First time watching it.
What a weird musical. What a cultural statement to the Nixon era. I enjoyed it so much, though. The music is really fun and witty!
Tim Curry is brilliant. He is such a versatile actor.
Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon are dreamy.
Richard O'Brien, Patricia O'Neill, and Nell Campbell are having a blast as the servants.
Jonathan Adams is boring as the boring professor. Meat Loaf's role was unnecessary but played an interesting part.
Peter Hinwood makes me have an instant erection.
Hammer Horror legend Charles Gray is taking it easy as the narrator. I wish he had more to do. They should have got Peter Cushing though.
What is your favorite song from the show?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 111 | November 20, 2022 12:31 PM |
Great fun, but has anyone noticed that the 2nd half kind of loses any sort of plot or story? It becomes more of a Monty Python stream-of-consciousness.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 29, 2021 6:51 PM |
I used to go to the midnight showings as a teen and there would always be that long boring bit about 1/2 way to 2/3rds in when it was known to be a good time to take a nap.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 29, 2021 6:57 PM |
Yeah it has some boring moments
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | October 29, 2021 7:06 PM |
Yoy have to watch it in the theater with the fans - that's the experience. It's not a great film to watch just as a film.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 29, 2021 7:27 PM |
Complete snoozefest, but I confess to finding Barry Bostwick hot in a nerdy sort of way.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 29, 2021 7:36 PM |
He's like 6' 4", isn't he?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 29, 2021 7:38 PM |
If you dont watch it in a movie theater with fans, you're only watching 1/5 of what the movie was. It's all about the audience. Not the movie.
And it does sort of fizzle out, but that worked back int eh late 1970s when we'd take drugs before the film and then, by the time the movie was winding down, so were we. It all went together. Incredible high. Crashing low.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 29, 2021 7:38 PM |
Went to the weirdest gathering of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" a few years ago with my friend at LIncoln Center's Damrosch Park in NY. They handed out to everybody headphones where you could hear the soundtrack and do your own thing; otherwise, it was silent - well, except for the audience participation yelling out "Janet Vice! Brad -- Asshole! No neck", etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 29, 2021 7:42 PM |
Sounds like fun to see it live!
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 29, 2021 8:03 PM |
Remember watching it many times at midnight showings at the Strand theater on Market in San Francisco. The ending was kind of a downer, so they'd show Tim Curry's big entrance number again at the end after the credits.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 29, 2021 8:16 PM |
Does the Rocky Horror Show (as in the live show) tour the US at all? There's a UK/Europe tour every couple of years which does well enough (and in fact had a cinema broadcast yesterday), but the live show has never seemed to gain an audience in the US.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 29, 2021 8:30 PM |
Janet! Brad! Rocky!
My junior and senior year of high school thirty years ago i would go every weekend with a group of friends. I tripped so much acid watching it. It was a lot of fun.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 29, 2021 9:32 PM |
Charles Gray was the best thing about the film.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 16, 2022 2:54 PM |
Got me through high school in the 80s. Sitting in the theater with lots of other semi freaks. So much fun & there was always a boy willing to give a ride home, with a make out session before getting dropped off.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 16, 2022 2:57 PM |
Incidentally, Peter Hinwood (who played the title character) is embarrassed of his performance in the film and won't attend conventions and such. He prefers a quite, anonymous life.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 16, 2022 3:16 PM |
^Well, that, I'm sure. And the fact he's no longer in good form. (And this is a 1999 photo, so just imagine now..)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 16, 2022 3:21 PM |
I think Riff killed Frank partially out of jealousy that Frank was in love with Rocky instead of him. After Riff kills Frank, Magenta says "I thought you liked them. They liked you." Riff gets teary eyed and says "They didn't like me. He never liked me." He, meaning Frank. This also makes sense considering Riff tried to burn/torture Rocky, possibly out of anger/spite.
In the end, Riff ended up killing not only Frank but Frank's two main love interests who were Rocky and Columbia.
Riff also tried to sabotage the one night stand between Frank and Brad by announcing that Rocky had escaped. It was Riff who had orchestrated Rocky's escape.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 13, 2022 5:11 AM |
A most exquisite motion-picture!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 13, 2022 5:19 AM |
Alright, I have a great big question. How is this not one of the top films of all time? This movie played in theaters every single weekend for decades all across the the US. There's no way this isn't one of the top ticket sales. It's bizarre.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 13, 2022 5:25 AM |
"First time watching it."
