That night, Mushnik confronts Seymour about Orin's death. Seymour dismembers Orin's body and feeds it to Audrey II, which has grown to enormous size, but is unknowingly witnessed by Mushnik, who flees in fear.Īudrey, feeling guilty over Orin's disappearance, is comforted by Seymour and the two admit their feelings for each other ("Suddenly, Seymour"). Orin, who abuses nitrous oxide, puts on a type of venturi mask to receive a constant flow of the gas, but breaks the valve, and Seymour watches as he asphyxiates.
Seymour initially refuses, but eventually agrees after he witnesses Orin abusing Audrey ("Feed Me (Git It!)").Īfter Orin finishes with his masochistic patient, Arthur Denton, who had requested "a long, slow, root canal", Seymour draws a revolver on Orin, but cannot bring himself to use it. The plant suggests that Seymour murder someone, promising that it will bring him fame and fortune and will impress Audrey. After Seymour closes up shop, Audrey II begins to talk to Seymour, demanding more blood than Seymour can give. He attempts to ask Audrey out, but she turns him down because she has a date with Orin, who is revealed to be a dentist ("Dentist!"). Seymour continues to feed Audrey II his own blood, draining his energy ("Some Fun Now"). Meanwhile, Audrey suffers at the hands of her sadistic biker boyfriend, Orin Scrivello however, she has feelings for Seymour and secretly dreams of running off with him to the suburbs ("Somewhere That's Green"). Seymour accidentally pricks his finger, and discovers that Audrey II needs human blood to thrive ("Grow for Me").Īudrey II begins to grow rapidly, making Seymour a local celebrity. The plant brings much business to Mushnik's shop, but soon starts to wither. Immediately attracting a customer, Seymour explains he bought the plant – which he dubbed "Audrey II" – from a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse ("Da-Doo"). Mushnik decides to close the store, but Audrey suggests he may have more success by displaying an unusual plant that Seymour owns. Seymour Krelborn and his co-worker, Audrey, work at Mushnik's Flower Shop in New York City's rough, rundown Skid Row neighborhood, which they lament that they cannot escape ("Skid Row (Downtown)"). In the early 1960s, a three-girl " Greek chorus" – Crystal, Ronette, and Chiffon – introduce the film, warning the audience that some horror is coming their way ("Prologue: Little Shop of Horrors").
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. 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. 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. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. The film also features special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest and Bill Murray. 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. It is an adaptation of the 1982 off-Broadway musical of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, which is itself an adaptation of the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors by director Roger Corman. Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American horror comedy musical film directed by Frank Oz.
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