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The Little Shop of Horrors is a 1960 American horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman. Written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood. The film stars Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, and Dick Miller, who had all worked for Corman on previous films.
Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical [1] with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman. The story follows a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is loosely based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors.
Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected reviews to give Little Shop of Horrors a score of 91% based on reviews from 53 critics, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The general consensus states: "Remixing Roger Corman's B-movie by way of the Off-Broadway musical, Little Shop of Horrors offers camp , horror and catchy tunes in equal measure ...
Without “Little Shop of Horrors,” there would have been no “Beauty and the Beast,” no “Little Mermaid” and maybe even no “Frozen.” That’s because this satirical 1982 off-Broadway ...
Little Shop of Horrors played on Broadway from 2003 to 2004. [51] He next created the stage version of The Little Mermaid, which played on Broadway from 2008 to 2009 and for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Score. [51] Menken's stage adaptation of Sister Act debuted in London in 2009, and opened on Broadway in 2011.
Roger Corman, a colorful producer and director whose low-budget movies – including the original “Little Shop of Horrors” – has died. He was 98.
As a music director for the theatre, Church's first major job was the first national tour of Little Shop of Horrors in 1984. [7] He began work in 1991 on The Who's Tommy as music director and vocal arranger for its original production at La Jolla Playhouse, [10] for which he received the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award in music direction. [11]
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