VIRGIN!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 13, 2022 5:27 AM |
Are there still midnight screenings of the film? I remember going to one at the 8th Street Playhouse. That was a hoot,! As a newbie, i had to stand up before it started so that i could be jeered at and pelted with popcorn.
You haven't seen the film until you've been to one of these screenings. It's a film to be experienced, not so much seen.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 13, 2022 5:32 AM |
"Over at the Frankenstein Place" is a wonderful song, and Susan had a light, pretty singing voice.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 13, 2022 5:34 AM |
Well, you got caught with a flat, well, how about that? Well, babies, don't you panic By the light of the night, it'll all seem alright I'll get you a satanic mechanic. My fav line.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 13, 2022 5:40 AM |
R22 I like Richard O'Brien's voice in the song too.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 13, 2022 5:51 AM |
The film is extremely well made and exceptionally well cast. The stage show was such a sucess in England that when it played in LA Elvis came to see it. He liked it so much, he went backstage to meet the cast. Meatloaf said he'll always be grateful for that. So many of the original stage performers made it into the film, which is why so many of the performances in the film are so good. They had the time to fine tune it. You can learn a lot from the audience reactions performing it month after month. Watching Tim Curry rip it up in every single scene is exhilarating. He's timing is impeccable, every move on his face is perfect. And what a voice, he blows every song out of the water with power and razor-sharp wit. The music is genius. Richard O'Brien is a rock god, even if only for this. The midnight screenings in the early1980's were truly an event. It can't be duplicated now; it was a different time, but it can still be fun.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 13, 2022 5:53 AM |
It has been inducted in the prestigious film collection of the Library of Congress.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 23, 2022 7:09 PM |
I always imagined Riff Raff had an 8 or 9 inch angry bent boner.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 23, 2022 7:18 PM |
[quote]Charles Gray was the best thing about the film.
George Sanders would have been interesting, but he'd already killed himself.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 23, 2022 7:27 PM |
Frank's faithful handyman pulling at one of the dildo handles
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 24, 2022 1:00 AM |
The Rocky Horror Show musical won the 1973 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical. Richard O'Brien brought Tim Curry as his date to the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for 1973 at the Savoy Hotel in London, UK, on the 22nd of January 1974.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 24, 2022 2:31 AM |
Got to meet Tim Curry at The Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS Annual Flea Market while he was doing "Spamalot" and had the DVD signed, also met and had signed at CHILLER, Barry Bostwick, Meatloaf, Patricia Quinn & Little Nell. Asked Little Nell if she missed her NY nightspot Nell's and screamed with a laugh..."NO! I don't want to work those hours anymore!". Richard O'Brian would clean and I know he did a few of the first Rocky conventions on Long island but Patricia said he didn't want to do the autograph shows.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | August 24, 2022 2:54 AM |
I dream of sleeping in the castle and leaving my door ajar for Tim …
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 24, 2022 3:08 AM |
Richard O'Brian would clean UP at the autograph shows, sorry.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 24, 2022 3:17 AM |
Went to see the movie at a suburban theater with a girlfriend from high school. We knew absolutely nothing about the film. We were taken aback by the usher asking us, "Are you a virgin?" What the hell?
We were seated near the back of the theatre, and became increasingly perplexed as a parade of weird characters entered and took their seats. Then the movie started. And it turned into audience participation night. With all the shouting and screaming we couldn't hear the dialogue. We didn't know what the fuck was going on.
Then they started spraying water. A middle-aged black couple had had enough, bolting from their seats and furiously dressing down the usher as they left. We stayed seated only because we didn't want to wimp out like those old people.
Hated it. Didn't understand it. Basically felt liked we'd been stuck inside a dark room with a bunch of drugged-out assholes.
