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- 1986
- PG-13
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
Summary When geeky Seymour Krelborn discovers a very strange and unusual plant, business starts to turn around at the flower shop where he works and (sadly) lives. When the plant's health is threatened, Seymour desperately discovers the gory secret to keeping it alive. As Seymour grows more and more anemic and the number of bandages adorning h...
Directed By: Frank Oz
Written By: Howard Ashman, Roger Corman, Charles B. Griffith
- 1986
- PG-13
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Geffen Pictures
- 1 h 34 m
Little Shop of Horrors
7.6
Where to Watch
Summary When geeky Seymour Krelborn discovers a very strange and unusual plant, business starts to turn around at the flower shop where he works and (sadly) lives. When the plant's health is threatened, Seymour desperately discovers the gory secret to keeping it alive. As Seymour grows more and more anemic and the number of bandages adorning h...
Directed By: Frank Oz
Written By: Howard Ashman, Roger Corman, Charles B. Griffith
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
81
93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
81
93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The Little Shop of Horrors is a thoroughly original adaptation, if that's possible. With its toe-tapping cadences, its class cast and its king-sized cabbage, it's destined to become a classic of camp comedy. It's vege-magic.
This musical about a plant that craves blood has a smart and snappy score -- and Steve Martin in a hilarious bit as a dentist who gives himself laughing gas as he treats his unanesthetized patients. [23 Dec 1986, p.1]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 88 User Ratings
7.6
82% Positive
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
15% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
3% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 88 User Ratings
7.6
82% Positive
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
15% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
3% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
i love the songs and i love the characters i realy love the plant and that its funny
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Great Funny Movie. Even My Dad Loved It. The Story is easy to Follow, Great Characters, Catchy Music, and a great villian. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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This is the kind of charming motion picture that can be viewed repeatedly without ever wearing out its welcome. With several triumphant musical numbers, an original villain, a smart and witty script, a cute romance, and a new, upbeat ending, this Little Shop of Horrors offers countless delights during its 94-minute running time.
Rick Moranis is properly nerdish as the flower-shop attendant who keeps his carnivorous charge supplied with a steady stream of human plasma, and Ellen Greene makes a good scatterbrained innocent in the ersatz Broadway mold, but the best moments in this 1987 release belong to Dr. Steve Martin as a dentist with a professional yen for pain.
Although an impressive technical achievement, the film itself is a rather overblown and overhyped affair--which, for all its expensive excess, fails to recapture the spirit of the original.
Little Shop of Horrors is a fractured, funny production transported rather reluctantly from the stage to the screen.
Some of the slower tunes tend to grind but the sort of musical/ retro irony is still amusing in places. Not if you don't like dentists though.
This movie is amusing from start to finish. The songs are unbelievably catchy! The characters are hilarious and the story line is just funny really. As a lover of musicals this is definitely a light hearted one with a slightly dark twist that you can enjoy. It is definitely unique! I also love Rick Moranis, Steve Martin and Ellen Greene in their roles, they are perfect!
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is pure joy! The direction, the set design, the actors, the cinematography, the effects and puppetry, the songs, everything just works perfectly! So much talent! This has to be one of my favorite musicals of all time, right next to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE ****, and please, watch the Director's Cut, it's amazing!
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A classic.
It's a Musical-Horror-Comedy, if you liked Rocky Horror Picture Show you'll like this too.
It's an homage to classic old time sci-fi movie of 50's ...with big, scary (and a little cheap) monsters.
Audrey is a classic Horror - Sci-fi Icon.
I watched it ages ago and again in 2022...well it is still good today.
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I had so much fun watching this movie . The comedy was spot on the songs were amazing and the actors did such a great job. The idea and story were also pretty well executed and the puppetry for the Plant was genuine amazing. No idea why it took me so long to check this movie definitely a 9/10 for me.
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Production Company
The Geffen Company
Release Date Dec 19, 1986
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Don't feed the plants.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
