It’s probably gonna be The Little Shop of Horror because I feel like that plant monster scene was in a Harry Potter movie but I guess from the remake in 1986 is where I got that scene from and I was not expecting that Toho footage and that photo of Godzilla Vs. Biollante in the video but that does remind me the Godzilla days and please do more Godzilla movies 4 Showa Godzilla movies and the other Millennium Godzilla movies are left to review (Love your other videos do but mostly then Godzilla ones) please more Godzilla please
It really was!! Edit: And that was when he was still alive, too, ofc. Every time I've seen someone that's worked with Corman talking about him, it's been very positive. Kinda says something.
A longstanding joke in Hollywood was that Corman could negotiate the production of a film on a pay phone, finance it with the money left in the change slot and then shoot the whole film in the phone booth.
There's a quote from James Cameron that goes something to the effect of "Roger once told me he could make a movie about the fall of Rome with just a dozen extras and a pickup truck. I believed him."
One of my favorite anecdotes was from Ron Howard where on his first time ever directing was a Corman movie and he said he was complaining to Corman about being too cheap to hire enough extras for a crowd scene and Corman replied "Well do a good enough job on this movie and you'll never have to work for me again!"
RIP Mr. Corman……. Us fans of B and horror movies eternally are grateful for the work you’ve done and the cinematic magic you’ve given us. It’s also really nice for Brandon to give his condolences to Tony Todd who we lost recently as well
Yeah, 90 years old, he lived a long life and quite the crazy one. He saw worlds of sci-fi fantasy, horror, and comedy. From a facility over run by dinosaurs that came out before Jurassic Park to his humble beginnings and even classics in the making.
@@vitorafmonteiro try removing the gap between the asterisk and the *B* to get the effect you wanted. I *assume* you wanted the *bold* face *type* effect *it* only *works* if there are *no* gaps * GAPS * *No GAPS*
@@bentonmarcum8924 I didn't really want an effect, some people just do it like that to call attention visually do it, but I guess it would be bould if I did that, but who really cares? So I'm leaving it like that. Good day to you, person ont he interwebs.
I was wondering when the tribute to Roger Corman would arrive here on Brandon's channel but I'm glad I waited. A perfect tribute. Rest In Peace Roger Corman
Who doesn't love Roger Corman? This is a very fitting tribute to a true celluloid icon. PS - you need to release a FOOTAGE FLAGGED BY TOHO t-shirt, that'll sell by the bucket load. Assuming Toho is okay with this...
We've lost a lot of celebrities this year. Roger Corman, James Earl Jones, Ken Paige (voice of Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas), Emi Shinohara (voice of Sailor Jupiter), Elwood Edwards (voice of AOL's "You've got mail!" notification), Tony Todd, Amelia Watson, and I'm sure there's others that I'm forgetting.
I love Dick Miller in this. He's in most of the scenes in Mushnik's shop, just munching on flowers (with a bit of salt) and mugging reaction takes to everything that's going on. Almost steals the movie, even though he's only got a handful of lines.
Being a child of the 70's I fed on a steady diet of Roger Corman movies. Most are forgettable but a few stand out and still enjoyable, such as The Attack of the Crab Monsters and Not of This Earth (my favorite). I don't recall if I saw Little Shop of Horrors during this period or it wasn't until much later. I put it in the "still enjoyable" category. Given that it was made in such a short period makes it a testament to what an underrated talent Corman was. His movies will never win awards or get high praise from critics but they were completely unpretentious and just lots of fun. Most of the cast is now gone (Jonathan Haze died earlier this month), but Jackie Joseph is still with us. I've seen her on episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Andy Griffith Show and she's essentially playing the same giggly ditz as she was in Little Shop of Horrors. As much as I like the remake (although I prefer the theatrical cut to the restored version) I still lean towards the original. The effects are cheap, the jokes are very hit and miss, but the two day time period is impressive. Let's see any modern director make a fiom in two days. I'd probably take them that long just to shoot a single scene.
8:40 That wasn't just an extra. That was Robert Coogan, brother of Jackie Coogan, who played in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and was also known as original Uncle Fester.
