I swear that this film actually gets funnier every time I view it. It's one of the few movies that can do that. So, it was a movie that was shot in just two days. *pfft* If this is the result of a two-day shooting, more films ought to be low budget and shot with 24 hours! This is an incredible film in a category of it's own. In my opinion, it was Roger Corman's best and I'm sure that it would be a full-fledged classic, instead of a cult classic, if more people had a chance to see it. Seriously, folks, if you ever come across this film, don't pass up the chance to view it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (the following is for people who read my review for "Little Shop of Horrors" (1986))
BTW, I love the musical, too. I wrote a review of that as well, but when I wrote it, I hadn't seen the movie in a while. I think that for the most part, my review was pretty accurate, but I'd like to correct myself on one thing: Bill Murray did not *subtly* give off gay undertones, compared to Jack Nicholson. The undertones that Jack Nicholson gave in the original film were very funny, and like some of the other jokes in the film, ahead of its time, but Bill Murray just went totally wild and turned the subtext from the original film into maintext. Course, that was the 80's and displaying that sort of thing was much more easier to do than it was a couple decades before.
BTW, I love the musical, too. I wrote a review of that as well, but when I wrote it, I hadn't seen the movie in a while. I think that for the most part, my review was pretty accurate, but I'd like to correct myself on one thing: Bill Murray did not *subtly* give off gay undertones, compared to Jack Nicholson. The undertones that Jack Nicholson gave in the original film were very funny, and like some of the other jokes in the film, ahead of its time, but Bill Murray just went totally wild and turned the subtext from the original film into maintext. Course, that was the 80's and displaying that sort of thing was much more easier to do than it was a couple decades before.