The original ending of Frank Oz’s 1986 adaptation of the off-Broadway smash Little Shop Of Horrors—in which an army of giant blood-drinking plants from outer space destroy humanity in a film-ending orgy of mindless destruction—is so well known to even casual fans of the cult musical that it hasn’t qualified as a spoiler for ages, though for decades it was unclear whether the director’s cut would ever be available in legal form. In 1998, a DVD of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s musical adaptation/parody of Roger Corman’s famously cheap and quickly filmed 1960 dark comedy was released using incomplete footage of the film’s 20-minute alternate ending, only to be recalled within days and replaced by a DVD featuring none of the intended finale. Now the original vision of Frank Oz, screenwriter/lyricist Ashman (who died in 1991), and songwriter Menken has ...
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