There are legends like that all over the world. People dying on open soil tend to become great fertilizer and plants grow fast and healthy on that fecundity (life from death) so it is common for any given culture to passively assume that types of plants feed on blood.
The little shop of horrors isn’t my favourite Roger Corman movie but it’s one of the best B movies ever made, that shows true talent with limited time and budget
So, I had to look it up, as that "How's the rain on the rhubarb?" thing was bothering me. It's basically the equivalent of saying "What do you think of this weather lately?" In other words, a deliberately bland and uncontroversial topic for a conversation. The original version is "Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?" because rhubarb is incredibly resilient and rain short of a flood cannot hurt it.
Just directed the musical this October. It's my favorite musical, based on my favorite Corman film. We did it in black & white as an homage, with the plants being the only bright colors.
With all the movies Corman has made during his carreer he probably still spend less overall than just one Hollywood movie nowadays. The man was every accountants dream. Thanks for all the entertainment over the years man. May he rest in peace.
Roger produced 492 movies and the average 'blockbuster' movie nowadays is about $250 million, which divided by 492 is $508,130. So if anything, you might be overshooting it by a bit!
One of the regular customers at my store is an elderly man who looks so much like Roger Corman, that I'm always tempted to give him $50 from the register to finance his next movie.
I remember checking Corman's Little Shop of Horrors out at the library with my mom. I immediately fell in love with it, especially the plant. I saw the musical on my 12th birthday and Little Shop ended up becoming one of my favorite musicals and one of my favorite franchises
Roger Corman is the more influent movie director of all time... It feels like he kickstart the career of half of Hollywood, and no one is as good at producing and directing as he was, he could make anything look good and be entertaining at any budget...movies die a little with him
Hope we can see a future review of another film that Roger Corman produced and directed: *"The Wasp Woman"* (1959). That film also got a 1995 remake (as part of the anthology film series featured in Showtime from 1995 to 1997 called *"Roger Corman* *Presents")* with Jennifer Rubin from *"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:* *Dream Warriors"* in the titular role.
Fun Fact: The dentist tools in this movie were later used in Tim Burton's Batman movie. Specifically in the scene where the Joker, also played by Jack Nicholson, gets plastic surgery. Edit: It was actually the dentist tools in the 1986 remake of Little Shop of Horrors.
This is the earliest I’ve been for your videos. Fitting it is for my idol and inspiration someday I will fill your roll rest in peace to the king of the b movie
It’s funny how many people don’t know Little Shop of Horrors is a remakes. Remakes aren’t always bad, the problem is when you get a really great one, people sometimes forget the original existed. The Thing with Kurt Russel is a remake. So is Scarface. The Al Pacino classic is a remake. While rare, great remakes do exist. Hell, Dune is proof of that
My favorite Roger Corman directed movies are his Edgar Allen Poe movies like The Raven with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Jack Nicholson, and Boris Karloff.
It is great, and I'm not a lover of musicals. Special mention has to go to the Audrey II puppetry, which to this day has the most amazingly fluid movement, and deserves to be in lists of top movie effects of all time.
Thank you for this tribute to Roger Corman, and the acknowledgement for Tony Todd as well. I would love to see a future episode on Death Race 2000, which to me is the perfect 1970s drive-in movie.
You know I'm no punk from no Black Lagoon, I'm from past the stars and beyond the moon! You can keep the Thing! Keep the It! Keep the Creature! They don't mean SHIT!
What's sad is that I could see Toho legitimately trying to strike this video. It's basically gotten to the point of "does video exist on YT? Toho copyright strikes it!"
I hope the Oscars include Roger in the In Memoriam segment because as you pointed out there are so many people who owe their career to him and it would be a shame if they didn't.
@@TheBrandonTenold I'm trying to remember something was Roger the director who hated being called the king of the B movies or am I thinking of someone else?
The fact that Dick Miller looks the same no matter the movie reinforces my belief he is an immortal constant that will return no matter what. We await the return of the Miller.
imagine a timeline where Jack Nicholson was Audrey II's voice in this but had the smooth drawl voice that most impressionists use when impersonating Jack Nicholson.
MY GOD!!! I AM BEYOND HAPPY TO SEE YOU COVER THE ORIGINAL MOVIE!!!!... i seriously love the original so damn much and it hurts me that the only version anyone is aware of is the remake!
