AUDREY'S WISH DID COME TRUE! Both Audrey and Seymour DID find some where that's green together in the end... In the stomach of a large GREEN alien plant monster.
This is the Directors Cut version, the theatrical version was that he defeated Audrey 2 by electrocuting it and Seymour went on to marry Audrey, with a bud of Audrey 2 saying "Feed me! Feed me!" to end the film.
This version is far more appropriate - you can't make Faustian pacts and literally kill multiple people, and then just ride off into the sunset with your beloved. Seymour had to die.
When I first saw LSOH for the first time, I thought Audrey ll’s roots would sprout up and Audrey ll would start chasing Seymour. That would’ve been terrifying.
I imagine it would’ve been a complete pain in the ass for the puppeteers though, so many vines and roots to move around, and Audrey II being apparently super heavy wouldn’t have helped haha
As a writer, this ending made the most sense and was by far the most satisfying. Sure, they killed the most likable characters, but this was a movie featuring the naive protagonist being manipulated and played by a monster plant. The protagonist gave in to the temptation of a better life and gave the plant what it wanted. He paid the price. It made no sense and was just jarring to see a dying Audrey suddenly up and alive like she's just fine.
I'm in for a tragic ending. But I think Audreys taking over the world felt kinda silly. It could end like the original Little Shop of Horrors, with Seymor an Audrey both killing each other
@@yurilouback6331It gives you a more cynical and satirical view of the human race as a whole when you go with this ending. I’m not sure if the message is supposed to be that all human beings are greedy and desperate creatures, who deserve what they had coming to them. There are likely many genuinely good people with a strong moral foundation in this universe who wouldn’t betray their conscience by feeding human flesh and blood to plant, just for personal fame or glory. However, there are plenty of people like Seymour who would. That being said, from a logical perspective, it doesn’t really make much sense to me that the entire world would be duped after hearing about one evil man-eating plant monster on the news. Why keep growing them when you know it’s going to kill you? Unless, they expect me to believe that the news never figured out the truth about the evil plant in the first place. I like the theatrical ending a bit more because it’s happy on the surface, but with a dark note when you see an evil baby plant monster smile. You know that Audrey and Seymour know not to feed it or listen to it, but there’s always a chance someone could.
The problem is they made Seymour way too sympathetic and cut off all his other options for the tragic ending to feel satisfying. Seymour had no way of escaping the flower shop without Audrey II and if he had just let the flower die he would've died of poverty. They also made him not culpable in deaths of the dentist and the shop owner, which means he doesn't have the necessary sin factor to justify such a brutal and cruel death. If Seymour had been proactive in his sacrificing of others, then the audience probably could've accepted it. But as it is, this is just Seymour being the victim of fate and a cruel external force. There's no real way to fix that without significantly rewriting the movie to make Seymour more bloodthirsty.
@NotAGoodUsername360 I actually would more agree with the first reply I got. If both Seymour and Audrey II died. A sympathetic character should not make them immune to death. Especially when they were being played so well by the main antagonist. But I often forget people usually watch movies for the happy resolution, not the writing itself.
@@NotAGoodUsername360 That's... the point. That the cruelty of outside factors can drive a good person to desperation, resulting in tragedy. That bad things happen to good people, and will continue to do so unless we make the world a better place. It's... right there in the lyrics to the finale.
I really don't have an exact preference for each ending but this version is definetly better for the song because the ending is so much better. They wrote the song to end like this, so when they had to go back and change it, they made the ending so much worse. In the theatrical ending though you get the best final words of any villain, hence why I have no preference.
Like, this makes More Sense and It's More thematically cohesive. Since It's a critique of the American Dream and the Rise to the top, a Faustian Ordeal where you damn your soul and if you're not heartless enough end up paying the consequences.
@@SuperSwordman1 oh, I thought you meant the Play. I don't know, I think the musical's Point Is More hard hitting on It's "capitalism Is going yo be the death of us all"
@@madmau Simple mistake. Truth is I didn't even KNOW the 1960 movie existed until last year. It's been that overshadowed by the various stage plays and the 1986 version
I doubt that's what he would be thinking, to be honest. Seymour was such a big help. If he had eaten him so soon, it probably would have taken longer for his plan to succeed.
@@samweaver9109 It just felt like Audrey 2 was thinking that from 6:15-6:23 from what he was doing with his mouth after probably thinking how delicious it was to eat Seymour. I'm sure Audrey 2 never really needed help from Seymour because he (Audrey 2) is just a bad alien disguised as a plant and he could have taken over the world any time since in the next deleted scene it showed him chasing after people and eating them. Otherwise if he did need Seymour's help, it's only because he at least needed one human to get him humans to eat which is why he never ate Seymour earlier even though Seymour would have been delicious to him but maybe felt he needed one more human to be strong enough after eating Audrey and chose Seymour only because there was nobody else around.
