History Main / LittleShopOfHorrors

* InformedAttribute: Audrey Jr. claims that he likes to [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]], as in the previous incarnations, but is generally shown eating regular food, such as pizza and sandwiches. (He ''does'' [[TheyKilledKenny eat the piano teacher]] almost OncePerEpisode, but that [[IGotBetter obviously]] [[{{Snapback}} doesn't]] [[ResetButton last long]].)

A musical reimagining of the 1960 RogerCorman film ''TheLittleShopOfHorrors, made by Howard Ashman and AlanMenken, which debuted in 1982, loosely adapted from Corman's film. The musical was subsequently turned into a [[TheMovie film]] in 1986 starring Rick Moranis in his [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative last singing role]], which [[LongRunner in turn]] inspired a [[RecursiveAdaptation revival of the musical]]. It is Frank Oz's first movie he directed without JimHenson and his first outside of the Muppet label, and would start his line of subsequent comedy films.

* CutSong: "Now (It's Just the Gas)" "Munchnik and Son", "Closed for Rennovation", and most of "The Meek Shall Inherit".

* KarmaHoudini: Seymour uses the money that he made off of feeding the plant to escape to the suburbs with the love of his life, which is ironically what was promised to him in the first place.

* KarmaHoudini: Seymour uses the money he made off of feeding the plant to escape to the suburbs with the love of his life, which was ironically what was promised to him in the first place.

The film version follows the stage version fairly closely except for a notorious KarmaHoudini FocusGroupEnding in which the Audrey II is defeated and Seymour and Audrey survive to live [[StepfordSuburbia happily ever after]].

[[IThoughtItMeant Often confused]] with the 1960 RogerCorman [[TheLittleShopOfHorrors film]], ''Little Shop of Horrors'' is a musical by Howard Ashman and AlanMenken, which debuted in 1982, loosely adapted from Corman's film. The musical was subsequently turned into a [[TheMovie film]] in 1986 starring Rick Moranis in his [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative last singing role]], which [[LongRunner in turn]] inspired a [[RecursiveAdaptation revival of the musical]]. It is Frank Oz's first movie he directed without JimHenson and his first outside of the Muppet label, and would start his line of subsequent comedy films.

[[IThoughtItMeant Often confused]] with the 1960 RogerCorman [[TheLittleShopOfHorrors film]], ''Little Shop of Horrors'' is a musical by Howard Ashman and AlanMenken, which debuted in 1982, loosely adapted from Corman's film. The musical was subsequently turned into a [[TheMovie film]] in 1986 starring Rick Moranis in his [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative last singing role]], which [[LongRunner in turn]] inspired a [[RecursiveAdaptation revival of the musical]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Nope, no death in this one (unless you're counting the [[TheyKilledKenny situation with the piano teacher.]]

* TheyKilledKenny The piano teacher.

* InformedAttribute: Audrey Jr. claims that he likes to [[ImAHumanitarian eat people]], as in the previous incarnations, but is generally shown eating regular food, such as pizza and sandwiches. (He ''does'' [[RunningGag eat the piano teacher]] almost OncePerEpisode, but that [[IGotBetter obviously]] [[{{Snapback}} doesn't]] [[ResetButton last long]].)

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Nope, no death in this one.

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Just shy of twenty-five years after the film's release, Frank Oz revealed in an interview in late October 2011 that [[WordOfGod a Blu-Ray version of Little Shop of Horrors (which would contain a Blu-Ray and DVD version) was in the works]]. Contained in this BD-DVD would be [[ReCut the original version of the film with the original ending intact]] and presumably colorized in some way (whether it be through the Ted Turner method or it be the color ending Producer David Geffen supposedly owns). This version of the film, tentatively titled Little Shop of Horrors: The Intended Cut by the MPAA [[UpToEleven (implying more than just the ending will be changed to fit Oz's original vision)]], is scheduled for release in late October of 2012. And it will be awesome.

* DeathByCameo: In the original workprint ending, director Frank Oz is seen [[spoiler: being eaten by the Audrey IIs invading New York]]

* TheBadGuyWins

* EmpatheticEnvironment: "Shang-a-lang, feel the sturm und drang in the air..." Besides that, the script calls for a "Wagnerian" sunset to heighten the over-the-top drama when [[spoiler:Seymour feeds Audrey to the plant]].

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Orin
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: A lot of characters want Audrey to dump Orin and get together with Seymour. Even Audrey II tries to set them up, though he has reasons of his own for doing that...

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** Mushnik has an oddly meta example this. In the [[TheLittleShopOfHorrors original b-movie]], he tricked a would-be robber into getting eaten by the plant by telling him the shop's money was inside it. The musical lifted the situation with practically the same dialogue, but used it to kill off Mushnik.