Friday Matinee

Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)

Frank Oz’s film update of the Roger Corman classic via the off-Broadway musical hit is a delightfully deranged multi-genre mashup of biting humor and fun-filled horror, featuring killer songs from composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman. When nerdy florist Seymour (Rick Moranis) finds unlikely life advice from a mysterious plant, his world is turned upside down because this leafy oversized carnivore has strange cravings and is very, very hungry. A stellar Ellen Greene reprises her role from the theatrical production as the sweet-natured Audrey, the object of Seymour’s affections, while the Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs energetically voices Audrey II, the flytrap-like fiend for flesh cleverly controlled by a talented team of puppeteers. With Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist and a fantastic feast of comedy star cameos.