I truly believe this ending was a lot more realistic in terms of the circumstances of the situation. Audrey was being chomped on by this monster plant in the theatrical ending and she just gets up and she’s fine. And Seymour blows up the plant with an electrical wire. Sorry guys, not buying it.
The Original ending does Audrey 2 justice...for some reason I didn't enjoy the theatrical ending..I'm that weird guy who roots for the monster in films.
@@elliottlastnameblank7916 meh the plant is pure evil you cant blame it for its nature, humans are impure evil which means they can choose to do good but do bad instead.
@@roiking2740 but that means you CAN blame the humans for helping the plant grow bigger and stronger - the Director's Cut ending even has those 3 chorus girls sing out that the new human owners who bought the Audrey 2 babies fed them blood themselves
@@elliottlastnameblank7916 Yeah cause you know, no rest for the wicked. you must ask yourself what is worse pure evil which cant help itself like cancer as an example, or impure evil which can do good but choices not too.
I thought the original was bad about ammo, that Smith and Wesson Model 38 is a five shot revolver, and in the original cut, it was fired twelve times repeatedly. But here, it’s twenty!
You can tell me this ending makes more sense thematically, but emotionally I like the theatrical version. I like Seymour as the hero. "You won't get away with this! You're kind never does!" That plant is such a jerk I don't want him to win. After this whole ending song is him gloating that he has won...the show shouldn't end with him proved right about everything, especially his very cynical view of human nature.
Not to mention, the theatrical version, to me, is better because the whole movie Seymour and Audrey talk and dream about finally getting out of Skid Row, and they finally do. This version is outright depressing, with the fact they dream of getting out and end up not making it due to getting eaten by the plant.
As much as I really like this, the theatrical ending is a bit more appropriate emotionally speaking. In this scene, what could keep Seymour from tearing away at the insides of Audrey’s flesh? Some plants do have acids that slowly eat away bugs, but the key is time. I could see the burning of his flesh being an incentive for him to claw away at anything to get out. Personally, I think that would’ve made for a great way to end Audrey’s self gloating as the plant writhes in pain and anguish, confused about what’s going on. Seymour’s fingers finally poking through, tearing the holes wider until he falls into the outside world with a wiser sense of life. Seeing things from a different perspective was a good part of the story’s theme (Suddenly Seymour), so I think that ending would fit quite well. I’m not complaining though; I love what we got and it is awesome.
me encanta toda esta secuencia y la canción es tan movida y carismática, es una lástima que no halla ganado el oscar en su respectivo año y es una lástima que no se halla traducido ninguna de las canciones de esta película en el doblaje latino, y en el doblaje Audry 2 tenía la voz de Skeletor de Heman, hubiera sido épico escuchar cantar a la voz de Skeletor
Yes I recently watched this movie on TV with the Spanish “SAP” dub and none of the songs were translated. It is very jarring to have the voices switch so suddenly. I appreciated that the Spanish Audrey tried to mimic the original’s squeaky voice.
@jessicalafountain8090 This ending was actually supposed to happen in the movie since it happened in the stage musical of "Little Shop Of Horrors." Unfortunately for the director Frank Oz, there were complaints from test audiences that it would be a sad ending for the movie having all four main characters (Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, Audrey, and Orin) get eaten by the plant and the plant takes over the world as seen in the next scene where the plant was seen eating up the movie screen to end the movie. So for that, Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene had to squeeze time in their busy schedules to redo the ending having the plant dying and Seymour and Audrey get married. I know Rick Moranis was doing rehearsals for "Spaceballs" and Ellen Greene was doing rehearsals for "Morning Maggie" and had to go back to Frank Oz to redo the ending.
I thought the plant bullying was more impactful in teh theatrical. Here Seymour is basically already defeated. In that one he tries to stand up to the abusive, manipulative plant but starts bullying him to put him back down.
@@MicSK28 a mean, green mother. As in motherfucker, which would suggest male but can be used interchangeably for males and females. Also Audrey 2 is voiced by a guy.
