History Film / TheLittleShopOfHorrors

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Years later, the movie was adapted into [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors a stage musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken]]. The film and/or musical also probably served as partial inspiration for the plant in Creator/StephenKing's ''The Plant''. Probably the biggest impact this movie had on pop culture? The Piranha Plants in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.

* ActingForTwo: The screenwriter Charles B. Griffith performs as the robber and a screaming patient as well as provides the voice of Audrey Jr.
%%* {{Adorkable}}: Seymour and Audrey.

* TheKlutz: Seymour Krelboin

* TooDumbToLive: Seymour. [[spoiler: It's what turns him into a murderer in the first place, and it's how the film ends; he decides the best way to kill Audrey Jr. is to ''climb into its mouth to start hitting it with an axe''. Naturally, he gets eaten.]]

%* AlterKocker: Gravis Mushnick, the florist.

* {{Adorkable}}: Seymour and Audrey.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates
* AlterKocker: Gravis Mushnick, the florist.

* BMovie

* BrainBleach
-->'''Mr. Mushnik:''' I've got to get drunk, now!

* DontYouDarePityMe: [[LampshadeHanging Mentioned by Seymour]] and [[AvertedTrope averted, because he doesn't get mad at Audrey,]] and he's actually a meek guy who accepts Audrey's consolation when Mr. Mushnik gives him one week to nurse the plant back to health:

* FedToTheBeast: [[spoiler:Mushnik pulls this on a robber]].

* {{Malaproper}}: Both Audrey and Mr. Mushnik.
* MamasBoy: The nebbish Seymour Krelboin.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Audrey Junior's hypnotic ability.

* OnlySaneMan: Mister Mushnik and the robber.

* StealthPun: When Seymour sees his mother at home:

* ThirdPersonPerson: Gravis Mushnik.

* WorldOfHam

It was famously filmed in under 48 hours, using pre-existing sets that were built for a different film. It also features a then-unknown Creator/JackNicholson in a small role as masochistic dental patient Wilbur Force, who consequently tends to get [[BillingDisplacement top billing]] whenever the film is [[RetroactiveRecognition released on home video]].

* DownerEnding: The finale of the movie: [[spoiler: Seymour gets so upset with Audrey Jr. that he tries to kill it, only to end up being eaten by it. On the other hand, due to the framing device of the film being that it's the recollection of a cop who got involved with the case, it's pretty obvious Audrey Jr. got destroyed afterwards (in contrast to the [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors later theatrical version]], where Audrey [=II's=] kill off humanity) and, hey, Seymour ''was'' a murderer, so it's kind of a KarmicDeath.]]

* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Was clorized twice in 1987 and 2006.

* CreepyPhysical

Since this movie is in the public domain, you can watch it for free or download it from a bunch of sources, including [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/201832/the-little-shop-of-horrors Hulu]], [[http://www.archive.org/details/The_Little_Shop_of_Horrors_60 Internet Archive]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NZVNLOJzuNc YouTube]].

* ComicBookAdaptation: Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics made a three issue adaptation called ''Welcome to The Little Shop of Horrors'' in 1995.

* ComicBookAdaptation: Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics made a three issue adaptation called ''Welcome to The Little Shop of Horrors''.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Often confused]] with [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors the 1980s musical that it inspired]], ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' is a low-budget [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror Comedy Horror]] movie by Creator/RogerCorman, released in 1960. The rather loose plot concerns a bumbling florist's assistant whose plant cross-breeding experiments accidentally create a talking plant with hypnotic powers that feeds on human blood.

Since this movie is in the public domain, you can watch it for free or download it from a bunch of sources, including [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/201832/the-little-shop-of-horrors Hulu]], [[http://www.archive.org/details/The_Little_Shop_of_Horrors_60 Internet Archive]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HABYchwBjcg&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1 YouTube]]. The film is also streaming in its original widescreen theatrical screening aspect ratio on the website of independent comic book publisher Creator/HorndogStudios [[http://horndogs1.blogspot.com/2013/04/TheLittleShopOfHorrors.html here]].

[[IThoughtItMeant Often confused]] with [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors the 1980s musical that it inspired]], ''The Little Shop of Horrors'' is a low-budget [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror Comedy Horror]] movie by Creator/RogerCorman, released in 1960. The rather loose plot concerns a bumbling florist's assistant whose plant cross-breeding experiments accidentally create a talking plant with hypnotic powers that feeds on human blood.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Mister Mushnik actually killed one of the victims. This does prevent the blame falling squarely on Seymour. To be fair, the victim in question was a robber, so his actions were committed in self-defense.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Mister Mushnik actually killed one of the victims. This does prevent the blame falling squarely on Seymour.]]

* BigEater: [[ImAHumanitarian Audrey, Jr.]], [[spoiler:of people]]

* FluffyTheTerrible

* IDidntMeanToKillHim: [[spoiler:The final line, a repeat of Seymour's CatchPhrase]].

* PunnyName: Siddie Shiva.

* JewishMother: Seymour's mother.

* GenderBlenderName: Audrey Jr., who is voiced by Charles B. Griffith in the original and Levi Stubbs in the 1986 remake.

* DownerEnding: The finale of the movie: [[spoiler: Seymour gets so upset with Audrey Jr. that he tries to kill it, only to end up being eaten by it. On the other hand, due to the framing device of the film being that it's the recollection of a cop who got involved with the case, it's pretty obvious Audrey Jr. got destroyed afterwards (in contrast to the [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors later theatrical version]], where Audrey IIs kill off humanity) and, hey, Seymour ''was'' a murderer, so it's kind of a KarmicDeath.]]

* ManEatingPlant
* MeaningfulName: The detectives Fink and Stoolie, as well as Siddie Shiva ("sitting shiva") and the masochist, Wilbur Force.

* PublicMediumIgnorance: Fans of the Frank Oz movie are not aware that it derived from this movie, and the two are often confused as a result. Jack Nicholson is also not the star of the movie, despite a [[OneSceneWonder memorable role]] and being top billed on many home video releases (a noteworthy example? One VHS tape had a painting of Nicholson ''[[CoversAlwaysLie holding the plant]]'', even though the two do not come into contact with each other at any point). This is also not a straightforward horror movie, despite being categorized as such on {{Creator/Hulu}} and Website/YouTube or miscategorized on DVD shelves. In fact, when it was originally released, fans of the movie noted it for its ''Magazine/{{Mad}}''-like humor and satire.

* TooDumbToLive: Seymour. [[spoiler: It's wat turns him into a murderer in the first place, and it's how the film ends; he decides the best way to kill Audrey Jr. is to ''climb into its mouth to start hitting it with an axe''. Naturally, he gets eaten.]]

* OffscreenTeleportation: The very persistent woman going after Seymour seems to do this often.