Little Shop of Horrors Page #4

Synopsis: Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day as Seymour is seeking a new mysterious plant, he finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper. Soon enough, Seymour feeds Audrey's sadistic dentist boyfriend to the plant and later, Mushnik for witnessing the death of Audrey's ex. Will Audrey II take over the world or will Seymour and Audrey defeat it?
Director(s): Frank Oz
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PG-13
Year:
1986
94 min
4,681 Views


not a sadistic creep like him.

The man's a total disgrace

to the dental profession.

I don't know what's going on sometimes.

Seems like the whole world's going crazy.

At least we got each other, right?

I'm gonna turn in, Twoey.

I'll see you in the morning.

SEYMOUR:

Oh, boy. Here we go again.

Come on, I haven't got much left.

Just give me a few days to heal, okay?

- Then we'll start again on the left hand and...

- Feed me.

I beg your pardon?

Feed me.

Twoey, you talked! You opened your trap,

your thing, and you said...

Feed me, Krelborn! Feed me now!

Uh...

- I can't!

- I'm starving!

Look, maybe I can squeeze

a little more out of this one.

- Ooh! More! More! More! More!

- There isn't any more!

What do you want me to do?

Slit my wrists?

Ahh.

Oh, boy! Look, I've got an idea.

I'll go to Shmendrik's

and pick you up some nice chopped sirloin.

Must be blood.

- Twoey, that's disgusting.

- Must be fresh.

I don't want to hear this.

- Feed me!

- Does it have to be human?

- Feed me!

- Does it have to be mine?

- Feed me!

- Where am I supposed to get it?

Feed me, Seymour

Feed me all night long

Ha! That's right, boy!

You can do it

Feed me, Seymour

Feed me all night long

'Cause if you feed me, Seymour

I can grow up big and strong

- Ha-ha-ha.

- You eat blood, Audrey II. Let's face it.

How am I supposed to keep on feeding you?

Kill people?

- I'll make it worth your while.

- What?

You think this is all coincidence, baby?

The sudden success around here?

The press coverage?

Look, you're a plant. An inanimate object.

Does this look inanimate to you, punk?

If I can talk and I can move,

who's to say I can't do anything I want?

- Like what?

- Like deliver, pal. Aah!

Like, see you get everything

your secret, greasy heart desires.

Would you like a Cadillac car?

Or a guest-shot on Jack Paar?

How about a date with Hedy Lamarr

You gonna get it

If you want it, baby Ha, ha

How'd ya like to be a big wheel?

Dining out for every meal

I'm the plant can make it all real

You're gonna get it

Hey, I'm your genie

I'm your friend

I'm your willin' slave

Take a chance

Feed me, yeah

You know the kind of eats

The kind of red-hot treats

The kind of sticky licky sweets I crave

Ow! Come on, Seymour

Don't be a putz

Trust me and your life will surely

Rival King Tut's

Show a little initiative, boy

Work up some guts

And you'll get it

- I don't know

- Come on, boy.

- I don't know

- Lighten up.

I have so

So many strong

- Reservations

- Tell it to the Marines.

Should I go

And perform

- Mutilations

- Ha-ha-ha

You didn't have nothin'

Till you met me

Come on, kid

What will it be?

Money?

Girls?

One particular girl

How 'bout that Audrey?

Think it over

There must be someone you can 86

Real quiet like

And get me some lunch

Think about a room at the Ritz

Wrapped in velvet, covered in glitz

A little nookie gonna clean up those zits

And you'll get it, uh huh

Gee, I'd like a Harley machine

- Now you're cookin'

- Toolin' around like I was James Dean

- Yeah, yeah

- Makin' all the guys on the corner turn green

So go get it!

Whoo whoo whoo

If you wanna be profound

If you really gotta justify

Take a breath and look around

A lot of folks deserve to die

Wait a minute, wait a minute!

That's not a very nice thing to say.

- But it's true, isn't it?

- No!

I don't know anyone who deserves to get

chopped up and fed to a hungry plant!

Mm.

Sure you do. Ha-ha-ha.

Stupid woman!

Christ, what a frigging scatterbrain!

I'm sorry, doctor!

