Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick

A loving couple, a few lost monsters and a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania sing and dance through a campy, sloppy salute to horror movies and sexual liberation. Bring your sense of hu...( read more  read more... )mor. And some toast.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Jim Sharman

Release Date: September 25, 1975

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DVD Release Date: October 3, 2000

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  • September 21, 2009
    One of my favourite 'Midnight Movies', The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a camp classic and one of the best musicals of all time. This is Richard O'Brien's masterpiece and a cult classic!
  • July 22, 2009
    Straight laced couple Brad and Janet fall into the clutches of a "sweet transvestite from Transylvania" in this musical/comedy/B-movie spoof. Audience participation aside, the movie itself is a real mixed bag: brash, colorful ideas and sets, a great performance by Tim Curry, mos...( read more)tly forgettable musical numbers, and even more forgettable attempts at humor. Not for the homophobic.
  • May 22, 2009
    1 funny bizzare fuckin trip man. Its different and i couldnt look away because of that. I didnt think it was classic or anything but i could see why people would consider this classic. I guess its just not for me but if your in the mood for something random, I recommend it. Its F...( read more)un and fuckin Bizzare dats da only way I cud sum it up.
  • November 10, 2008
    This movie is insane. It's bizarre, random, it changes gears in the last act and features some odd songs throughout. And I LOVE the movie for it.

    The movie begins in black and white and becomes colorized at about the time infamous song Time Warp starts up. To me, this is a great...( read more) set up to compare the lifestyle of Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) before their encounter with Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry). They lived relatively normal, bland lives before a fateful turn into the castle of said doctor and their world gets shaken up while in his castle. They do things they only ever thought of doing and see things no human has seen before. Janet seems to embrace this freedom, these new temptations, while Brad would prefer to escape and go back to the way things were (something that reoccurs in the lesser known sequel, Shock Treatment. Yes, there is a sequel, shocking as it seems. Not a direct one though.)

    Perhaps I should have started my review by saying that this film is my favorite musical of all time. Well, here it is now. The very nature of this film negates my lack of interest in musicals and the songs themselves are excellent. Time Warp is the one that leaps into most people's minds and it is a jolly good dancing song. The intro Science Fiction Double Feature (my fourth favorite song) is a wonderful intro, filled with references to B-movies from years before, which is the vibe Rocky Horror tries to create. Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a Touch Me gives Susan a chance to shine as she talks about her newfound desire for passionate embrace and her demand of "action" and this would be my favorite if not for Sweet Transvestite. Our introduction to the good doctor, giving us the basic idea that he's just a fun loving guy who loves parties and lives a life of hedonistic pleasure. There's even a nod to the audience with "well you got caught with a flat, well how about that?" in which he looks straight at us, perhaps aware that he is a fictional character. Tim Curry's vocals are outstanding and his delivery of such lines like "I see you shiver with antici.....pation" and "How do you do I, see you you've met my, faithful handyman" just add oomph to a song that had a lot already.
    And hey, we have a Meat Loaf song, and that's never a bad thing. Hot Patootie- Bless My Soul is my third favorite song and it's a damn good piece of rock. The eclectic nature of the soundtrack and the B-movie nature are the biggest reasons why this is my favorite musical.

    Do I have any gripes? Yes, I do. I would have liked to have seen Columbia get more screen time but then we can't have everything.

    Even the little touches are great, such as the reaction of the cast to seeing the corpse of Eddie (Meat Loaf, sorry for the spoiler too by the way) to the scene where everyone repeatedly shouts out each other's names (my favorite non-musical scene, by the way) give this a style of its own.

    Should this be remade? While most movies are original and lively on their own merits, some can be remade with no problem and some remakes are controversial right from the announcements. Rocky Horror would definitely fall into the latter category there. We will never see anything as insane and as fun ever again. The fanbase is just so large and involved, Rocky Horror Picture Show could easily be considered the king/queen (with this movie, a mixture of both) of the cult circuit.
  • October 27, 2008
    When you get beyond the cult following, latex, and screaming profanities at the screen and just look at the Rocky Horror Picture Show you see a sentimental journey into old B-movies. How fitting that this one should be its king (or queen).

