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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.

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

The Vampire Conspiracy, a review by Jimmy

Title : The Vampire Conspiracy (2003)

Overview
Five strangers are abducted by a megalomaniacal vampire and put into a deadly maze of witz and endurance. Should they make it through alive, they receive this vampire entire fortune. Should they fail, they become his victims and are placed back into the game, this time as a succubus to hunt the next round of victims.

My Impression
All I can say is, at the risk of sounding partial again, I begin to think our horror industry is the best. The best way to describe this film is "Cube with vampires and more". Of course the participants don't have puzzle to resolve to open the door since they are in a maze, but they have to find what is the common denominator between them to survive. The movie low budget doesn't really hurt it, since nothing would have been really different with more money. The acting is good, but some of the characters are a little bit too . The only negative thing is the end who happen too fast and is unclear (for me it was).

Another Canadian winner
 
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(From Jimmy's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 11th, 2009)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

Action: The Complete Series (1999/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 293 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
Way too edgy for network TV, this funny, uncensored, naming-names series peels off the glitter of Hollywood moviemaking and exposes the duplicitous but totally addictive, behind-the-scenes truth. Campy, uncesored and very controversial, this "too-close-to reality" show features guest stars that include Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek, Scott Wolf and Sandra Bullock.

Superstar producer Peter Dragon (Jay Mohr, host of TV's "Last Comic Standing") builds his stellar career on the three pillars of show business - prostitution, nepostism and dishonesty. Adding to that an ego as big as a Beverly Hills mansion, the aptly named Dragon and his cohorts manage to be politically incorrect, backstabbing, phony, petty, pissy and most of all -- ingeniously funny!


Action
Season 1.13 Last Ride Of The Elephant Princess
Writer: Chris Thompson (Created By), Jim Vallely (Writer), Ron Zimmerman (Writer)
Director: Vahan Moosekian
Cast: Jay Mohr (Peter Dragon), Illeana Douglas (Wendy Ward), Jarrad Paul (Adam Rafkin), Jack Plotnick (Stuart Glazer), Buddy Hackett (Uncle Lonnie), Lee Arenberg (Bobby G.), Terry Rhoads (Guy), Stuart Pankin (Bill Rothstein), Harris Laskawy (Elliot Rothstein), James Leo Ryan (Man)

Like with the pilot I was bored with the episode. So much so, that I didn't even pay enough attention, if this episode provided a proper series or even season finale

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on November 25th, 2012)