THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) Screening at Urban Chestnut July 11th

“Now, no novocaine. It dulls the senses.”

Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series has moved! The new location is Urban Chestnut in the Grove (4465 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis 63110). This month’s film is the 1960 version of THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS . It’s this Wednesday, July 11th. The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5.

Roger Corman, who allegedly could negotiate the production of a film on a pay phone, shoot the film in the booth, and finance it with the money in the change slot, shot THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) in two days and one night on a set that was left over from someone else’s production.

It is a classic featuring a very young Jack Nicholson as an undertaker who loved pain in his third film. The face that was to later become famous in THE SHINING was quite evident. Jonathan Haze played the lead as the clumsy Seymour who invents the man-eating plant. Haze worked exclusively for Corman until he quit acting for behind the stage work.

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) was an extremely low budget feature, but it is funny and many of the laughs are from Seymour’s girlfriend Audrey (Jackie Joseph) and his mother. They alone are worth the price of admission. Don’t miss the screening July 11th at Urban Chestnut

A Facebook invite for the screening can be found HERE
The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5. There will be food to order and plenty of pints of Urban Chestnut’s famous home-brewed beer.