Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Who can’t doo-wop with Little Shop? This fun throwback to the early 60’s and it’s sound will get many viewers wanting to sha na na along to a formerly dark tale about an alien plant attempting to take over the planet Earth. But new viewers to this 1986 version will not know that the original Roger Corman tale is simply a horror comedy. The music was simply added later.
The best songs out of this remake has to be with “Da-Doo” which introduces the film goers to the premise of the film. But for some extra colour, or rather blood, “Dentist,” “Feed Me Seymore” and its followup “Suppertime” has that blood thirst quality to build up to the climax. Steve Martin is fantastically sadistic with his tune in how he became a tooth puller.
Although the film is a fun watch because of Rick Moranis nicely selling his nerdiness up as the lead character Seymour, the better choice is to seek out the stage version that shows the plant getting his way. Who knows, maybe it’ll snare audiences with its rubbery tendrils too!
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