Someone recently asked me if I could name a movie remake that was much better than the original and I could not do it offhand (you can sort of get away with it with TV with spinoffs and such, and a couple reboots). It took me an hour to finally come up with — LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.
Okay, so the original 1960 movie and the 1986 remake are arguably almost two different pieces of work completely, since the remake is a musical and the original is a B scifi movie released in 1960 (original title — THE PASSIONATE PEOPLE EATER). The original is still a Roger Corman classic, even if it is a cheesy, low-budget movie. However, the 1986 musical remake keeps much of the spirit of the original but also…speaks for itself:
