Little Shop of Horrors is the 1986 musical film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a vicious plant that feeds on human blood. Menken and Ashman's off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman.
The film was directed by Frank Oz, and stars Rick Moran...
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Little Shop of Horrors is the 1986 musical film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a vicious plant that feeds on human blood. Menken and Ashman's off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman.
The film was directed by Frank Oz, and stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and the voice of Levi Stubbs as the plant. Ashman wrote the film's screenplay, his first and only one before his death in 1991.
Little Shop of Horrors was shot on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. The film was produced on a budget of US$30 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Roger Corman, only cost $30,000. The film's original 23-minute ending, based on the musical's ending, was...
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