Production Year: 1975 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Jim Sharman - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Charles Gray, Jeremy Newson, Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Pat Quinn, Meat Loaf more
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is a magical phenomenon unlike anything ever before seen onscreen. Borrowing largely from cinema's horror conventions, the film begins as an innocent... more
building the perfect man while playing sexual games with his virginal visitors, sounds like an intriguing premise for a movie, then you're in for a treat. Not only isTh...
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All our items are despatched from the United Kingdom. Starring - Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn We offer *** WORLDWIDE *** Delivery!, Manufacturer: MoviePostersDirect
Production Year: 1935 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Mark Sandrich - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Eric Rhodes, Eric Blore
A review by tigerbabe68 on Rocky Horror Picture Show (Vanilla Version) (DVD) May 12th, 2006
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Did you enjoy it?
Loved it
Characters / Performances
Outstanding
Soundtrack
Outstanding
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Not applicable
Advantages:
Rocky Horror in your home whenever you want
Disadvantages:
only the 1 disc
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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This cult movie is a sexy rock 'n' roll romp with more than a hint of old B movie horror films.
Brad and Janet, 2 young, ordinary, healthy kids, get engaged after a friend's wedding and decide to drive out to tell their former science tutor, who introduced them. If only they had rung him up to tell him, their lives would have been very different! The car breaks down during a thunderstorm and the couple decide to go to a nearby castle to see if the owner has a telephone they might use. Once in the castle they meet Riff Raff the butler, his sister Magenta, a tap-dancing "groupie" named Columbia, the owner himself, Frank N Furter, a sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania, his "creation", a blonde muscleman named Rocky, a delivery boy named Eddie and bizarrely their ex-science tutor. Just when Brad and Janet think things couldn't get any weirder....they do, and with plenty of great songs to boot.
Castwise we have Tim Curry (Annie, Muppet Treasure Island, Hunt For Red October, voice of a billion cartoon characters such as King Chicken in Duckman, the dad in the Wild Thornberrys etc), Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise, Witches of Eastwick, Lorenzo's Oil), Barry Bostwick (the mayor in Spin City), Meatloaf, yes Meatloaf and Richard O'Brien (Crystal Maze).
This is one film that people seem to think they wouldn't like, until the opening number over the credits leads them to watch a little more. From then on in, they get into it and by the end, most of them want to see it again and again and again!
The special features with this disc are pretty good, including a surprise one that isn't listed but I can show you the way ;-)
Audio commentary by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn (Richard being the creator of the original stage show and movie, as well as playing Riff Raff, and Pat being the lips at the beginning but with Richard's voice and playing Magenta) - I believe the way they recorded this was by plying them both with copious amounts of alcohol and letting them ramble away over the whole film. Some interesting bits of information along the way but very hard to watch the movie while listening to them.
The Theatrical Experience - sub-standard (imho) audience reactions and some performance by one of the many "blocking" casts i.e. people who create a cast at a particular theatre that shows Rocky and act out what is happening on stage, generally with improvisation.
Participation prompter - you may have heard that people going to see Rocky at the theatre squirt water pistols, throw rice etc and this prompter tells you when to do these things. Probably not something you'd want to do in your own lounge lol.
Now for the secret.... on the main menu, instead of scrolling down the options, press the "left" arrow on your handset to move away from the list. You will now find a black set of lips has appeared. Click on this and you will get an idea of how the film was originally going to look, until it was discovered it would take too much money to film part in black and white and part in colour. I can thoroughly recommend watching the film this way as the black and white beginning makes it look like a proper old horror film. In fact, a lot of the sets and locations for the early parts of the film were deliberately created for the film to be shot in black and white rather than colour so it doesn't look like a watered down, greying version of the full colour film.
Are you now prepared to take that...Step to the right, but it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insaaaaaaane, let's do the Timewarp again!
Advantages: MeatLoaf, the Time Warp, and as close to being at the theatre as you can be at home Disadvantages: It's Rocky, What disadvantages could there be??
...alone tells you what the Rocky Horror Picture Show will do to you.
If watching this DVD doesn't encourage you to get yourself dressed up, and head on out to the theatre to dance and sing the night away, then there's seriously something wrong with you!
I've seen the show three times and the film dozens, and still can't stop watching it over and over again, and listening to my copy of the soundtrack (which includes the Norwegian version of some of ... ...get to meet his creation Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood).
At this point I'll miss out a good bit of the film to leave something to your imaginations!
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All that's left now is to tell you how well acted this film is, and we get possibly the greatest musical of all time, despite the cast being relatively unknown for their singing abilities! Only Eddie (MeatLoaf) and Columbia (Little Nell) being well enough known singers to ...
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RHPS a cult classic Review ofRocky Horror Picture Show (Vanilla Version) (DVD)by
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Advantages: everything for RHPS fans Disadvantages: where rocky horror is concerned there can be no disadvantages
The Rocky horror picture show is indeed a cult classic and has millions of devoted fans.If like me you are a fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show then this is a must see DVD.For those of you who are uninitiated in the Rocky horror phenomenom then you are in for a treat with this musical, the storyline is different to anything you will of seen before.It's definately intriguing and some might say shocking it combines the genres of sci-fi,horor,comedy ... ...film that you will either love or hate but i erge you to give it a go.
The story to this musical film is centered around a young American couple, Brad and Janet( played by Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon.) who when there car breaks down seek refuge at a nearby castle.They find themselves at the mercy of the 'sweet transvestite ' owner Frank'N'Furter (Tim Curry) who suduces them both. There are many other parts to the story including other sexual ...
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Advantages: very interesting Disadvantages: weired
This film is a very unusual musical, It is a mixture between the genres of musical, horror and sifi. It features such talents as : meat loaf (playing Eddi) [kinda ironic that they eat him]
Tim Curry (playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter) Jonathan Adams (playing Dr. Everett Von Scott)
Susan Saran-don (playing Janet Weiss) Barry Bostwick (Brad Majors)
and a few others, The story is based in Transylvania (pretty much where all scary movies were based in the ... ...to watch it, but be warned there is a very small amount of exposure of bre**ts making it unsuitable for children, the basic story is : a man and his fianceé go for a 'night out', when one of there tiers burst in the middle of know where in the pouring rain they decide to go and try to find a phone they could use (this was made before mobile phones were wisely used). They get to a mansion where a bunch of bikers are having a party to celebrate ...
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Genre: Musicals & Music Films - Musicals & Other Music Films
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1975
Running Time: 2 hours 49 minutes
Plot: A crazy mixture of music, comedy and horror. A young couple seek refuge from a storm in an old castle, where a strange party is taking place...
DVD Description
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is a magical phenomenon unlike anything ever before seen onscreen. Borrowing largely from cinema's horror conventions, the film begins as an innocent young couple is stranded at the home of a mad scientist who is building the perfect man. The castle is filled with a most bizarre group of characters who worship their master, Dr. Frank-N-Furter, played magnificently by the fabulously sexy Tim Curry, in leather jacket, pearls, fishnet stockings, and heavy makeup. Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) are forced to examine their own sexuality as the voluptuous doctor releases the hidden desires in each of them. Based on the stage musical by Richard O'Brien (who also appears in the film as Riff Raff), the film comes alive with unforgettable song-and-dance numbers that have come to represent the sexual liberation of the 1970s. The outstanding costuming and makeup, the terrific acting by a group of relative unknowns (Curry, O'Brien, Bostwick, Sarandon, Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Meat Loaf), and the memorable songs ("Time Warp," "Sweet Tranvestite") help make THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW one of the most bizarrely entertaining and satisfying musicals ever made.
Release details
DVD Region: DVD
Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox
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