I look forward to seeing the RUclips algorithm start recommding this video to people who never watched any Roger Corman movies in their life and only saw the popular musical.
I searched the best I can, it seem Brandon haven't done "Terror in the Midnight Sun", a Swedish/American monster sci-fi from 1959. A Canadian should love it, it have snow, figure skating and skiing scenes. And of course, a furry space monster, the most James Bond like geologist ever, a Sami people space invasion push back... and no midnight sun at all! Look for the Swedish version (don't worry, it's mostly in English), also known as "Rymdinvasion i Lappland". The US version makes no sense and have a lot of boring narration... and no figure skating, as far as I remember.
When I first viewed "THE Little Shop of Horrors," (in the early 1960s) I told my folks and my siblings, "Someone's gonna do this movie over again -- maybe with music to it." "It grows like a cold sore on the lip" (Mushnik about the plant). Thanks, Brandon!
What a legend. It was cool when he received the lifetime achievement Oscar. A lot of his protégés were there for the ceremony. Nicholson and the like. And Roger gave really good acceptance speech. It’s worth a watch!
I was introduced to the little shop from VHS tapes of 50s horror movies they used to sell at the dollar store. Loved it and then loved the Rick Morranis remake. RIP to the legend Mr. Corman Oh shit ,RIP Tony Todd. Tony Todd. Tony Todd.
DAMN! I've never seen this film looking so clear and ... visible! I've only seen TERRIBLE prints on VHS and Video CD as a kid where you could barely even see what is going on half the time.
I remember buying this one on VHS and the remake on DVD from a Walmart Bin. One more that comes to mind is Petshop of Horrors, a Japanese series that borrows part of the name and the plot from Gremlins. Basically a shopkeeper sells magical pets with special rules (many which can make themselves look human). The idiots end up breaking the rules and end dead, mutilated, or emotionally destroyed.
I really love the bewildered expression on Mr. Mushnik's facial expressions, he knows every time that plant gets bigger means that there was a person who it fed on, and he's too scared to tell the police, all he can do is watch in silent horror until the plant gets so big to the point when it realizes it doesn't need Seymour anymore and goes on a killing spree. Pretty morbid how he occasionally jokes about the inevitability of more people dying from that plant and goes ''guess this is my life now....oh well''
I love the cotton-like innards of the plant. It gives the impression that it lures its victims inside by making the inside look nice and cozy to touch while at a microscopic level, it's very sharp like getting hundreds of paper cuts, and would likely suffocate a person while inside of it. It makes it look more visually appealing instead of a plant with sharp teeth.
I saw this a lot during the late night /early morning TV shows, and loved it. When the comedy version came out, my wife at the time was a big fan, and thought I was lying about the horror version. LOL
Wow, good to see that you did The Little Shop of Horrors! now do Little Shop of Horrors. And well, this movie was adapted into a stage musical, on and off broadway, and then into a musical movie.
I remember getting this on VHS from the library when I was 7 or 8. I didn't become aware of the famous musical version until much later. I saw the musical at the Stratford festival one year and learned about how quickly Roger Corman made it from the program flyer.
Rip roger corman. Brother can you review beginning of the end ? It's a giant bug movie from the 50s. There's nothing like watching grasshoppers being blown up with firecrackers that are supposed to be tank shells
LOVE this one! I've actually never been able to watch the musical, because... well... THIS one. It's so much fun. There are a LOT of in-jokes in it, so watch it several times. If you're Jewish, there are even MORE (like - Mrs Shivah: we "Sit Shivah" - a 7 day mourning period for the dead - and she's constantly talking about loved ones who died. SPOILER - after the scene where the cop says one of his kids died playing with matches, later Mrs. Shivah talks about her nephew who just died... playing with matches). The signs on the wall use Yinglish (Yiddish/English) grammar. Dick Miller is MAGNIFICENT in this - his snarky quick banter shows you why he was a favourite of Corman. This movie is a gift that keeps on giving. If you've seen it, watch it again. Guarantee you'll find more in it every time. Great review, Brandon!
