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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

7.0

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (TV)

Original title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Year: 1975
Running time: 100 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Jim Sharman
Screenwriter: Jim Sharman, Richard O'Brien
Music: Richard O'Brien
Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf, Charles Gray
Producer: Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Musical. Comedy. Horror | Horror Comedy. Black Comedy. Cult Movie
Synopsis: After Janet accepts Brad's marriage proposal, the happy couple drive away from Denton, Ohio, only to get lost in the rain. They stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite who is holding the annual convention of visitors from the planet Transsexual. Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears the doctor and rejects his sexual advances. When Frank-N-Furter announces that he is returning to the galaxy Transylvania, Riff Raff the butler and Magenta the maid declare that they have plans of their own.

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"'Rocky Horror' continues to charm. That's due in part to the honest delight we take in the freedoms this movie so cheerfully flaunts."

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
"It's cheerful and silly, and kind of sweet, and forgettable. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"For a movie that's mostly a plotless mix of old sci-fi flicks (...) Rocky Horror continues to charm. That's due in part to the honest delight we take in the freedoms this movie so cheerfully flaunts"

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
The plot is only semi-comprehensible, but the nearly non-stop musical numbers—brilliant conflations of glam-rock and showtunes—and transgressive sexual energy keep things moving."

Keith Phipps: AV Club
"The powerhouse of the film is Tim Curry's cross-dressing alien, Frank N. Furter, who would never reach these kinds of gloriously demented heights again. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"

Adam Smith: Empire
"It’s the ultimate cult movie. The first. The biggest. The one cult movie to rule them all"

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh: BBC
"The material inspires affection, given its (...) shamelessly hedonistic, fiercely independent sensibility that must have seemed a welcome relief from the mainstream bombast of other '70s musicals"

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15 My Favorite Musicals (226)
23 Movies I Like But Wouldn't Recommend to Everyone (50)
43 The Weirdest Movies I Have Ever Watched (80)
47 My Favorite Cult Classics (136)
58 Movies with the Best Opening Credits (12)

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