Walter Paisley, a busboy at a cappuccino bar called the Jabberjaw, is praised as a genius after he kills his landlady's cat and covers it in plaster. Pressured to produce more work, he goes after bigger subjects.
"Smart funny cult classic. Dick Miller has never been better. As Walter Paisley ,the down at heel bus boy who wants more than anything to be accepted a..."
"not as horror as i expectd but funny and interesting"
"This thing has the same flavor as 'A little Shop of Horrors,' which is available on this site. Humor off-sets the horror in a beatnik setting with a ..."
"Interesting to Note Paul Horn is Accompanying The Performing Poet Maxwell H Brock on Saxophone gives The Opening Shots an added Frisson"
"One of Roger Corman's best outings -- dark, wickedly funny, and tears the beatnik culture a new one."