"Charmed" Little Box of Horrors (2005)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Jon Paré

Writers:

Constance M. Burge (creator) and
Cameron Litvack (writer)

TV Series:

"Charmed" (1998)

Original Air Date:

24 April 2005 (Season 7, Episode 18)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

The Charmed Ones must recover Pandora's Box when it falls into the hands of a shape-shifting demon who intends to spread its contents throughout the world. |

Plot Keywords:

Wiccan | Sisters | Witchcraft | Demon | Power Of Three

Cast

Alyssa Milano	...	Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan	...	Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs	...	Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause	...	Leo Wyatt
Brooke Nevin	...	Hope
Elizabeth Dennehy	...	Sandra
Michelle Hurd	...	Katya
Hayley DuMond	...	Nina
Shani Pride	...	Darcy
Don Swayze	...	Lucius
Steve Bean	...	Roger
Stacy Barnhisel	...	Linda
Greg Lindsay	...	Trey
Sammi Hanratty	...	Wendy
Kevin R. Kelly	...	Father

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The title is based upon the movie Little Shop of Horrors (1986).

Quotes:

[after Katya-as-Nina retrieves Pandora's box and speaks in a demonic voice]
Piper Halliwell: Aww, crap.

Movie Connections:

References The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Soundtrack:

Free

delightfully familiar

From the opening scene, there's a very familiar feel to this story.

I've often been dismissive of Charmed in the past because I had the feeling the writers were making the story up as they went along from week to week. But this week the scriptwriters have decided to make a pastiche of B*ffy the V*ampire Sl*yer and it works very well.

The blonde schoolgirl reluctantly discovering that she's inherited a calling as a guardian of a supernatural relic... All that's lacking is the Watcher's Council.

A lot of fun even for those whose enthusiasm for the show has waned a bit in the last few years.