Product Details

• Actors: Harry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Carolyn Mitchell
• Directors: Charles B. Griffith, Jus Addiss, Mel Welles, Roger Corman
• Writers: Charles B. Griffith, Leo Gordon, Melvin Levy
• Producers: David Kramarsky
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Hollywood Pictures
• DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006
• Run Time: 61 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HA4WQQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,345 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Cry Baby Killer (Back-to-Back Jack Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Many fans will be taken by surprise to learn that two early Roger Corman films, Cry Baby Killer and Little Shop of Horrors, feature Jack Nicholson in his first roles. Cry Baby Killer is a schlocky West Side Story-ish tale with a jazzy soundtrack, in which Jimmy Wallace tries to steal his girl, Carol, back from gangster Manny Cole. Jimmy's clumsily naïve gunfire complicates his situation, involving innocent bystanders. The film succeeds because of its '50s charm, but mainly because of Nicholson's good acting, which he manages despite a lame script. Little Shop of Horrors is a more entertaining, original story about Mushnick's Florist, a flower shop where employee, Seymour, breeds a blood-sucking carnivorous plant that encourages Seymour's increasing murderous dementia. This hilariously bizarre story clearly inspired early John Waters films with its absurd characters, such as a perverted dentist and young Nicholson, who plays the dentist's masochistic patient who craves to get his teeth drilled sans painkillers. Little Shop of Horrors is colorized on this DVD, lending it added campy charm. This Back-To-Back Jack may brag Cry Baby Killer, though the real attractions are the bonus feature and film introductions by The Man himself, Roger Corman. --Trinie Dalton

Product Description

Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/21/2006 Run time: 75 minutes

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT waste your money on this DVD. Phooey!, November 22, 2006

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Laughing Gravy (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cry Baby Killer (Back-to-Back Jack Edition) (DVD)

After all these years, we finally receive an "official" release of Roger Corman's wonderful LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) -- and Jack Nicholson's film debut is thrown in, too! Wonderful!

Or so I thought. The disc arrived today, and was sent back today. It's COLORIZED. Yep. And no option for B&W, either. Ya wanna watch LITTLE SHOP, you have to see it with that crappy computer color that makes everybody look embalmed. My new choice for WORST DVD OF THE YEAR. What a MASSIVE disappointment.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What is this?, December 5, 2006

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J. Kelly - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cry Baby Killer (Back-to-Back Jack Edition) (DVD)

Okay, first of all, this should be a "Little Shop of Horrors - Special Edition" with "Cry Baby Killer" as an added bonus feature. And "L.S. or H." should be in black-and-white as it was filmed. This is disgraceful, and I hope Buena Vista refrains from messing up any more Corman titles in the future.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Good News, Some Bad News, December 21, 2006

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Kung Fu (Washington, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cry Baby Killer (Back-to-Back Jack Edition) (DVD)

When I preordered the Jack to Jack edition, the box did not proclaim LSOH colorization. Upon receipt I considered sending it back unopened. Actually, I'm glad I didn't. Cry Baby Killer is a reasonable entertainment that has quite devious and anti-establishment observations about most of the cast, who represent various factions of society. Though rather stage bound (only three major sets - bar, storeroom, and outside the bar and storeroom), this is overcome with good camera angles and extraneous business from cops, relatives, onlookers, hot dog vendors, and especially the tv crew. I came away considering it a cheap but effective rip/tribute of Billy Wilder's Ace In the Hole/The Big Carnival. And Jack Nicholson's part as a young, inexperienced and confused youth comes accross as young, inexperienced, and confused. Lots to chew on here, such as who is untimately to blame for the situation. On to LSOH, though I loathe colorization, this particular film, being also very stage bound does get some advantage from the color - Audrey Junior looks much more alien all green with cotton candy interior. Audrey Senior and the hooker are better eye candy as well. Would have been a superior package with the B&W LSOH, but I suspect the change was made to challenge the Legends colorized release product. Overall, I'm happy with it.