I imagine Corman either directed or had some hand in making the majority of films I grew up watching as a kid. Even if it's something to kill time drinking with friends, you can't go wrong with a Corman flick. Greater filmmakers may make up the houses of many sci-fi and horror fans, but Corman is the foundation upon which all those houses are laid, RIP Mr. Corman.
What's your favorite Roger Corman movie?
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It’s probably gonna be The Little Shop of Horror because I feel like that plant monster scene was in a Harry Potter movie but I guess from the remake in 1986 is where I got that scene from and I was not expecting that Toho footage and that photo of Godzilla Vs. Biollante in the video but that does remind me the Godzilla days and please do more Godzilla movies 4 Showa Godzilla movies and the other Millennium Godzilla movies are left to review (Love your other videos do but mostly then Godzilla ones) please more Godzilla please
The *"CARNOSAUR"* trilogy
(which I saw on the SciFi Channel as a young lad).
X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Black scorpion films and the TV series.
That clip of Jack Nicholson talking about what Roger Corman meant to him was very sweet.
Felt really genuine and heartfelt.
It is & if it weren’t for this part, Nicholson might not have gotten that famous mug out there 😉
And he’s getting emotional. He’s thinking about all those happy experiences he had with Roger.
It really was!!
Edit: And that was when he was still alive, too, ofc. Every time I've seen someone that's worked with Corman talking about him, it's been very positive. Kinda says something.
@@slipknotboy555I wonder what he would say now or how he would act now.
He is an actor, so take that "genuine and heartfelt" thing with several grains of salt.
A longstanding joke in Hollywood was that Corman could negotiate the production of a film on a pay phone, finance it with the money left in the change slot and then shoot the whole film in the phone booth.
There's a quote from James Cameron that goes something to the effect of "Roger once told me he could make a movie about the fall of Rome with just a dozen extras and a pickup truck. I believed him."
You know what? I can see it! Which one? Yes!
One of my favorite anecdotes was from Ron Howard where on his first time ever directing was a Corman movie and he said he was complaining to Corman about being too cheap to hire enough extras for a crowd scene and Corman replied "Well do a good enough job on this movie and you'll never have to work for me again!"
ngl...that "Footage flagged by Toho" got me good XD
RIP Mr. Corman……. Us fans of B and horror movies eternally are grateful for the work you’ve done and the cinematic magic you’ve given us. It’s also really nice for Brandon to give his condolences to Tony Todd who we lost recently as well
Yeah, 90 years old, he lived a long life and quite the crazy one. He saw worlds of sci-fi fantasy, horror, and comedy. From a facility over run by dinosaurs that came out before Jurassic Park to his humble beginnings and even classics in the making.
Toho just follows Brandon around now adays.
Comment flagged by Toho.
@@thronezwei4412 there is a LOT of reason to think that Biollante was inspired by this.. but... hey, that's how film goes.
@@thronezwei4412You beat me to it.
I came to comment this!
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they got a guy on him
Brandon tries to go anywhere; "Blocked by Toho". It's getting ridiculous.
"Meanwhile, Audrey Jr. is slowly turning into Audreyzilla!"
Don't you mean Audreyllante...?
* Brandon says "-zilla", gets flagged by Toho*
@@vitorafmonteiro try removing the gap between the asterisk and the *B* to get the effect you wanted. I *assume* you wanted the *bold* face *type* effect *it* only *works* if there are *no* gaps
* GAPS * *No GAPS*
@@bentonmarcum8924 I didn't really want an effect, some people just do it like that to call attention visually do it, but I guess it would be bould if I did that, but who really cares? So I'm leaving it like that. Good day to you, person ont he interwebs.
Wow Jack Nicholson tearing up talking bout Corman was genuinely beautiful and sweet. I love that. I'm glad he expressed his gratitude there.
Didn’t think Jack would be like that🥹
Especially when wearing shades through the whole time.
Unbelivable how Dick Miller looks exactly the same along the years.
Also the legacy of roger corman is inmense, cinema owes him so much.
You know it's going to be a special BT episode when it opens up with a clip from an interview from someone who worked on the film.
It's my version of 'a very special episode' from a 90's sitcom.
