The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

A Brilliant Conflict

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

According to the program I received at the live Rocky Horror Show stage play when Richard O'Brien wrote the original script, music and lyrics his intention was to produce a play that would fail but with a great musical soundtrack to establish himself as a great songwriter. Yet despite his intention RHS ended up a big success becoming the longest running play in the history of the London Palladium. It is truly life imitating art as just as fictional Max Bialystock wanted his musical Springtime For Hitler to fail O'Brien wanted his RHS to fail yet in both cases the plays were hits loved by the audience.

The story of a clean-cut bunch of kids who embark on a night out after getting engaged, only to end up breaking down and seeking refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a bisexual, transvestite mad scientist from outer space(you read that right). Frank is creating a man ala Frankenstein: the buff, blonde-haired Rocky Horror, who has been created as a means of relieving the doctor's sexual tension. Only the monster is straight. Before the night is over, Rocky Horror and the Doctor will be dead, the servants will leave for another planet, beaming up the whole house in their wake, and Brad and Janet will both lose their virginity and their own personal values.Richard O'Brien's madcap spoof of Sci-fi, B-movies, Horror, Rock Music, and sexuality first made its mark in 1973 as "The Rocky Horror Show", before it made its silver screen debut in 1975. The bizarre, genre defying, hilariously twisted film initially bombed in theatres before they realized that it needed to be played in the midnight circuits, then it soon became a cult phenomenon.To call the movie offbeat is an understatement. It is literally 2 hours of insanity, crazy, fitfully amusing insanity perhaps, but still insanity. Tim Curry's classic gender-bending role as the mad Dr. Furter has become his signature role, and the film has become less of a movie, and more of a full-blown ritual with its legions of fans. This film is best viewed with a audience, as the participation is the key to its full enjoyment. The songs and settings have become iconic, household tunes, and the film spawned a sequel, "Shock Treament", in 1981. Though the sequel didn't do very well, the original RHPS still enjoys success to this day, with over 40 years of midnight movie madness. Check it out.

This one of the most unsual movies to exist when brad and janet {Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick} a newly engagaed couple have a car that brakes down they find a mysterious group of pepole like a crazy doctor {Tim Curry} who has created a creatre {Peter Hinwood} and they are joined by there mad transylvanian house staff a handyman {Richard O'Brien} a domestic {Patricia Quinn} and a junkie {Nell Campbell} this musical jouney is one of the most unsual and most beloved musicals of the 1970s it's earned that title. Tim Curry is the superstar of rocky horror he is Dr. Frank-N-Furter a transvestite scientist and his unsual preformance is one of the most soild of the movie and he is one of the iconic of the movie and he sung the songs like sweet transvestite and wise up Janet Weiss he is amazing in this role. The creature of Dr Frank-n- Furter is rocky horror played by Peter Hinwood he is a unsual man he is a beloved as Tim curry's character. Our heros are Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick they are Janet Weiss and and Brand Majors and they go from normal to just a little insane by the end they had some iconic songs that they sung like Damnit Janet, Touch a touch me and over at Frankenstiens place these guys were so talented and they just were awesome, another lot of amazing actors were Richard O' Brien as Riff raff and Patricia Quinn as Magenta they sung time warp and Magenta as well as Columbia played by Nell Campbell who were also part of touch a touch me and meatoaf was also part of this movie as Eddie the former delivery boy he sings Hot Patootie a upbet song with some some sweet moterbike tricks.Jonathan Adams is Dr Everett V. Scott a rival scientist and friends of Brad and Janet also looking over the events of the movie is the The Criminologist played by Charles Gray who is like the narrator of the movie. This movie is unsual and has weird moments but thats what Richard O'Brien was trying to achive when he made rocky horror and i love this movie the songs are colorful and so are the caharacters it makes for a hell of musical to watch and the cult following for this movie will only get bigger.

Rocky Horror Picture Show honestly just seems like someone's strange porn fantasy. Though it is brilliantly executed. The characters, costumes, and songs carry the film; the plot is barely there, but this seems intentional. The oddness is entertaining for its entirety, and not used only for shock value.However, if one ignores the presence of well-known actors/actresses, and the catchy musical segments, it's difficult to see why this film is so popular in mainstream media. It's a good film, of course, but just plain odd. It was probably wildly controversial at the time of release; even some of the gags now are a bit risky. Even so, Rocky Horror deserves the praise it so often receives.