I mean, you don’t have to talk ME into an extra Howard Ashman song.
From an artistic standpoint, no. From a box office standpoint? Yeah, probably. Nobody wants to see Rick Moranis get eaten by a carnivorous plant.
The 1960 LSoH is a minor miracle in a lot of ways: It’s funnier and more lively than a lot of big budget flicks that weren’t mostly shot in 2 days on a $28K budget. And when I first saw it on TV when I was, like, five (it was a favorite of my father’s) that ending really freaked me out.
But, yeah, on a re-view it seems like the kind of anti-climax that, while it suits the farcical nature of the movie, is rather unsatisfying.
Joe Bob hosted it on “The Last Drive-In” last season, and this season he did Black Sunday, which was partly responsible for LSoH achieving its cult status. Because for a second feature, it’s quite good.