History YMMV / TheLittleShopOfHorrors

* SpiritualAdaptation: Usually thought to be inspired by John Collier's short story, ''Green Thoughts'' which has been suggested was inspired by [[Creator/ArthurCClarke Arthur C. Clarke's]] ''The Reluctant Orchid''. Itself based in the Creator/HGWells story, ''The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The big one is Creator/JackNicholson, who was an unknown when the movie was originally released, and now gets [[BillingDisplacement top billing]] on most home video releases, even though his role, as memorable as it may be, [[OneSceneWonder is very small]]. Dick Miller and Jackie Joseph are the second and third most recognized cast members, due to their later roles in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''. Fans of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' may recognize Jonathan Haze and Mel Welles for their roles in a couple of different movies shown on that series.

* IdiotPlot: The plant never expresses a [[ImAHumanitarian preference for humans]], it [[NonMaliciousMonster just wanted to be fed]]. Seymour never even tried to get it food from a butcher shop. This is changed in the musical version, where Audrey II insists that he must be fed fresh, bloody meat (which is, to be fair, a common preference of many predator species).

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the movie, Arthur Denton screams with joy and grabs Orin's shoulder as he [[GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter drills into Arthur's mouth.]]

* IdiotPlot: The plant never expresses a [[ImAHumanitarian preference for humans]], it [[NonMaliciousMonster just wanted to be fed]]. Seymour never even tried to get it food from a butcher shop.

* UncannyValley: The aforementioned flowers.

* CultClassic

* VindicatedByCable: Drive-in and television showings turned this into a CultClassic.

* VindicatedByCable: Drive-in and television showings turned this into a CultClassic.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Mr. Mushnik is actually pretty popular among the online crowd. It probably helps that he's a DeadpanSnarker and is often the OnlySaneMan.
** There's also [[JackNicholson Jack Nicholson's]] performance as the dentist patient.

* DownerEnding
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Mr. Mushnik is actually pretty popular among the online crowd. It probably helps that he's a DeadPanSnarker and is often the OnlySaneMan.

* OneSceneWonder: Despite his limited screen time, Nicholson's appearance is one of the most popular scenes in the movie. A testament to the popularity of this scene is the fact that it was cut out of the musical, but written into the screenplay of the Frank Oz movie, where the role is instead adopted by BillMurray, under a different character name.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many fans of [[LittleShopOfHorrors the musical]] are unaware that it was based on this movie, and thanks to the Frank Oz movie, people may accidentally rent the Roger Corman version, or try watch it online, not realizing which film it is, and sometimes ''complaining'' that it's not the Frank Oz movie.

* NightmareFuel: The scene in which the plant's flowers open. The cartoonish sound effects and scratchy film quality did not help.

* UncannyValley: The aforementioned flowers.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Many fans of [[LittleShopOfHorrors the musical]] are unaware that it was based on this movie, and thanks to the Frank Oz movie, people may accidentally rent the Roger Corman version, or try watch it on YouTube, the Internet Archive, Google Video, Hulu, etc., not realizing which film it is, and sometimes ''complaining'' that it's not the Frank Oz movie.