    The opening song is a trip down memory ...( read more)lane of old sci-fi flicks and their stars leading up to present day. What's striking about RHPS is how it is a representation of the 1970's. Who came first? Frank N. Furter or Ziggy Stardust? Total '70's excess.

    But the best way to watch this film is at the theater with a group of people. RHPS is the 1950's B-movie set to 1970's sensibilities and continues to live on beyond the eras it represents.
  • November 6, 2009
    One of my favorite musical.
  • November 6, 2009
    A brilliant cast, funny,you just want to join in the fun, it rocks your socks baby, if you ever get a chance to see it live go for it even better
  • November 3, 2009
    this was a very weird but funny movie
  • November 3, 2009
    This movie is rockin and twisted, its NOT for the faint at heart. I love this movie and have been lucky enough to see the show live.. incredible for cult classic viewers.. I have watched it a thousand times and will watch it a thousand more.
  • November 2, 2009
    A classic cult film.....not to me

Critic Reviews


October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Viewed on video simply as a movie, without the midnight sideshow, it's cheerful and silly, and kind of sweet, and forgettable. full review

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  • dreamingsoul18
    February 18, 2009
    I think this is the sort of movie you either love or hate. I LOVE it. My favourite characters are probably Magenta and Riff Raff (whith their very... interesting relationship :)). The music is great and the movie is funny and compltely freaky. Tim Curry as Frank-N-Furter is simplt AMAZING.

    One more thing... Does anybody else think that Mr. Filch from the Harry Potter movies looks a tiny bit like Riff Raff?
  • MovieBuffFromNowhere
    October 9, 2008
    I've been watching this since i can remember and i have always loved it. There is nothing wrong with this movie. Go cult films and Long will we remember Tim Curry. GO RHPS!!!
  • Eldamiriel
    October 4, 2008
    I absolutely, totally, 100% LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie!!!! it is really a work of art, and not to mention tim curry? yeah. even as a drag queen i'd do'im. lol but the songs are awesome- ever just started singing sweet transvestite in a mall to see how many people started singing along? if not, then do. :-) long live RHPS!
  • cisamichanne
    August 12, 2008
    Best... movie... ever.
  • FrankiesMakeupArtist
    August 1, 2008
    Pretty harsh, MorpheusOne. Maybe you should give this masterpiece another chance. I don't know anyone who has seen it and not fell in love (a few in lust). I think in the right atmosphere you might like it better. Get some of your friends together, put on some fishnets and party hats and get up and Time Warp with the your fellow Transylvanians. I think you will see the light shining off of those luscious lips and think, "What have I been missing? Thank you jarvismiranda for talking me into reconsidering my views of this delicious film."
  • WrellikW
    July 23, 2008
    I love this movie! I went to many midnight showings as a teenager and threw food and other things like the rest. "Let's do the time warp again". Love this movie!

    Take care all,
    William
    Zzzzzzzooooommmmmm!

    "It is easy to be brave, from a distance." -American Indian Proverb-
  • brianre
    July 21, 2008
    morpheusone, you have the single worst tas in movies ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    this is a classic!
    5 star!
  • MorpheusOne
    May 14, 2008
    I would have given it "0" stars if I could have! This is DEFINITELY one of the worst movies, one of the most OVERATED movies, EVER, in the history of western civilization!

    If you like soap opera's and musicals then this piece of garbage is for you. Don't come near me or have anything to do with my gene pool. You should cut off and/or out your sexual organs and don't you dare pollute this world with your seed!

    Only fags and freak chicks could enjoy this piece of garbage!!
  • EmoNinja
    April 28, 2008
    The first time i saw this movie i was 5 years old, you have to love this movie, it is by far one of the best movies ever made. I can't wait to dress up and go to the midnight show this Halloween!!!!
  • shortyloveschanning
    April 6, 2008
    LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!
    honetsly it rox like one of the best movies ever made!!

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