It would've helped so much if we'd had the faintest idea of what we were in for.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 24, 2022 3:22 AM |
Tim Curry is astonishing in this film.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 24, 2022 3:38 AM |
r1, that was very typical of the seventies. something about the drugs I guess
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 24, 2022 3:42 AM |
r35, it REALLY was like that in the 80's - that participatory
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 24, 2022 3:43 AM |
Saw it for the first time safter it had come out and had become a sensation. This was in 1976. I was a freshman in college and a bunch of us went to the local midnight showing. When Tim Curry made his entrance in that elevator cage for Sweet Transvestite - well, I had QUITE the sexual awareness awakening. I must have gone to see that movie hundreds of times for midnight showings all over the country. Each time, the beginning of Sweet Transvestite gave me a fantastic thrill. I bet it still would today too. Ah nostalgia!
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | August 24, 2022 4:06 AM |
I tried watching this a few years ago. I really tried, and with the understanding that it’s camp and a cult classic.
I had to turn it off after about 20 minutes. It was like a bad high school play put on by a group of over-emoting theater geeks. 🤷🏼♂️
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 24, 2022 4:26 AM |
I saw it for the first time in high school. I was just home from living in South America, and my friends said they wanted to take me out for a surprise. We drove to another city for a midnight screening. I was so square and straight-laced that I was actually shocked at what I was seeing. But then came Barry Bostwick in his Hanes briefs. And the BJ scene with Tim Curry. And Rocky! I can't say I came out to anyone that night -other than myself.
Years later I saw the stage show on Broadway. It was great fun, but nothing compares to the night you lost your virginity.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 24, 2022 4:52 AM |
What r40 said. It's good but it's not great.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | August 24, 2022 5:20 AM |
Barry Miller was kind of cute.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 24, 2022 5:43 AM |
Patricia Quinn followed Rocky Horror with the British TV classic "I Claudius", seen here with a certain space ship captain.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 24, 2022 5:49 AM |
DON’T DREAM IT; BE IT ! ( pretty good advice for any life).
| by Anonymous | reply 45 | August 24, 2022 5:52 AM |
And what to we think of the sequel???
Shock Treatment was a satire straight out of Paddy Chayefsky with another great score from O'Brien.
Little black dress, anyone?
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 24, 2022 5:57 AM |
It’s fun to watch once or twice but repeated viewings do not hold up.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 24, 2022 6:01 AM |
Tim Curry once said in an interview that he played Frank-N-Furter more as a “truck driver” on stage because he’d get sweaty under the hot lights, and the runny make-up gave Frank more of a “punk” affect. However, he was pressured to glam up the character in the film, but you can still hear his truck driver growl when he sings.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 24, 2022 6:19 AM |
I saw it with an older friend who had been before a few times. This was at the eighth street playhouse in the late fall of 1979. I was 15.
We dropped some Vs and had a few beers, so I was already kind of wasted when I got there. My friend briefed me so I knew I’d be pelted with popcorn. Despite being wasted, I was shocked and delighted by the pure unadulterated love that the regulars felt for the showings. There was a woman there dressed as Frank and she looked quite a bit like Tim Curry. She sang before the show and was quite good.
My friend was a nasty bitter drunk and on the subway home he was shouting racist things which totally mortified me. There was an older black man sitting basically right next to us and I apologized to him. He said, “that’s ok, nigger ain’t nothing but a word.” It was a sour ending to a thrilling night.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 24, 2022 6:48 AM |
"She's Mrs. Ralph Hapschatt now!"
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | August 24, 2022 7:13 AM |
I saw it so many times as a teenager and Young adult. Tim Curry's voice is the sexiest thing ever. But while the film this is exciting and fun in the first half, it becomes dull and confused until it wraps up with the incredibly depressing ending. It really needed a rewrite or a re-cut . Even in person, it's just kind of fizzles out
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 24, 2022 7:17 AM |
I've never seen the stage show. Does it end the same way?
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | August 24, 2022 7:20 AM |
The stage productions are usually a lot more fun than the film because of better energy and pacing, and they are also more rowdy and burlesque.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 24, 2022 7:26 AM |
R52 The productions I’ve seen on stage end the same way as ghe film, but with better direction so that “I’m Going Home” and “Superheroes” are suitably climatic instead of depressing AF. Also, at the end, the entire cast emerges and breaks into the Time Warp to finish the show on an upbeat note.
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 24, 2022 7:36 AM |
Saw it 10 times while in high school 78-80. The last time was in 88 with my then boyfriend. We were at the NuArt theater in West LA standing outside in the ticket line. A car drove past with the back passenger window down and someone from inside the car threw something at us in line. It was large, and hit a couple of people. When it landed on the sidewalk, I could see that it was a huge, live rat🐀 It scurried off. I guess that a good introduction for my boyfriend who was a Rock Horror virgin.