Rodger Corman should be proud that this 2 days became an amazing musical remake and an award winning broadway musical
I was wondering when the tribute to Roger Corman would arrive here on Brandon's channel but I'm glad I waited. A perfect tribute. Rest In Peace Roger Corman
Who doesn't love Roger Corman? This is a very fitting tribute to a true celluloid icon.
PS - you need to release a FOOTAGE FLAGGED BY TOHO t-shirt, that'll sell by the bucket load. Assuming Toho is okay with this...
Knowing them, they probably wouldn't be OK with it.
RIP Jonathan Haze AKA Seymour. He passed away back on November 2nd.
I was surprised when I learned he passed away. Must’ve known Roger passed too and they reunited in the afterlife
That Audrey is Mrs. Fudderman from Gremlins is amazing.
Not surprising considering Dick Miller played her husband in that film
18:10. "Never mess with another man's rhubarb."-Nicholson's Joker.
"A Skid Row Jerry Lewis."
Nailed it.
A really solid tribute to an incredible man. Been watching your channel for years, this truly hit home. Thank you.
Saw it when I was 10 on a little uhf station in 1973. Weird, funny, silly....and God bless Roger corman. Rest in power. ❤❤❤
We've lost a lot of celebrities this year. Roger Corman, James Earl Jones, Ken Paige (voice of Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas), Emi Shinohara (voice of Sailor Jupiter), Elwood Edwards (voice of AOL's "You've got mail!" notification), Tony Todd, Amelia Watson, and I'm sure there's others that I'm forgetting.
You forgot Quincy Jones.
And Tony Todd
@@victorhernandez8723 Who?
Jim Abrahams a couple days ago..
@@otaking3582 He was a famous music producer. He collaborated with Michael Jackson a bunch of times.
A Brandon Tenold / Roger Corman video is the best video.
Agree.
Thank you SO much for the Corman opening. Great video as always!
A fitting tribute to the man that made so much laughter and thrills for so many. A life well lived. RIP.
I love the musical and 80s movie for Little Shop of Horror, but never saw the original Roger Corman version. Thanks for covering it. :)
Audrey Jr.... makes me think of the 1998 Godzilla...fishy's girlfriend...
We'll just call it Biollante Jr.
I love Dick Miller in this. He's in most of the scenes in Mushnik's shop, just munching on flowers (with a bit of salt) and mugging reaction takes to everything that's going on. Almost steals the movie, even though he's only got a handful of lines.
I think Dick Miller even said he ad-libbed eating the flowers as a joke, but Corman found it so funny
He is the star of Bucket of Blood. Also written by Charles B Griffith. It's better than Little Shop. Really dark and funny.
Being a child of the 70's I fed on a steady diet of Roger Corman movies. Most are forgettable but a few stand out and still enjoyable, such as The Attack of the Crab Monsters and Not of This Earth (my favorite). I don't recall if I saw Little Shop of Horrors during this period or it wasn't until much later. I put it in the "still enjoyable" category. Given that it was made in such a short period makes it a testament to what an underrated talent Corman was. His movies will never win awards or get high praise from critics but they were completely unpretentious and just lots of fun. Most of the cast is now gone (Jonathan Haze died earlier this month), but Jackie Joseph is still with us. I've seen her on episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Andy Griffith Show and she's essentially playing the same giggly ditz as she was in Little Shop of Horrors. As much as I like the remake (although I prefer the theatrical cut to the restored version) I still lean towards the original. The effects are cheap, the jokes are very hit and miss, but the two day time period is impressive. Let's see any modern director make a fiom in two days. I'd probably take them that long just to shoot a single scene.
Corman is credited with saying he never made a movie that lost money. I believe it.
8:40 That wasn't just an extra. That was Robert Coogan, brother of Jackie Coogan, who played in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid and was also known as original Uncle Fester.
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'Hells's Bells; It's Mel Welles!" MST3K fans will get this one.
5:27 not sure if it is just a coincidence, but in japanese folklore the jubokko is a yokai tree that feasts on human blood.
There are legends like that all over the world. People dying on open soil tend to become great fertilizer and plants grow fast and healthy on that fecundity (life from death) so it is common for any given culture to passively assume that types of plants feed on blood.
