Variety
most of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle's gone...
Full review
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.
1975Rating: M, Contains Sex Scenes100 minsUK, USA
ComedyHorrorMusicalClassic
- Director:
- Jim Sharman ('Shock Treatment')
- Writer:
- Richard O'BrienJim Sharman
- Cast:
- Tim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickRichard O'BrienPatricia QuinnNell CampbellPeter Hinwood
The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Reviews
Roger Ebert
THE 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...
Full reviewBBC
The 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...
Full review
Share