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | August 24, 2022 9:55 AM |
After cleaning the dildo handles on the red sonic oscillator, Riff Raff had a cat fight with Rocky over the marital bed.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 28, 2022 11:10 PM |
Nowadays I prefer The Susan Sarandon - Kick Her Show.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 28, 2022 11:13 PM |
How do you do, I see you've met my faithful "hand-job man".
He's just a little brought down because when you knocked, he thought you were the "Vaseline man".
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 28, 2022 11:35 PM |
Anybody ever watch Shock Treatment?
| by Anonymous | reply 59 | August 29, 2022 2:42 AM |
R46 R59 I actually prefer Shock Treatment over Rocky Horror. IMO it has better songs and more coherent plot.
| by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 29, 2022 3:21 AM |
I saw Shock Treatment when it was released in theaters. There was a lot of buzz about it and RHPS fans tried to recapture the magic by dressing in costumes and acting out the movie, but none of the characters were anywhere near as charismatic as Dr. Frank, et al, from the RHS. IIRC, the Shock Treatment quickly fizzled out and vanished from the cult movie circuit.
Also, none of the actors could hold a candle to Tim Curry so there’s that. Most of the music was forgettable too, except Bitchin’ In the Kitchen and Little Black Dress, which are catchy, rollicking, ‘50s style pop songs similar to those in RHS, which is what Richard O’Brien excels at. I wish he’d stick to that genre and come up with another crazy-ass burlesque show.
| by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 29, 2022 3:27 AM |
When I watched him sing “We’ll you got caught with a flat, well how about that?’’ Then he raised his eyebrow and that’s the instant I knew I was gay.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 29, 2022 3:29 AM |
she never promised to remove the symptom
| by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 29, 2022 3:31 AM |
[quote]What is your favorite song from the show?
It would be a tie between “Science Fiction Double Feature” and “Sword of Damocles”. I love the latter scene in the movie because Frank’s giddy response to the unwrapping of Rocky and his look of disgust when he bumps into the fat Transylvanian epitomizes the spirit of DL.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 29, 2022 4:17 AM |
I love this movie and since being a child I found Frank N Furter sexy. I’ve never been attracted to a man in womens clothes except for Tim Curry in that role.
| by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 29, 2022 4:24 AM |
Saw it for the first time late night on television as a baby gayling.
I thought it was Joan Collins playing Frank!
My favorite song is Frank's "You Better Wise Up"
I've met Barry (an absolute doll of a man), Patricia (sweet as pie with a wry British wit) and Nell (a bit reserved but fun) many many times over the years.
I actually just saw Barry a few weekends ago and asked of Sarandon was ever going to show up to a con so I could get my Pop of Janet signed. He said she'd never do anything like this and then laughed when I told him that she was probably still gloating over helping to get Trump elected.
| by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 29, 2022 4:39 AM |
Sarandon is doing private signings now, where you don't have to mingle with the unwashed masses.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 29, 2022 10:47 AM |
I love every "Shock Treatment" song. Extra points for anyone who knows who the blind guy is.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 68 | August 29, 2022 10:50 AM |
I'm surprised this film has been cancelled by now.
| by Anonymous | reply 70 | August 29, 2022 10:52 AM |
R69 It like an 80s commercial for hair mousse directed at mall teens, but maybe that was the point.
| by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 29, 2022 5:06 PM |
Frank left his faithful hand-job man in shambles for Rocky.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 29, 2022 8:45 PM |
For a campy movie, it has a lot of subtle nuances, hidden messages and sexual innuendo.
I think Riff Raff looked miserable in the elevator on the way up to the laboratory to assist with the unveiling of Rocky because the unveiling of Rocky represents the end of his love affair with Frank. Their affair was probably kept as a secret because it might upset Columbia and Magenta if they knew about it.
