History Film / LittleShopOfHorrors

** Later, they'll be used to [[Film/Batman1989 perform semi-successful plastic surgery on the Joker.]]

* AdaptationDistillation through PragmaticAdaptation: The subplot about Mr. Mushnik adopting Seymour is dropped, along with a few incidental songs, to make a tight 90-minute narrative. Also worth noting, the scene with BillMurray as a masochistic dental patient did not appear in the stage version. It derives from a [[OneSceneWonder famous scene]] in [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors the 1960 movie]] which originally featured JackNicholson in this role. Additonally, the ''Dragnet''-parodying cops Joe Fink and Frank Stoolie of the original film are more or less entirely dropped from both musical versions, although they are briefly seen conversing with Audrey before the film's "Suddenly, Seymour" scene.

* {{Expy}}: SteveMartin's role in this film has been compared to his feature film debut as Dr Maxwell Edison in 1978's ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''. BillMurray's role as Arthur Denton is an Expy of Wilbur Force, the JackNicholson character from [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors the 1960 movie]].

* HilariousOuttakes: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXKORraalH8 Oh yeah]]. So many gems in these. Especially SteveMartin at about 1:17.

''Little Shop of Horrors'' is a 1986 film adaptation of [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors the musical of the same name]], which was in turn loosely adapted from [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors the original 1960 film]]. It starred 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 Creator/JimHenson and his first outside of the Muppet label, and would start his line of subsequent comedy films.

* HomeageShot: In the Director's Cut, "Don't Feed the Plants" begins with the chorus singing in front of an American flag, evoking ''Film/{{Patton}}''.

** When [[spoiler:Seymour feeds Audrey's corpse to Audrey II]], the score doesn't have a chorus, unlike the play.

* SilenceIsGolden: The scene where Seymour first notices Audrey II craving his blood lacks all the dialogue used in the stage version, which probably would have sounded like NarratingTheObvious by movie standards.

''Little Shop of Horrors'' is a 1986 film adaptation for [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors the musical of the same name]], which was in turn loosely adapted from [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors the original 1960 film]]. It starred 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 Creator/JimHenson and his first outside of the Muppet label, and would start his line of subsequent comedy films.

The film follows the stage version fairly closely except for a FocusGroupEnding in which the Audrey II is defeated and Seymour and Audrey survive to live [[StepfordSuburbia happily ever after]]. On October 9, 2012, the director's cut was released, featuring the original, darker ending which is closer to that of the musical and digitally remastered.

---> '''Seymour:''' It's rusty!
---> '''Orin:''' It's an antique.

* AwardBaitSong: "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is not present in the stage version, although it has been added in some revivals. It was added to the screenplay so the film could receive an Oscar nomination for "Best Original Song." It lost, sadly. (It should be noted that "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" is definitely not your typical Award Bait Song.)

* BracesOfOrthodonticOverkill

* HeyItsThatGuy: Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, John Candy, and Jim Belushi, who replaced Paul Dooley when the film was recut.

* TheOtherDarrin: One member of the {{Greek Chorus}} wasn't available to shoot the studio-mandated happy ending, so the camera pans down before the third girl's face is seen.

* RecursiveAdaptation: The film of the stage musical of the film.

-->Also "I'm A Dentist" and "Feed Me, Seymour". This movie has tons of awesome villain songs.

* {{Kaiju}}: In the original, unreleased ending, swarms of 50-foot plant-monsters rampage throughout New York in what may have been a ShoutOut to ''{{Godzilla}}''. (And ''Film/KingKong''.)

* {{Paparazzi}}: Lots of these show up at the shop shortly after [[spoiler:the plant eats Mushnik]]. Seymour doesn't handle them very well.

* TheEndOrIsIt: The closing shot reveals [[spoiler: a certain strange and interesting plant outside Seymour and Audrey's garden...]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: Arthur Denton.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Lots of these show up at the shop shortly after [[spoiler:the plant eats Mushnik]]. Seymour doesn't handle them very well.