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What is The Little Shop of Horrors about?
The film is a farce about a florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood.
Who directed The Little Shop of Horrors?
Roger Corman
Who wrote The Little Shop of Horrors?
Charles B. Griffith
What may have inspired the concept of the film?
"Green Thoughts", a 1932 story by John Collier about a man-eating plant and Arthur C. Clarke's 1956 science fiction short story "The Reluctant Orchid" (which was in turn inspired by the 1905 H. G. Wells story "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid")
Who starred in The Little Shop of Horrors?
Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, and Dick Miller
Study Notes
The Little Shop of Horrors Overview
- The Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror film about a florist who discovers a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh.
Production and Development
- The film was directed by Frank Oz.
- The screenplay was written by Howard Ashman and Charles B. Wickersham.
Inspirations
- The concept of the film may have been inspired by the 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman.
Cast
- The film starred Rick Moranis as Seymour Krelboyne, Ellen Greene as Audrey, and Vincent Gardenia as Mr. Mushnik.
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