The little shop of horrors isn’t my favourite Roger Corman movie but it’s one of the best B movies ever made, that shows true talent with limited time and budget
Fans: We want more Godzilla!!!
*monkey paw curls*
Brandon: So today we’re gonna start reviewing the Godzilla Netflix anime trilogy
Please let this be a thing
Brandon: "Conclusion: Here's what my buddy Monster Island Buddies have to say about this anime trilogy"
MIB: (Screams like a chimpanzee)
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Man 2024 has been a sad year for horror fans first corman's death then Tony todd RIP both legends
I never noticed that remake Audrey II actually does look like a giant Piranha Plant. Just recolor him and boom.
So, I had to look it up, as that "How's the rain on the rhubarb?" thing was bothering me.
It's basically the equivalent of saying "What do you think of this weather lately?" In other words, a deliberately bland and uncontroversial topic for a conversation.
The original version is "Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?" because rhubarb is incredibly resilient and rain short of a flood cannot hurt it.
"Never rain on another man's rhubarb." - Jack Nicholson, probably.
Oh
you going "Congratulations, ya won a stuffed animal" after seymour nearly domes a dude with a rock honestly made me laugh out loud
Just directed the musical this October. It's my favorite musical, based on my favorite Corman film. We did it in black & white as an homage, with the plants being the only bright colors.
The Little Shop Of Horror and A Bucket of Blood is two of my favorite Roger Corman movies! R.I.P Mr. Corman ! Great review Thanks
Brandon's videos are so good that I actually stick around and watch the post-video RUclips ads.
With all the movies Corman has made during his carreer he probably still spend less overall than just one Hollywood movie nowadays. The man was every accountants dream. Thanks for all the entertainment over the years man. May he rest in peace.
Roger produced 492 movies and the average 'blockbuster' movie nowadays is about $250 million, which divided by 492 is $508,130. So if anything, you might be overshooting it by a bit!
One of the regular customers at my store is an elderly man who looks so much like Roger Corman, that I'm always tempted to give him $50 from the register to finance his next movie.
The man eating the plant foreshadows the plant that eats the man.
Was not expecting to see a crying sentimental Jack Nicholson when I clicked on this video. Comforting to know he's just a normal guy after all.
I remember checking Corman's Little Shop of Horrors out at the library with my mom. I immediately fell in love with it, especially the plant. I saw the musical on my 12th birthday and Little Shop ended up becoming one of my favorite musicals and one of my favorite franchises
Love this channel. Keep it up Brandon
Roger Corman is the more influent movie director of all time... It feels like he kickstart the career of half of Hollywood, and no one is as good at producing and directing as he was, he could make anything look good and be entertaining at any budget...movies die a little with him
Such an appropriate tribute.... Rest In Peace Roger and thank you!
Hope we can see a future review of
another film that Roger Corman
produced and directed: *"The Wasp Woman"* (1959).
That film also got a 1995 remake
(as part of the anthology film
series featured in Showtime from
1995 to 1997 called *"Roger Corman*
*Presents")* with Jennifer Rubin
from *"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:*
*Dream Warriors"* in the titular role.
That was also remande
Fun Fact:
The dentist tools in this movie were later used in Tim Burton's Batman movie. Specifically in the scene where the Joker, also played by Jack Nicholson, gets plastic surgery.
Edit: It was actually the dentist tools in the 1986 remake of Little Shop of Horrors.
Oh, come on, you just made that up!
@varanid9 I looked it up, it was actually the remake from 1986 not the original
@@varanid9 did he make up his own correction too? That's commitment to verisimilitude. ;)
This is the earliest I’ve been for your videos. Fitting it is for my idol and inspiration someday I will fill your roll rest in peace to the king of the b movie
RIP - Roger Corman
It’s funny how many people don’t know Little Shop of Horrors is a remakes. Remakes aren’t always bad, the problem is when you get a really great one, people sometimes forget the original existed. The Thing with Kurt Russel is a remake. So is Scarface. The Al Pacino classic is a remake. While rare, great remakes do exist. Hell, Dune is proof of that
I love when people try to say remakes always suck, then I hit them with the list
Neither "The Thing" or "Dune" are remakes. They are new adaptations of the source material.
