Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 American rock musical horror comedy film directed by Frank Oz. It is a film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical comedy of the same name by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises a vicious, raunchy plant that feeds on human blood. Menken and Ashman's Off-Broadway musical was based on the low-budget 1960 film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The 1986 film stars Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II. The film also featured special appearances by James Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Guest, and Bill Murray. It was produced by David Geffen through The Geffen Company and released by Warner Bros. on December 19, 1986.
Little Shop of Horrors was filmed on the Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage at the Pinewood Studios in England, where a "downtown" set, complete with overhead train track, was constructed. The film was produced on a budget of $25 million, in contrast to the original 1960 film, which, according to Corman, only cost $30,000. The film's original 23-minute finale, based on the musical's ending, was rewritten and reshot after receiving a strong negative reception from test audiences. For years only available as black-and-white workprint footage, the original ending was fully restored in 2012 by Warner Home Video.
Where did the girls go?
Where are they now?
I'm gonna find them
Someday, somehow
I wanna know
I wanna know
Was it really that long ago?
Has it really disappeared, is it gone?
How come I feel it rolling on and on?
I wanna know
Won't somebody say
How could it be a part of yesterday?
How could the magic disappear and be gone?
Like Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon
I hear the music and it sounds so great
Could it be that I was born too late?
Cause I can feel it, feel it all around
It's like I'm living in a wall of sound
I wanna know
I wanna know
Am I just living in the afterglow?
I hear their songs and see them standing there
I guess it's crazy, hey but I don't care
I wanna know
I wanna know
Must be a reason why I love them so
It's like a rainbow that I'm riding on
With Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon
Where did the girls go?
Where did they run?
I wanna tell them
They're still, they're still number one
I wanna know
How can I travel back to long ago?
Back to the place I know it all goes wrong
To Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon, sweet Chiffon