Little Shop of Horrors (1986): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
#RememberWhen Rick Moranis dodged dental tools, Steve Martin went full psycho, and a Motown legend voiced a bloodthirsty plant. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) was part musical, part monster movie, and all chaos. Directed by Frank Oz and starring Ellen Greene, Bill Murray, and Levi Stubbs from The Four Tops, this cult classic blended Broadway flair with horror schlock. Today, we’re digging up 15 weird and wonderful facts about Little Shop of Horrors.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:10 – #15: The Ending That Shocked Test Audiences — Frank Oz
02:58 – #14: From Dentist’s Chair to Gotham City — Steve Martin
04:22 – #13: The Costliest Gamble You Never Noticed — Roy Walker
05:54 – #12: The Voice That Made the Plant Sing — Levi Stubbs
06:53 – #11: A Cross-Atlantic Trash Mission — Tessa Davies
08:21 – #10: The Role the Studio Fought Over — Ellen Greene
09:59 – #9: When Legends Went Off Script — Bill Murray
11:29 – #8: How a Plant Sparked a Lifelong Bond — Tisha Campbell
13:01 – #7: Frozen Breath and Terror Walls — Rick Moranis
14:39 – #6: The Plant That Took On Hollywood — Lyle Conway
15:47 – #5: From Sleeper Hit to Cult Obsession
16:46 – #4: How a Soundtrack Changed Disney Forever — Alan Menken
18:31 – #3: A Two-Day Film That Started It All — Roger Corman
20:05 – #2: The Bizarre Cartoon You Forgot Existed
21:45 – #1: How They Brought the Plant to Life — Brian Henson
Watch more weird movie facts here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZTUGHHqdh6Rd6NpS5Nw1xx8oWUgCmZM
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@LadyGhislaine
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
STOP USING "MASSIVE"! A space is NEVER massive! It is EMPTY! Try, LARGE, ENORMOUS, SPACIOUS, anything but MASSIVE!
@queenjahneen100
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Levi Stubbs did such a great job. Great songs. Great cast.
@calumsanderson6741
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Classic movie – the director's cut ending is my preferred ending. Frank Oz's directorial style seems to be hit or miss across audiences. Absolute hit for me. I completely understand the tonal intent.
@David-h5r1x
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Movie Starz may sell tickets but the right person for the part makes a great movie. I think forcing a Movie Star into a part just to have a big name to sell tickets actually hurts movie cause than you already know the actor and already have a preconception about how they should act. A fresh person is a character you can learn who they are throughout the movie.
@David-h5r1x
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
When ever producers scrap part of a movie because "people wont get it or like it" 😒 it turns out we missed out on something that would have been great. I dont know where they find these test people to watch the screener before it is released but they always ruin a movie.
@David-h5r1x
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I watched this on Betamax 100 times growing up as a kid.
@gantmj
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
First time I saw this was when I was a kid in the late 90s and my grandmother took me to the video store, and I wanted to rent this, not knowing what it was. She was surprised by the part where the plant was killed and yelled "Oh, s*%t!"
@JustBreathe-n3s
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Feed me Seymour
@johnjohnsin3762
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Directors cut > Theatrical
@jenniferhughes5832
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I want a Tisha and Tichina talkshow. Maybe at this point they can do a podcast.
The best performance IMHO was Christopher Guest. He was hilarious.
@jasong6027
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Everything frank oz ever touched was gold.
@jasong6027
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
That clip from everybody hates chris is friggin hilarious. Never saw that.
@wittyithink9109
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Damn. Y'all suffering. My movie theater is like $10
@Rogun987
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I would have been devastated as a kid if I saw Audrey and Seymour get eaten by the plant and it won. Yeah, I dont like that…
@joshpark1
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I remember when I was a kid and they had a Toxic Avenger cartoon. Yeah only recently did I actually watch one of the Toxic Avenger movies to finally realize how fucked up it was for someone to think that should be a kids cartoon. 80s were a weird time.
@mysterycrumble
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
i rented this from a local corner shop as a kid, i loved it so much i kept watching it and after about three weeks the shop called my dad asking for the tape and telling him how much he owed. and that's how i got into many troubles and how my VHS privileges were revoked. worth it.
@demontamerbf18
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Oh. My. God. I just had a very, VERY deep memory unlocked thanks to this video. I remember watching that cartoon when I was very young, I think I liked it but I'm not sure, I have no idea how I did so as I don't live in the US and it was on my country's National TV, I didn't have Cable TV for most of my childhood.
@litigioussociety4249
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
These must be made with AI, because they constantly have little mistakes. Movies cost way less than 6 dollars in 1986. A matinee didn't start being over 5 until after 2000.
@MarcoCastillo-y2q
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
22:06 He also worked on The Dark Crystal
@erinnw2131
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
The 60 people controlling the plant is crazy
@penelope5667
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
It was a puppet 🤯 and 60 people brought it to life!😮
@Ms.Mu73
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
The alternate ending sucked.
@jrdsjr
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I am 65. We paid $2 to see a movie.
@Queen.Lady.Jocelyn
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
We did this movie as a play my senior year of high school(1995). I was one the singers. The first song with the solo. We had so much fun!!! To this day I can remember the entire dialog and all the songs🤭. This movie will always have a special place in my heart 🤗😍!!!
@MrTbk1701
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
One of my favorite musicals. I still at least once a year watch it and when ever the show comes to the city where I live I always go see it💚
@DDTC-LDN
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Fun fact: The dental nurse that Orin punches is played by famed British actress, Miriam Morgolyes
@Humanitygracecompassion
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Wow Lil Richard wasn’t the voice of the Audrey 2?
@KarenEastman-y6e
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
What happened to the Girl who played Ronette??🙂
@shanaarcudi4934
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
$6 then was the equivalent of $17 now
@Kellydacheathay
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
As 5 year old i loved the cartoon, I havent seen it since the early 90s. i didn't even know it sucked until the internet told it me sucked 35 years later
@JackiePollard-rp3bq
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
I had the game as a kid
@Murphyd0g
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
Saw this in the theater and absolutely loved it!
@hennesseyme9112
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
That deleted scene where the plants destroyed the city would have been perfect as a dream sequence when Seymour and Audrey realized what that plant intended to do, prompting Seymour to get rid of it. That was good wasted footage.
@kiddchaos421
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 pm
60!!! Puppeteers😮
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