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Little Shop of Horrors, a review by Tom

Little Shop of Horrors (1986/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Germany) Director: Frank Oz Writing: Howard Ashman (Original Material By), Howard Ashman (Screenwriter), Charles Griffith (Original Material By) Length: 90 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 1, Music Only: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Croatian, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Slovenian, Turkish

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Stars:
Levi Stubbs as The Voice of "Audrey II" (voice)
Rick Moranis as Seymour Krelborn
Ellen Greene as Audrey
Vincent Gardenia as Mushnik
Steve Martin as Orin Scrivello, D.D.S.

Plot:
A nerdish florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (1986)

Best Music (Alan Menken)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1986)		Best Music, Song (Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics))
Academy Award (1986)		Best Visual Effects (Lyle Conway, Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge)
AFI (1986)		100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (Somewhere That's Green)
BAFTA (1987)		Achievement In Special Effects (Bran Ferren, Martin Gutteridge, Lyle Conway, Richard Conway)
Casting Society of America Awards (1987)
Golden Globe (1986)		Original Score (Miles Goodman)
Golden Globe (1986)		Picture - Musical or Comedy (David Geffen)
Hugo Award (1987)		Dramatic Presentation
Writers Guild of America Awards (1987)		Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Howard Ashman)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Outtakes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

A great movie. The puppetry of "Audrey II" is amazing. And some amazing supporting cast. Like Steve Martin as the sadistic dentist and Bill Murray as his patient.

Rating:

(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 21st, 2012)

Blacula, a review by addicted2dvd

Blacula (1972/United States) Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Shout! Factory (United States) Director: William Crain Writing: Joan Torres (Screenwriter), Raymond Koenig (Screenwriter) Length: 93 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: DTS-HD Master Audio: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:
William Marshall as Blacula
Vonetta McGee as Tina
Denise Nicholas as Michelle
Thalmus Rasulala as Gordon Thomas
Gordon Pinset as Lt. Peters

Plot:
In 1780, African Prince Mamuwalde (Marshall) pays a visit to Count Dracula in Transylvania, seeking his support in ending slave trade. Instead, the evil count curses his noble guest and transforms him into a vampire! Released from his coffin nearly two centuries later by a pair of luckless interior decorators, Mamuwalde emerges as "Blacula," on strange dude strollin' the streets of L.A. on a nightly quest for human blood!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Gallery

While I have heard of the Blacula films I never seen either of them till today. The first thing I notice is that the fangs on several of the vampires were huge. A movie like this you can't take too seriously. And you must remember the times it was made. But over all a fun film that I enjoyed.



(From That Time of Year Again: Halloween/Horror Reviews 2018! on October 6th, 2018)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

16. The Ring (2000-02-29)
Writer: Howard Gordon (Writer)
Director: Nick Marck
Cast: David Boreanaz (Angel), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce), Markus Redmond (Tom Cribb), Douglas Roberts (Darin Macnamara), Scott William Winters (Jack Macnamara), Stephanie Romanov (Lilah Morgan), Anthony Guidera (Ernie Nellins), Chris Flanders (Mr. Winslow), Marc Rose (Mellish), David Kalloway (Doorman), Juan A. Riojas (Val Trepkos), Michael Philip (Announcer), Mark Ginther (Lasovic)

Boring. One of those stupid ring episodes, where they force demons/creatures/aliens to fight. Voyager also had one of those.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on July 4th, 2009)