Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Directed by

Frank Oz

Genre

comedy film, horror film, comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, musical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,647 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A floral shop worker finds a strange plant that eats human blood. The plant makes him successful but demands more and more.

campyfundarkly comicmusicalupbeatwhimsicalquirkysuspenseful

What happens

Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American horror comedy musical film directed by Frank Oz. It is an adaptation of the off-Broadway 1982 musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, which is itself an adaptation of the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors by screenwriter Charles B. Griffith and director Roger Corman. The film, which centers on a floral shop worker who discovers a sentient carnivorous plant that feeds on human blood, stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and the voice of Levi Stubbs. The film features special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray. It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986. The film grossed $39 million domestically and $15 million internationally for a worldwide total of $54 million. Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. Produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000, it was well received by critics and audiences alike, eventually developing a cult following. The film's original 23-minute finale, based on the musical's ending, was rewritten and reshot after test audiences did not react positively to it. For years only available as black-and-white workprint footage, the original ending was fully restored in 2012 by Warner Home Video and a director's cut was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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