I'm sorry, doctor! Oh!

Falls off the motorcycle!

I'm clumsy, doctor! I'm clumsy, doctor!

ORIN:

Musses my hair!

Get the door open, you little slut!

I'm trying, doctor! I'm trying, doctor!

Get the Vitalis. Quick, the Vitalis!

I'm out of it!

ORIN:

What?

If you want a rationale

It isn't very hard to see

No, no, no

Stop and think it over, pal

The guy sure looks like plant food to me

- The guy sure looks like plant food to me

- Yeah, ow!

He's so nasty treatin' her rough

Yeah, smackin' her around

And always talkin' so tough

You need blood

And he's got more than enough

I need blood and he's got more than enough

- You need blood and he's got more than enough

- I need blood and he's got more than enough

So go get it

Hey, does that mean they're finished?

My turn?

Sit.

Whoo! What happened?

What did he do? Tell me everything!

Yeah. Well, they have to do that

to remove the jaw.

Ah, consider yourself very, very lucky.

- Next!

- It's me, Arthur Denton! I'm next!

- Nurse!

- Hmm?

Does, uh, that have an appointment?

Ask it. I'm off duty.

I've been saving all month for this.

I think I need a root canal.

I'm sure I need a long, slow root canal.

- Let's go.

- I have a history of dental problems.

ORIN:

Shut up!

Yes, doctor.

I went to a terrible dentist Wednesday,

who was recommended to me...

...by somebody that I saw on Monday...

...who is the brother of a man

that I usually see on Sundays.

And their mother taught them

everything they know.

She's gifted, but quite elderly.

People think she shouldn't be working.

But I go to her because...

...I'm just incredibly devoted to her strength.

- Huh.

She can't really see who you are,

but she knows the sound of your voice.

If you tell her where it is, the problem, she

eventually finds the trouble and she does it.

I wish I had that stamina.

I can only go so long.

That's how I want to be.

I don't ever want to have to be just...

Comfy?

Yes, doctor.

I remember the first time I went to a dentist.

I thought, "What a neat job!

If only I were a dentist."

The dentist I went to had the greatest car.

He had a Corvette. I thought, "My gosh.

Everybody calls him 'Doctor, '

and he's not really a doctor."

Oh, my God.

"If only I got out of here okay."

But then after everything was all finished...

...they gave me a candy bar.

I thought, "This is what I get?

A candy bar?"

This is what you do. You go through

a thing and get chocolate out of it.

Getting to work with incredible professionals

who use incredibly wonderful equipment...

Let's take a look at that mouth.

Say, "Aah!"

Aah, candy bar!

Ohh! Candy bar! Candy bar!

Oh, that's great. Come on!

Gosh! Oh, God. Do it again.

Oh, God, doctor. Whoo!

Yeah, aw, great!

Oh, you are something special.

You are something special!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Mm, aw, oh!

Thank you!

Yeah, thank you!

Oh, my God.

It's your professionalism that I respect.

Oh, God! Don't stop, doc! Don't stop!

Come on! More!

Yeah! Yeah, come on! Yeah!

What do you want? Say, "Please!"

Ah, ah, ah.

Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh.

Great! Oh!

I'm gonna get a candy bar!

I'm gonna get a candy bar!

Come on! Come on.

Oh, yeah! Yeah, oh!

Wow!

Oh, yeah! Oh, yes!

Yes! Yeah.

- Get out.

- What's wrong?

Get out of here.

What's the matter?

Go on! Get out of here!

Right this way.

I'm gonna tell each and every one

of my friends about you...

...and they're gonna...

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Howard Ashman

Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and lyricist. He collaborated with Alan Menken on several works and is most widely known for several animated feature films for Disney, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Menken composed the music. Ashman and Menken began their collaboration with the musical God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979), for which Ashman directed and wrote both book and lyrics. Their next musical, Little Shop of Horrors (1982) for which Ashman again directed and wrote both book and lyrics, became a long-running success and led to a 1986 feature film. The partnership's first Disney film was The Little Mermaid (1989), followed by Beauty and the Beast (1991). After his death, some of Ashman's songs were included in another Disney film, Aladdin (1992). more…

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