Little Shop of Horrors
The film opens with the words read by Stanley Jones:
Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis), a nerdy young assistant in a New York City florist shop, is trying to store pots but breaks them by accident. Seymour and Audrey Fulquard (Ellen Greene), his coworker, with all the other tenants of their Skid Row area complain of their surroundings ("Skid Row (Downtown)"). The day of an unexpected total eclipse, Seymour discovers a mysterious new plant ("Da-Doo"). He names the plant "Audrey II" in honor of Audrey. Seymour has a secret crush on Audrey, but Audrey doesn't know it. However, when the shop closes for the day, Seymour discovers that Audrey II is wilting from lack of food. It refuses to eat anything normal plants would feed on, such as soil, water and sunlight. Seymour accidentally cuts his finger and discovers that Audrey II has an appetite for human blood ("Grow for Me").
As the plant thrives, business booms at Mr. Mushnik's (Vincent Gardenia) previously failing flower shop ("Some Fun Now"). Seymour becomes a local celebrity, but he is very weak because Audrey II needs more and more of his blood every day. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Audrey has feelings for Seymour. She dreams of one day marrying him and moving to a tract house complete with plastic coated furniture, a "big, enormous" twelve inch television screen, and two children ("Somewhere That's Green"). Seymour tries to ask Audrey out, but she has a date with her dentist boyfriend Orin Scrivello D.D.S. (Steve Martin), who is revealed to be sadistic and abusive ("Dentist!").
Eventually, the now-huge Audrey II (voiced by Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops) begins to talk to Seymour, demanding more blood than Seymour can give, while offering more fame and fortune in return ("Feed Me (Git It)"). He convinces Seymour to kill Orin after Seymour becomes enraged watching him abuse Audrey. Seymour books an appointment with Orin and arms himself with a revolver - although he cannot bring himself to actually use it. However, Orin, disappointed with his previous algolagnic patient Arthur Denton (Bill Murray), decides to amuse himself by huffing nitrous oxide. His gas mask malfunctions and before Seymour's eyes, Orin laughs hysterically and dies from asphyxiation.
Seymour drags Orin's body back to the flower shop where he uses an axe to chop it up for Audrey II (per his demands). Mr. Mushnik passes by the flower shop and witnesses Seymour's actions, fleeing in fear without being noticed. Seymour feeds the body parts to the plant and he continues to grow larger as the movie progresses.
After a sleepless night, Seymour discovers two policemen questioning Audrey about Orin's disappearance. She says that she feels guilty about Orin's death, even though she did not cause it, because she always secretly wished that he would disappear. Seymour tells Audrey that she is beautiful and shouldn't have such low self-esteem. They admit their feelings for each other and kiss ("Suddenly Seymour").
That night, Mushnik confronts Seymour and accuses him of being an axe-murderer. Seymour confesses, "It's true, I chopped him up, but I didn't kill him!". As Mushnik prepares to hand him over to the police, Audrey II yearns for Seymour to lead Mushnik close to him in order to get him out of the way ("Suppertime"). Before leaving the store, Mushnik suddenly decides to bargain with Seymour, offering Seymour protection if he allows Mushnik to take care of the plant. Seymour is undecided and stands by while Mushnik investigates Audrey II and is attacked and swallowed whole by the carnivorous plant.
Seymour's fortune continues to grow and he becomes a media star ("The Meek Shall Inherit"), but he is very worried about Audrey II's growth and insatiable appetite. He is also afraid that Audrey will only love him if he continues to be famous. He decides to get out of town and marry Audrey, leaving the plant to starve. Audrey II catches him leaving and demands another meal; Seymour agrees, but insists on already-dead meat.
While Seymour momentarily leaves the shop to get the meat, Audrey II decides to put an end to the distraction Audrey has become to his plans. He telephones Audrey and coaxes her to come over, then tries to eat her ("Suppertime (reprise)"). Seymour returns and saves her in the nick of time, and tries to explain to her what happened. When he mentions that she liked him because of the plant and his fame, Audrey reveals that she would still love him even if he was poor again ("Suddenly Seymour (reprise)").
As they share this moment together, they are interrupted by a salesman named Patrick Martin (James Belushi) from World Botanical Enterprises, who offers to breed Audrey II and make a fortune by selling the plant to families around the world. Seymour, frightened, realizes that Audrey II planned for this all along, and that he is out to take over the world.
Seymour confronts and fights the gigantic plant, who by now has little offspring in tow. Audrey II bursts out of its pot and reveals to Seymour that it's an alien from outer space ("Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"). After a brawl with Seymour that wrecks half the shop, Audrey II manages to latch onto the store's support beams and completely yank the shop to pieces, assuming that Seymour is killed by the mass amounts of debris and bricks that bury him. However, Seymour's arm bursts through the rubble and he grabs two broken exposed electrical wires, using them to electrocute the massive plant and it's buds. Audrey II is eventually killed by the electricity and he falls apart.
Seymour survives the explosion, and he and Audrey are safely together again at last. They wed and move to the same suburbs that Audrey dreamed of; however, just before the end credits start to roll, there appears a new, smiling Audrey II bud in their front yard...
