Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

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Shock Treatment

Barry Humphries, Charles Gray, Cliff De Young, Jessica Harper, Nell Campbell

In this offbeat melodrama, a crazed gardener is relegated to a mental hospital after he goes berserk and beheads his wealthy boss. The scuttlebutt in the courtroom is that the killer has stolen over a...( read more  read more... ) million dollars from his former employer and has hidden it on the estate. A professional actor is hired to feign insanity to get into the home, befriend the maniac, and find out where he hid the cash. Once he is admitted, the hapless actor encounters bedlam as he meets the patients, undergoes electroshock therapy, and suffers through several injections. Eventually he finds himself falling for a manic-depressive woman.~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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  • March 22, 2008
    A movie from the creators of the Rocky Horror Picture Show that was flushed down the toilet in 1980 and forgotten by people outside the RHPS community. The amazing thing is that this film was 20 years ahead of its time when you compare its premise to what television has become in...( read more) the last decade.
  • August 25, 2007
    Supposedly a sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but without Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien or -- GOD FORBID --Tim Curry, what's the point?
  • July 14, 2007
    Great musical numbers! The story was too smart for most people - I didn't understand what it was all about. I figured it was a satire about reality television and media commercialism. I just didn't understand what the heck was going on. Nice set design though.

    Favorite Songs: ...( read more)Denton USA & Look What I Did to my Id
  • June 14, 2008
    This movie just plain blows.
  • December 6, 2009
    this is a spin off from the rocky horror picture show not bad it fell a bit short. song were grate but where it got lost was that Rif-Raf & Meganta went home (in the R.P.Show) & Columbia was killed .
    but my favorite part is the song "little black dress .
    i hat 2 say this ...( read more)but i just recently pick up the sound track on vinyl at record sale (bad me)
  • November 15, 2009
    sequel to rhps starring supernerds brad and janet... get better with each viewing but overall lacking
  • October 18, 2009
    Just as bad as The Rocky Horror Picture Show.After watching this movie for 10 minutes I couldnt watch it anymore & had to turn it off
  • June 30, 2009
    Great tunes!! Lightning didn't strike twice. Probably the shitty script.
  • May 7, 2009
    Not as good as Rocky Horror, but good.
  • April 10, 2009
    dull. it didn't even compare to rocky horror. still an interesting concept with decent music.

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