New “Little Shop of Horrors” Is In ‘Stasis’

Filmmaker Joe Dante (“Gremlins,” “The Burbs”) has confirmed that the proposed “Little Shop of Halloween Horrors” feature film is effectively dead.

Charles S. Haas (“Gremlins 2: The New Batch”) had penned the film which was to serve as a ‘spiritual successor’ of the original Roger Corman 1960 cult classic “The Little Shop of Horrors,” as opposed to the more well-known Frank Oz-directed 1986 musical version starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis.

Speaking with The Direct, Dante says the film is more than just stuck in development:

“The word is ‘stasis,’ not status. At the moment, like so many things in town, nothing’s happening, and we always hope that will change, but it’s not the greatest time right now to [get] projects off the ground.”

The project seemingly got close though. At last report back in June last year, it was indicated a budget had been set, cast was being assembled, and producers Brad Krevoy and Charles Cohen had stepped up their involvement in the wake of Corman’s passing.

The original movie followed a florist who discovered a strange plant with a craving for human flesh. As the plant grows, he must feed it victims to keep it satisfied, leading to a series of darkly comedic and increasingly twisted events.

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