Before entering the elevator, Riff Raff had poured wine into a glass for Frank and took a swig from the bottle and let it drop after Magenta said "Shift it!". The bottle which is a phallic symbol represents their sexual relationship. The shared wine represents their bond or shared fluids. The shattered bottle symbolizes their shattered relationship. Riff Raff later offers the glass of wine to Frank in an attempt to woo him back.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 30, 2022 3:27 AM |
We're gonna do it anyhow, anyhow
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 30, 2022 4:17 AM |
R74 Ugh.. that’s embarrassing.
| by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 30, 2022 4:24 AM |
“Shock Treatment” is an example of what happens when you mix autogynephilia with booze and cocaine.
| by Anonymous | reply 77 | August 30, 2022 5:15 PM |
Science fiction, double feature. Frank has built and lost his creature.
Darkness has conquered Brad and Janet. The servants gone to a distant planet.
Wo, oh, oh, oh. At the late night, double feature, picture show.
I want to go, oh, oh, oh, to the late night, double feature, picture show.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 78 | September 4, 2022 1:14 AM |
I've probably been to see it about 25 times. Anyone else?
| by Anonymous | reply 79 | September 4, 2022 1:27 AM |
I have it stored on my DVR.
I first saw it in 1976.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | September 4, 2022 1:41 AM |
Marc Shaiman takes credit for creating all the audience participation bits. He said that he went to all the midnight showings in the West Village and he just started making stuff up and then people started copying what he was saying. I don't know if that's true, but that's what he said.
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | September 4, 2022 2:56 AM |
Marc ‘Big Finish!’ Shaiman? I love that.
| by Anonymous | reply 82 | September 4, 2022 10:47 AM |
Fun fact: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the only movie in the Rocky franchise that Sylvester Stallone does not appear in.
| by Anonymous | reply 83 | September 4, 2022 3:39 PM |
Thanks, R83. Now I can’t stop picturing Sly Stallone playing Frank and singing “Sweet Transvestite,” etc.
| by Anonymous | reply 84 | September 4, 2022 7:13 PM |
Still in limited release in 2022, some 47 years after its premiere, it is the longest-running theatrical release in film history. Today, the film has a large international cult following and has been considered by many as one of the greatest musical films of all time. In 2005, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 85 | September 4, 2022 9:40 PM |
I have seen it countless times. It always was best with an audience. My favourite songs ... I feel the same as R64 actually. The opening song, with Riff Raff's voice, synched on Magenta's lips has such a special vibe to it. One of the best overtures to anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | September 4, 2022 9:49 PM |
I remember watching this in the early 2000s at the Nuart theater in West LA. It was insane!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 88 | September 4, 2022 10:00 PM |
Patricia Quinn got kinda screwed in that her main song “Double Feature” was given to O’Brien (well it is his show, so I guess be just took it back) but it was a good move and took what was a dull song to something eerie and catchy.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | September 4, 2022 10:06 PM |
R86 The opening song suits the theme of the movie because the film is about a man with a man's voice, dressed as a woman.
| by Anonymous | reply 90 | September 4, 2022 10:31 PM |
[quote] When I watched him sing “We’ll you got caught with a flat, well how about that?’ Then he raised his eyebrow and that’s the instant I knew I was gay.
Well, babies,
Don't you panic.
By the light of the night, it will all be all right.
I'll get you a satanic mechanic.
| by Anonymous | reply 91 | September 4, 2022 10:43 PM |
I’m wondering if newer versions of the show still have the rape-by-deception scenes, or if they’ve been removed due to being problematic.
| by Anonymous | reply 92 | September 4, 2022 10:55 PM |
R92 Seeing as how the trans community regularly sings the praises of rape by deception, hard time seeing that happening.
| by Anonymous | reply 93 | September 5, 2022 4:17 PM |
I attended a live shadowcast of this many years ago at the behest of a co-worker who was in the show. Basically, it's a live cast that acts out the show while the actual film plays on a big screen in the background. That sounded swell enough, although, I wasn't aware about the quirky "audience participation" that is common with these performances until I got to the show.
I also wasn't aware of what a mistake it would be to admit you'd never been to a live shadowcast performance considering how "virgins" are treated.
Never again.
| by Anonymous | reply 96 | October 17, 2022 7:16 AM |
It was an awakening for me.My little world was very restricted,for lack of a better word.Strict,ex marine redneck father,private Baptist school,etc.My brothers girklfriend took me to see it and I was absolutely riveted. I knew watching it that I was going to be free soon,that there was a huge freaky world out there and I wanted it !
| by Anonymous | reply 97 | October 17, 2022 7:37 AM |
It should be noted Frank's castle is located in southeast Ohio not far from McArthur, Ohio.
