Little Shop of Horrors Theme?

Question

I am writing a review of the play little shop of horrors and I cant really figure out the theme...any ideas?

basic plot:

This geeky, poor kid has a plant that eats human blood and as the plant grows he has to figure out how to get the talking plant food. He kills this girl Audrey's jerk boyfriend and feeds it to the plant. Eventually the main guy gets famous for his encredible plant and Audrey falls in love with him. By the end the plant takes over the world and eats everyone...

theme ideas?

Answer 1

I think that he is a guy that just wants to live the perfect dream with the perfect family but life is a blood sucking, life draining world that takes everything he has, and at the end of the day he has nothing left to give.  She is a beautiful woman who also wants to live the perfect dream with the perfect family but is trapped in this world of men who continually use her and she feels like there is no way out.  They both need someone who saves them from their day. Someone who, at the end of the day will make all of their problems melt away.  When they meet, they both accept each other so quickly that things don't seem so impossible anymore and they start working their way out of this horrible world and into a new life. As far as a theme, I don't know what you call that. Google it and reads some reviews and see what you can come up with.

Answer 2

I don't think Little Shop of Horrors has an exact theme, that's probably why it took about 50 years to really "take off." It seems to be a mixture of sci-fi, horror and romance. It could just be the case that everyone sees it as one or the other theme. But you could get away with calling it  Gothic Fiction. Most people think that Gothic Fiction means set in the dark Gothic period, but it doesn't. It means a horror story that is based on a romance and is a combination of the two, which Little Shop of Horrors is.

I love the movie and have seen it loads of times.