Original ending seymour: cries like a pussy Seymour in theatical ending: AUDREY 2 AM GONNA STOP YOU FOR SELLING YOUR REALITVES TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD OF AMERICA
You now I don't come from no black lagoon I'm from past the stars and be on the moon you keep the bang keep the it keep the creature they don't me shit 3:22
@@justcallmebrian793 No its not the original is trash. Everyone is eaten up our main characters die and the plant wins. No moral just the end. The theatrical veriaon is way better. Seymour finally gets a chance to escape this mess that he made and gets to live a happy life with audrey. The plant dies by electricity and our main characters Seymour and Audrey get married and a happy life together. Much better ending 😊😁😁😁😍😍😍
@@chelsiirvine8970 You are the mindless people don't get the moral of the story, which is quite obvious! You should as yourself this question why is it called Little Shop of Horrors? The whole ending where the plant die by electricity was stupid, and a weak ending. LOL I grew up watching the watered down version, all the characters dieing is far more creative once you ask yourself the moral of the story! Which is all through the film
@@chelsiirvine8970 in the original ending it shows the humans have become monsters themselves. they were doing exactly what Seymour was doing and feeding others to the plants so it was bringing about their end as well
@KaristaSwiss I agree, this ending is sad. However, this ending was actually supposed to happen in the movie since it happened in the stage musical of "Little Shop Of Horrors." Unfortunately for the director Frank Oz, there were complaints from test audiences that it would be a sad ending for the movie having all four main characters (Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, Audrey, and Orin) get eaten by the plant and the plant takes over the world as seen in the next scene where the plant was seen eating up the movie screen to end the movie. So for that, Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene had to squeeze time in their busy schedules to redo the ending having the plant dying and Seymour and Audrey get married. I know Rick Moranis was doing rehearsals for "Spaceballs" and Ellen Greene was doing rehearsals for "Morning Maggie" and had to go back to Frank Oz to redo the ending.
@princemingy8860 I agree, this ending is sad. However, this ending was actually supposed to happen in the movie since it happened in the stage musical of "Little Shop Of Horrors." Unfortunately for the director Frank Oz, there were complaints from test audiences that it would be a sad ending for the movie having all four main characters (Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, Audrey, and Orin) get eaten by the plant and the plant takes over the world as seen in the next scene where the plant was seen eating up the movie screen to end the movie. So for that, Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene had to squeeze time in their busy schedules to redo the ending having the plant dying and Seymour and Audrey get married. I know Rick Moranis was doing rehearsals for "Spaceballs" and Ellen Greene was doing rehearsals for "Morning Maggie" and had to go back to Frank Oz to redo the ending.
@@afriendofbean Thing is, that’s not the only reason I hate this ending 1. It kind of drags I mean don’t feed the plants was only a 3 minute song and they kept repeating it to span it to 6 minutes. 2. Unlike the stage musical, Seymour’s death feels less deserved and more sad because if you think about, Seymour didn’t kill Orwin. In fact he seemed to not know the gas was killing him. And when it did, his face was like, what happened. Now he did kill Mushnick, but instead of it being out of greed, he has a gun pointed at him and is being threatened and bribed. And even tries to save Mushnick and warn him before it was too late. So this wasn’t a story about Seymour Krelborn this was a story about this new nice and nerdy guy.
@@princemingy8860 Yes that's true. It was sad to see Seymour get eaten by the plant. Also yes, Seymour didn't kill Orin even though maybe Seymour was about to by pointing a gun at him and when Orin died, Seymour's face was either "what happened" (as you mentioned) or his face was like "is he really dead or just faking it?" since Orin died with his eyes open. Unfortunately for Seymour, Mr. Mushnik thought he really did kill Orin even though Seymour was being honest that he didn't kill him but only chopped up his dead body and since Mr. Mushnik didn't believe him he said "tell it to the police" while holding him at gunpoint. However, I don't remember Seymour trying to save Mr. Mushnik since he was trying to tell him to be careful when he said "whatever you do", and when Mr. Mushnik looked in the plants mouth, Seymour said "sir" like he was going to say "sir, get your head out" and when the plant closed it's mouth on him, Seymour didn't try to save him only because Mr. Mushnik was going to report him to the police and then was going to force Seymour to move away out of town just so he (Mr. Mushnik) could keep the plant. Not only that, someone else did say out of the four main characters (Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, Audrey, and Orin), Audrey was the only good person while Seymour, Mr. Mushnik, and Orin were the bad guys where Seymour actually agreed to chop up Orin and feed him to the plant, Mr. Mushnk was bad to try and steal the plant away from Seymour by getting rid of him out of town, and Orin was bad because he injured his dental patients badly where that person says that the three of them deserved to get eaten by the plant but not Audrey.
@@afriendofbean I have to disagree, because when Seymour “ Killed Orman “he did it out of love for Audrey and care for Audrey and yes he chopped them up but if somebody hurt somebody I care about them they gotta go. Mischnick made him feel threatened and sorry there is a lot of misspellings. I’m getting auto corrected.
@@augie1272 because this is a very fun song and I dont think it fits in this dark context where Audrey has died and Seymour doesn’t even put up a fight. Hell he just attempted suicide before the song in this cut. The contrast between the dark ending and the actual song just clashes too much. It works better in the theatrical cut where Audrey is just watching Audrey 2 beat the shit out of Seymour, while still putting up a fight. The theatrical cut works better in my opinion
