 80s musical film version,, the off-broadway musical, the Broadway revival or the off-broadway revival revival?

#monsterdon #littleshop60

Wow it really ends quite abruptly

I liked it! It makes more sense than a lot of movies we watch here. Some good jokes! Thanks @Taweret
As usual and everyone who joined. Happy
#monsterdon ! And remember, don’t feed humans to plants

I DIDN'T MEAN IT.

I'm shocked Audrey or Mom or Mushnick aren't eaten.

And the plant doesn't spread. Yeah, the kaiju ending of the '86 movie is insane, but Audrey Jrs spreading everywhere is funnier.

But as a story, this was a little more coherent than the remake, which goes off on LONG digressions.

#monsterdon

Typical #monsterdon ending

It’s kind of lovely choreography during the chase #Monsterdon

Seymour is all like "you wanna feed feed on THIS"

And promptly gave the Ultimate Meal

THE END

Well life as the Inspector Gadget of serial killing was just too much to handle I guess I dunno. Appropriately abrupt #Monsterdon ending too even though a cop didn't get eaten

Thanks for another wonderfully awful one @Taweret

And they fucked off into the Seymour.

*someone had to say it

#Monsterdon

"I didn't mean it"

Thus ends another #monsterdon

I'm not sure I have a lot to say about this one. Clearly quickly made, with super low budget, felt more like a series of skits than a movie, and I'm not sure how the ending was supposed to land, but it didn't work for me.

Regardless, thank you everyone for tooting along. And as always, thank you @Taweret for hosting.

@miru did you set it up to autoroll into the musical?

#Monsterdon

@Taweret I thought it had a lot of good moments in it, and i can see how some twisted fucks turned it around into a delightful musical ;)

but without the remake... would we remember this movie? :D

#Monsterdon

So the protagonist fucked off into the plant for sudden ending. Thanks for the trip down memory lane @Taweret and the #monsterdon gang!

Thanks, @Cherizilla.

#Monsterdon
#LittleShopOfHorrors

The moral of the story is that you can get away with capital murder if you're a plant #monsterdon

in retrospect, I guess it's good I went the veg route for dinner tonight 🥴

#monsterdon

That was a seriously abrupt ending. Epic #monsterdon