carnivorous plants have long been the subject of popular interest and exposition, much of it highly inaccurate. fictional plants have been featured in a number of books, movies, television series, and video games. typically, these fictional depictions include exaggerated characteristics, such as enormous size or possession of abilities beyond the realm of reality, and can be viewed as a kind of artistic license. two of the most famous examples of fictional carnivorous plants in popular culture are the 1960s black comedy "the little shop of horrors" and the triffids of john wyndham's "the day of the triffids". other movies, such as "the hellstrom chronicle" (1971), and television series utilize accurate depictions of carnivorous plants for cinematic purposes.