A young man working in a flower shop has a plant that thrives on blood. The mild-mannered young man becomes a reluctant murderer.
Obviously, this is a universal story to which everyone can relate, so it's no surprise that it keeps getting new versions. All of them are dark and funny and satirical and grim and nutty.
Little Shop of Horrors started life in 1960 as a B-movie by Roger Corman (and with a "The" in the title). It was shot in two days and cost $30,000. Jack Nicholson has a small part.
In 1982, it became a musical --- a comedy-horror-rock-doo-wop musical with songs including "Somewhere That's Green," "Suppertime," and "The Meek Shall Inherit."
In 1986, Frank Oz adapted the musical into a movie starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin. The A.V. Club recently extolled its virtues in honor of the release of the director's cut, which restores the original bloodbath ending.
How to get them: Both movie versions are intermittently available to stream for free on Netflix and/or Amazon. The soundtracks to both the stage musical and the movie musical are widely available.
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