Ohio swings.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 98 | October 17, 2022 7:49 AM |
[quote] Marc Shaiman takes credit for creating all the audience participation bits.
Marc may have started it, but each regional version of the midnight screenings have since thought up their own additions to the 'classic' call & response shout-outs like 'What's your favorite color?' "Magenta!"
| by Anonymous | reply 99 | October 17, 2022 8:05 AM |
Lyrics from the 1973 original London stage production also included "Didn't you, freaky?" sang by Frank referring to Riff Raff.
How d'you do, I see you've met my faithful handyman He's just a little brought down because when you knocked He thought you were the candyman; Didn't you, freaky?
The stage production also shows more of the intimate relationship between Frank and his faithful handyman.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 2, 2022 2:49 AM |
Laugh if you will but I still think Curry deserved an Oscar nomination. He's absolutely brilliant in the role. The film drags when he's not on the screen. Sweet Transvestite doesn't get enough credit for being one of the best musical moments of all time, and it's mostly because of Curry. And I'm Going Home is another stellar Curry moment.
But I agree that the film really drags in the second half. The one-two punch of Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite set up the film to be something better than it really is. Those two numbers are akin to a euphoric high and then it starts to crash.
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | November 2, 2022 3:11 AM |
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready recorded this classic cover as part of the Wisconsin Democrats live broadcast of Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct. 31, 2020.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 103 | November 20, 2022 10:25 AM |
R34 are you a man or a woman? Are you still a stick in the mud? How many dumps have you taken since that horrible night? Not many, one assumes.
| by Anonymous | reply 104 | November 20, 2022 10:38 AM |
[quote]Great fun, but has anyone noticed that the 2nd half kind of loses any sort of plot or story? It becomes more of a Monty Python stream-of-consciousness.
Ain't drugs grand?
| by Anonymous | reply 105 | November 20, 2022 10:46 AM |
I love the movie; hate the live show. Just a bunch of attention whores and really off-putting personality. I went once with friends and we left early on.
I still watch the movie every year and it held up more before I saw Phantom of the Paradise, which is an extremely similar movie but much better and probably more deserving of the cult legacy this movie had.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 106 | November 20, 2022 10:47 AM |
Re-watched this movie over Halloween. Curry really makes the movie, but Bostwick is also great in the 2nd half of the movie, running around in a kimono. I have a hard time seeing Sarandon objectively since she's so obnoxious these days, but after watching that movie, I'm not surprised Meatloaf went on to be a star
| by Anonymous | reply 107 | November 20, 2022 10:52 AM |
Sort of related/not-related. Years ago I started watching an Australian TV show, The Dr. Blake Mysteries. Dr. Blake was portrayed by Craig McLachlan.
I know nothing about Australian TV or celebrities down under. I learn that McLachlan had been a teen heart throb on some Aussie soap and (I think) was on the show with Kylie Minogue.
Anyway, I watch Dr. Blake, I find McLachlan very sexy... man, what a voice. And I learn he traveled around Australia performing in The Rocky Horror Show as Dr. Frank N Furter. Yum, I'm thinking. Then McLachlan got 'cancelled' for being a sex-pest with actresses during performances of Rocky Horror - putting his hands where they shouldn't be according to the show's blocking.
Wonder what happened to him...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 108 | November 20, 2022 11:32 AM |
And this is McLachlan as Dr. Blake... what a difference in appearance!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 109 | November 20, 2022 11:34 AM |
Barry Bostwick looked like he had a massive hog shoved into the front of his tighty whiteys.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | November 20, 2022 12:16 PM |
[quote] I love the movie; hate the live show.
Then you haven't seen the live show- the original live show. It played at the Vangard in LA before it moved to NYC. We would go every weekend. It was amazing. It was a small venue and I remember there being a runway. Frankenfurter often spoke directly to the audience. Most of the original cast was still with the production. I saw it a few years later in London. At that time it was in an old movie theater. A little was lost by the larger space but it was still pretty good. The problem with the show now is that it has become a parody of itself, cast with damaged people who think it is drama therapy.
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | November 20, 2022 12:31 PM |
