Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)

Little Shop of Horrors
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Oz
Screenplay by	Howard Ashman
Based on	Little Shop of Horrors 1982 musical by Howard Ashman The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 film by Roger Corman Charles B. Griffith
Produced by	David Geffen
Starring	Rick Moranis Ellen Greene Vincent Gardenia Steve Martin James Belushi John Candy Christopher Guest Bill Murray
Cinematography	Robert Paynter
Edited by	John Jympson
Music by	Miles Goodman (score) Alan Menken (songs)
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	The Geffen Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 19, 1986 (1986-12-19)
Running time	94 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$39 million

Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American horror comedy musical film directed by Frank Oz. 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. 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. The film also features special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray. It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986.

Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. Produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000,^[2] it was well received by critics and audiences alike, eventually developing a cult following. 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.^[3] 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.