<P> The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American black comedy film directed by Roger Corman . Written by Charles B. Griffith , the film is a farce about an inadequate florist 's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human flesh and blood . The film 's concept is thought to be based on a 1932 story called `` Green Thoughts '' , by John Collier , about a man - eating plant . However , Dennis McDougal suggests that Griffith may have been influenced by Arthur C. Clarke 's sci - fi short story from 1956 , `` The Reluctant Orchid '' ( which was in turn inspired by the 1905 H.G. Wells story `` The Flowering of the Strange Orchid '' ) . Mythology about man - eating plants dates back to at least the 1800s , and probably much earlier . </P>
<P> The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American black comedy film directed by Roger Corman . Written by Charles B. Griffith , the film is a farce about an inadequate florist 's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human flesh and blood . The film 's concept is thought to be based on a 1932 story called `` Green Thoughts '' , by John Collier , about a man - eating plant . However , Dennis McDougal suggests that Griffith may have been influenced by Arthur C. Clarke 's sci - fi short story from 1956 , `` The Reluctant Orchid '' ( which was in turn inspired by the 1905 H.G. Wells story `` The Flowering of the Strange Orchid '' ) . Mythology about man - eating plants dates back to at least the 1800s , and probably much earlier . </P>
when was the original little shop of horrors made
when was the original little shop of horrors made
1960
1960