(It was weirdly difficult to find a good still of Audrey Jr.)
1960 saw Roger Corman direct two of his most famous pictures. Yesterday, we talked about Fall of the House of Usher, Corman’s first Poe film. However, maybe as a lark, or just to prove he could stlll do it, Corman decided to direct one of his cheapest things ever. Hearing that a set was to sit idle for a weekend before being torn down, Corman decided to film a movie in two days. The result, weirdly, was an instant underground classic, The Little Shop of Horrors, a film so popular it was remade as a softcore sex film (the cheekily titled I Dismember Mama) and, of course, as a big budget musical. Not bad, Mr. Corman.
