Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Starring:
- Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank Oz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Music & Performing Arts, Horror
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It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Finally in 1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1960) graduated into a multimillion-dollar, all-star film musical. Rick Moranis plays nebbishy Seymour Krelborn, who works in a rundown flower shop on Skid Row. While his boss (Vincent Gardenia) bemoans the lack of business, Seymour seeks a way of bringing the shop -- and himself -- fame and fortune. He purchases a strange plant from an even stranger oriental street vendor (Vincent Wong), naming the plant after his girlfriend Audrey (Ellen Greene, one of the few carry-overs from the Broadway version). Gradually, Seymour learns to his horror that "Audrey II" (given the voice of R&B performer Levi Stubbs) craves blood and flesh. With each of Audrey II's "FEEED MEEE"s, Seymour must scare up human food to satisfy the plant's appetite. One such victim is dentist Steve Martin, a leather-jacketed Elvis type (the dentist's ultra-masochistic patient played by Jack Nicholson in the 1960 original is here impersonated by Bill Murray). The lighthearted tone of the film darkens as Audrey II grows in monstrosity, but the unhappy ending of the Broadway version is avoided herein. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 94 mins
Complete Cast:
- Rick Moranis - Seymour Krelborn
- Vincent Gardenia - Mr. Mushnik
- Levi Stubbs - Audrey II
- Tisha Campbell - Chiffon
- John Candy - Wink Wilkinson
- Christopher Guest - 1st Customer
- Alan Tilvern - "Downtown" Bum
- Mak Wilson - Doo Wop Street Singer
- Peter Whitman - Patient on Ceiling
- Paul Swaby - Doo Wop Street Singer
- Adeen Fogle - Radio Station Assistant
- Gary Palmer - Doo Wop Street Singer
- Kelly Huntley - Audrey & Seymour's Kid
- Heather Henson - Girl Patient
- Michael J. Shannon - Television Reporter
- Melissa Wiltsie - 3rd Customer
- Robert Arden - Network Executive
- Doreen Hermitage - Life Magazine Lady
- Mildred Shay - 2nd Customer
- Miriam Margolyes - Dental Nurse
- Kevin Scott - 4th Customer
- Bob Sessions - Network Executive
- Ellen Greene - Audrey
- Steve Martin - Orin Scrivello, D.D.S.
- Tichina Arnold - Crystal
- Michelle Weeks - Ronette
- James Belushi - Patrick Martin
- Bill Murray - Arthur Denton
- Frank Dux - 2nd Patient
- John Scott Martin - "Downtown" Bum
- Bob Sherman - Agent
- Stephen Hoye - Network Executive
- Danny Cunningham - Doo Wop Street Singer
- Paul Reynolds - Audrey & Seymour's Kid
- Bertice Reading - "Downtown" Old Woman
- Judith Morse - Girl's Mother
- Stan Jones - Narrator
- Barbara Rosenblat - 5th Customer
- Kerry Shale - Her Assistant
- Vincent Wong - Chinese Florist
- Ed Wiley - "Downtown" Bum
- Danny John-Jules - Doo Wop Street Singer
- Abbie Dabner - Boy Patient
- Director(s):
- Frank Oz
- Writer(s):
- Howard Ashman, Charles B. Griffith
- Producer(s):
- William S. Gilmore, David Geffen
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Language, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Music & Performing Arts, Horror
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