Like it, very respectful. Tastefully done - good job
My favorite Roger Corman directed movies are his Edgar Allen Poe movies like The Raven with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Jack Nicholson, and Boris Karloff.
I love Little Shop of Horrors's 1986 musical movie.
Hard to believe the songwriters for the musical adaptation were none other than Alan Menken and Howard Ashman.
It is great, and I'm not a lover of musicals. Special mention has to go to the Audrey II puppetry, which to this day has the most amazingly fluid movement, and deserves to be in lists of top movie effects of all time.
Thank you for this tribute to Roger Corman, and the acknowledgement for Tony Todd as well. I would love to see a future episode on Death Race 2000, which to me is the perfect 1970s drive-in movie.
You know I'm no punk from no Black Lagoon,
I'm from past the stars and beyond the moon!
You can keep the Thing! Keep the It!
Keep the Creature! They don't mean SHIT!
One of my all-time faves...all the malapropisms they drop in this movie and the way Mushnik talks with that great accent...XD
What's sad is that I could see Toho legitimately trying to strike this video. It's basically gotten to the point of "does video exist on YT? Toho copyright strikes it!"
I hope the Oscars include Roger in the In Memoriam segment because as you pointed out there are so many people who owe their career to him and it would be a shame if they didn't.
I hope so too, but then again they snubbed Dick Miller after he died.
@TheBrandonTenold Yeah, they always miss someone.
@@TheBrandonTenold I'm trying to remember something was Roger the director who hated being called the king of the B movies or am I thinking of someone else?
The fact that Dick Miller looks the same no matter the movie reinforces my belief he is an immortal constant that will return no matter what. We await the return of the Miller.
Honestly had no idea Roger had been such an impact on so many future actors and directors.
imagine a timeline where Jack Nicholson was Audrey II's voice in this but had the smooth drawl voice that most impressionists use when impersonating Jack Nicholson.
It would be the darkest timeline
2:38 ya know i think you're the only person whos turned a copyright strike into a running gag
MY GOD!!! I AM BEYOND HAPPY TO SEE YOU COVER THE ORIGINAL MOVIE!!!!... i seriously love the original so damn much and it hurts me that the only version anyone is aware of is the remake!
Jack Nicholson crying got me. We all had someone in our life that enriched us. Someone that was a cornerstone to who we are. Losing that person hurts.
I look forward to seeing the RUclips algorithm start recommding this video to people who never watched any Roger Corman movies in their life and only saw the popular musical.
Another interesting fact is that Dick Miller and the lady who played Audrey played in the Gremlins as the couple who get ran over by the snow plow.
Damn never seen Jack Nicholson so sensitive and genuine. Very sweet. He always has that cool persona.
Absolute Classic, thank you for acknowledging Mr. Roger Corman!🙏👌👻❤️
Roger Corman, the world’s greatest recycler. Sorry to hear he had passed.
Favorite Tiger Corman film?
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) starring the Ramones.
That movie is great fun. I watch it at least once or twice a year.
17:30 me at thanksgiving dinner when the in-laws try to talk to me
I searched the best I can, it seem Brandon haven't done "Terror in the Midnight Sun", a Swedish/American monster sci-fi from 1959.
A Canadian should love it, it have snow, figure skating and skiing scenes.
And of course, a furry space monster, the most James Bond like geologist ever, a Sami people space invasion push back... and no midnight sun at all!
Look for the Swedish version (don't worry, it's mostly in English), also known as "Rymdinvasion i Lappland".
The US version makes no sense and have a lot of boring narration... and no figure skating, as far as I remember.
Without this movie, the best musical movie ever wouldn't exist
Man, It would mean the world to me and my son if you could do The Fly remake. Cronenberg at his best.
I'd probably have to do the original first...maybe.
@@TheBrandonTenoldIt is a film with Vincent Price, albeit not as the protagonist.
When I first viewed "THE Little Shop of Horrors," (in the early 1960s) I told my folks and my siblings, "Someone's gonna do this movie over again -- maybe with music to it." "It grows like a cold sore on the lip" (Mushnik about the plant). Thanks, Brandon!
What a legend. It was cool when he received the lifetime achievement Oscar. A lot of his protégés were there for the ceremony. Nicholson and the like. And Roger gave really good acceptance speech. It’s worth a watch!
