SKID ROW SECRETS UNLEASHED! This is the wild backstory of the ultimate midnight movie: The Little Shop of Horrors – filmed in just 2 days on a shoestring budget! In this exclusive deep dive, Justin Humphreys reveals never-told secrets about the making of the film:
Full movie: https://youtu.be/aZ2CuqGkHZ8
🔥 The chaotic set:
How Skid Row drunks became extras (paid 10¢ per scene!)
Why Jack Nicholson took his first iconic role as a masochistic dental patient
The $1,100 guerilla shoot across 1959 LA (Angels Flight, Chaplin Studios & more)
🍃 Behind the killer plant:
Puppeteers inside papier-mâché + writer Chuck Griffith’s legendary "FEED ME!" voice
How the script was written in a week (and cut scenes that changed everything)
💥 Untold Hollywood history:
Dick Miller’s rejected lead role that made Haze a star
How Corman reused music, sets, and even cast from Bucket of Blood
The Jewish humor, ad-libs, and Griffith’s 5 secret cameos
KEY PLAYERS:
Roger Corman • Jonathan Haze • Chuck Griffith • Mel Welles • Jackie Joseph • Dick Miller • Jack Nicholson • Myron Vail (plant creator)
Justin Humphreys is an American audiobook narrator and actor whose deep knowledge of cinema stems from professionally narrating numerous film-related audiobooks, including biographies of iconic directors like Steven Spielberg.
For more deep dives into cinema’s weirdest gems: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2gsu7VGzgdZ2JebVTUro0VSl0ffMlY7F
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