The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Richard O'Brien's brilliantly bizarre story of creation, love, hate, adventure, and, most of all, sex. A young couple stumble upon a Transylvanian house party in this 1975 classic, based on O'Brien's stage musical.
Lost, rain-soaked and in a broken down car, two newlyweds take refuge in an isolated castle belonging to the flamboyant transvestite Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Alongside other visitors from the planet Transsexual, Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears the doctor and rejects his sexual advances. When Frank-N-Furter announces that he is returning to the galaxy Transylvania, Riff Raff the butler and Magenta the maid declare that they have plans of their own.
- Director:
- Jim Sharman ('Shock Treatment')
- Writer:
- Richard O'BrienJim Sharman
- Cast:
- Tim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickRichard O'BrienPatricia QuinnNell CampbellPeter Hinwood
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressmost of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle's gone...
Roger Ebert
pressTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is not so much a movie as more of a long-running social phenomenon. When the film was first released in 1975 it was ignored by pretty much everyone, including the future fanatics who would eventually count the hundreds of times they'd seen it...
BBC
pressThe film itself is filled with great tunes and a slightly loopy plot. So it's just like your common-or-garden musical in that way. Where the film really takes off is in its subversion of sexual mores as Brad and Janet break free from their normality...
Seen this many times and it's always as much fun ... especially when people dress up and do the whole participation thing ... just love it when the whole theatre gets up and does the Timewarp ! Fun ! Fun ! Fun !
How can you not LOVE this movie! Such a classic that has me singing every time I watch it. For the 6 people in the world who haven't seen this then . . . GO SEE IT!
Watched this film as a child. Must say, its a classic. And guess what?? The guy who wrote and directed it, and played at riff raff the butler, is a KIWI!! WOO, GO KIWI FILMS!! Shock treatment came after this movie, another classic.
I Love this Movie, one of the best movies ever made, love all the music, the humour,the acting is fantastic a must see.
What a movie! It grabs you, shakes you up, and spits you out as a transvestite with a fetish. From Brad and Janet, our so-called heroes, to Dr. Scott and Dr. Frank-N-Furter, noone is safe from the movie's motto - Give Yourself Over To Absolute Pleasure! The movie is faithful to the award-winning stage show - an amazing experience on stage or as a...
Variety
pressmost of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle's gone...
Roger Ebert
pressTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is not so much a movie as more of a long-running social phenomenon. When the film was first released in 1975 it was ignored by pretty much everyone, including the future fanatics who would eventually count the hundreds of times they'd seen it...
BBC
pressThe film itself is filled with great tunes and a slightly loopy plot. So it's just like your common-or-garden musical in that way. Where the film really takes off is in its subversion of sexual mores as Brad and Janet break free from their normality...
Seen this many times and it's always as much fun ... especially when people dress up and do the whole participation thing ... just love it when the whole theatre gets up and does the Timewarp ! Fun ! Fun ! Fun !
How can you not LOVE this movie! Such a classic that has me singing every time I watch it. For the 6 people in the world who haven't seen this then . . . GO SEE IT!
Watched this film as a child. Must say, its a classic. And guess what?? The guy who wrote and directed it, and played at riff raff the butler, is a KIWI!! WOO, GO KIWI FILMS!! Shock treatment came after this movie, another classic.
I Love this Movie, one of the best movies ever made, love all the music, the humour,the acting is fantastic a must see.
What a movie! It grabs you, shakes you up, and spits you out as a transvestite with a fetish. From Brad and Janet, our so-called heroes, to Dr. Scott and Dr. Frank-N-Furter, noone is safe from the movie's motto - Give Yourself Over To Absolute Pleasure! The movie is faithful to the award-winning stage show - an amazing experience on stage or as a...
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