R.I.P. Jonathan Haze(4/1/1929-11/2/2024)
I was introduced to the little shop from VHS tapes of 50s horror movies they used to sell at the dollar store.
Loved it and then loved the Rick Morranis remake.
RIP to the legend Mr. Corman
Oh shit ,RIP Tony Todd. Tony Todd. Tony Todd.
RIP Shelley Duvall
Fantastic review. Very much appreciate the sincere and hearfelt closing you chose to go with ❤
RIP Roger Corman. 😢
DAMN! I've never seen this film looking so clear and ... visible! I've only seen TERRIBLE prints on VHS and Video CD as a kid where you could barely even see what is going on half the time.
There was a blu-ray that (finally) included a clear print of the original black & white version.
I remember buying this one on VHS and the remake on DVD from a Walmart Bin.
One more that comes to mind is Petshop of Horrors, a Japanese series that borrows part of the name and the plot from Gremlins. Basically a shopkeeper sells magical pets with special rules (many which can make themselves look human). The idiots end up breaking the rules and end dead, mutilated, or emotionally destroyed.
Happy late Thanksgiving.
The original little shop of horrors
Thank You Mr. Corman............You May Be A Part Of Heaven, But You're Legacy Will Live On FOREVER..............Rest In Peace. 4:48
I really love the bewildered expression on Mr. Mushnik's facial expressions, he knows every time that plant gets bigger means that there was a person who it fed on, and he's too scared to tell the police, all he can do is watch in silent horror until the plant gets so big to the point when it realizes it doesn't need Seymour anymore and goes on a killing spree. Pretty morbid how he occasionally jokes about the inevitability of more people dying from that plant and goes ''guess this is my life now....oh well''
I love the cotton-like innards of the plant. It gives the impression that it lures its victims inside by making the inside look nice and cozy to touch while at a microscopic level, it's very sharp like getting hundreds of paper cuts, and would likely suffocate a person while inside of it. It makes it look more visually appealing instead of a plant with sharp teeth.
RIP Roger Corman 1926-2024
Wow. He was just a couple years shy of 100
I saw this a lot during the late night /early morning TV shows, and loved it. When the comedy version came out, my wife at the time was a big fan, and thought I was lying about the horror version. LOL
Rip roger corman you helped give rise to my favorite musical
Wow, good to see that you did The Little Shop of Horrors!
now do Little Shop of Horrors.
And well, this movie was adapted into a stage musical, on and off broadway, and then into a musical movie.
I remember getting this on VHS from the library when I was 7 or 8. I didn't become aware of the famous musical version until much later. I saw the musical at the Stratford festival one year and learned about how quickly Roger Corman made it from the program flyer.
Rest in peace, Roger Corman.🕊
Rip roger corman. Brother can you review beginning of the end ? It's a giant bug movie from the 50s. There's nothing like watching grasshoppers being blown up with firecrackers that are supposed to be tank shells
Best Corman movie: Black Scorpion. And what do you mean the youths won't know Dragnet? It was Dan Ackroyd's greatest role ever. :)
LOVE this one! I've actually never been able to watch the musical, because... well... THIS one. It's so much fun. There are a LOT of in-jokes in it, so watch it several times. If you're Jewish, there are even MORE (like - Mrs Shivah: we "Sit Shivah" - a 7 day mourning period for the dead - and she's constantly talking about loved ones who died. SPOILER - after the scene where the cop says one of his kids died playing with matches, later Mrs. Shivah talks about her nephew who just died... playing with matches). The signs on the wall use Yinglish (Yiddish/English) grammar. Dick Miller is MAGNIFICENT in this - his snarky quick banter shows you why he was a favourite of Corman. This movie is a gift that keeps on giving. If you've seen it, watch it again. Guarantee you'll find more in it every time. Great review, Brandon!
I imagine Corman either directed or had some hand in making the majority of films I grew up watching as a kid. Even if it's something to kill time drinking with friends, you can't go wrong with a Corman flick. Greater filmmakers may make up the houses of many sci-fi and horror fans, but Corman is the foundation upon which all those houses are laid, RIP Mr. Corman.