I loved going to “Rocky Terror” when I was in college, but watching on home video honest wasn’t the same. I’m probably committing heresy but there’s a reason why this sci-fi, anxiety, B-movie satire, rock musical didn’t really earn it titanic until theaters started showing it as a midnight movie and fans started attending in costume and talking relieve to the hide. The 25th anniversary DVD, with several audience participation options, really is the next best thing to being there.
For the uninitiated, “Rocky Terror” tells the record of two clean-cut American youths, uptight Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick of “Journey City”) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon of “Tiring, Man Walking”) whose car breaks down on a black, deserted road in the middle of a storm–the classic beginning to many terror movies–and who peek benefit at a nearby castle. Castles, as Rocky fans know, don’t have phones! What this castle has instead is a cross-dressing indignant scientist Frank-N-Furter Tim Curry, in perhaps his finest performance), two very creepy servants, Riff-Raff (Richard O’Brien, who wrote the musical) and Magenta (Patricia Quinn), and various other hangers-on, including lovers Columbia (Dinky Nell) and biker Eddie (Meat Loaf) . Brad and Janet coast in on a party celebrating the creation of Frank-N-Furter’s muscle-bound boy-toy “Rocky.” Bed-hopping chaos soon ensues, until the servants yelp their upright identities and acquire control.
Punctuating this wacky space are some of the wildest rock-musical songs ever written. In addition to the classic “Time Warp,” there’s O’Brien’s salute to cult-classic B-movies, “Science Fiction Double Feature,” Meat Loaf’s “Hot Patootie,” and Sarandon ode to sexual self-discovery, “Toucha Toucha Touch Me!”
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So remarkable for the “Rocky virgin” share of the review… What makes the DVD so exceptional is the chance to experience “Rocky Fright” at home nearly like you would in the theater. The DVD has the option of turning on the audience cover comments as well as another option for viewing members of the Rocky Anxiety Fan Club performing hold scenes before returning to the main movie. For those less familiar with audience participation, the DVD can prompt when to throw toast, toilet paper, rice, etc., light a match, assign your newspaper on your head, etc.
The second disc contains challenging interviews with cast members, where fans can regain out about their reaction to starring in this cult classic. Meat Loaf’s description of not realizing what “Rocky Fear” was going to be about and running out of the theater when Tim Curry entered wearing fishnet stockings, spiked heels, a merry widow, and a leather jacket and singing “Sweet Transvestite” is hysterical. Patricia Quinn talks about how her fondness for the opening song, “Science Fiction Double Feature” made her want to assume the role even though she hadn’t read the rest of the script. What? Don’t remember Quinn singing that number? In the stage versions she did, but the song got reassigned in the film version–and Quinn makes her feelings about that QUITE obvious. Sarandon makes the captivating observation that “Rocky Panic” probably kept a lot of art house theaters in business over the years, since they could count on generous revenue from the midnight movie, even if the latest regular-hours offering flopped. In Bostwick’s interview, however, the actor sounds a bit like William Shatner giving his anti-Trekkie diatribe on “Saturday Night Live.”
The only disappointments on the DVD are that the outtakes really aren’t that tantalizing and actor bios aren’t provided. I would have liked to peep what else the “minor” cast members did after Rocky, but that information is microscopic to a few lines in the companion booklet. Also, some of the audience-participation comments are nearly impossible to understand because fans are talking over each other. But then that’s allotment of the modern-day theater experience. Even Sarandon well-known in her interview that talking wait on to the cloak has gone from the more unison catechism advance to a loud free-for-all.
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What seemed so risqué and repulsive a few decades ago seems noteworthy more innocent today, but it was huge when it all began and it’s calm astronomical! If you’ve never ventured into the theater to experience “Rocky Fear,” this is the best scheme to experience it at home.
This is a movie you either care for or despise. I first heard of this movie when I saw “Fame” … when I saw the kids in the movie watching this in the theater, it not only looked plain, but the whole environment of people throwing things at each other in the theater seemed a runt scary… and what’s with all the midnight theater showings?
I finally had to collect out what the tremendous fuss was about and so I rented it on video and watched it at a friend’s house. The beginning moves gorgeous dead, but you will soon be either taking the video abet (without rewinding) to the store, or you’ll be doubled over in laughter during the few minutes your jaw isn’t hanging inaugurate.
Tim Curry is absolutely hilarious and perfect for his role… an outerspace Transexual from Transylvania (a planet, not the country – I assume) … Dr. Frankenfurter.
Despite the tedious parts here and there, the music is titanic and droll to boot. Where else can you examine Susan Surrandon walking around in her underwear and Meatloaf riding a motorcycle with stitches all over his head like Boris Karloff? This is a cult classic, but not unprejudiced because it’s outlandish and crooked… it’s also a musical and a comedy. The soundtrack is vast impartial by itself, worthy beat, peppy tunes, clever (albeit not mainstream) lyrics.
If the understanding of seeing a man walking around wearing lipstick and a garter belt makes you want to yell and steal a bath, then this isn’t the film for you… you’ll feel like you need an exorcism afterwards!
If you like a superb laugh, suitable music and a movie like you’ve never seen before, this is worth a shot.
After seeing this in the safety of my friend’s home, I saw it a couple of years later in the theater. It was an spellbinding experience I can say I’ve been through, but that’s about it… the movie is savory by itself, honest watching it on your tv. The closed captioning makes the DVD worth the cost immediately, so you don’t miss any dialogue or lyrics… but this DVD includes hilarious out-takes, previously deleted musical numbers AND terrific THX sound!
If you are already a nostalgic fan of this film, this is a must-have DVD.
The film includes simulated violence (you sight Frankenfurter swing a pick-axe at someone, later he’s covered with blood) …. and the themes are adult in nature and should not be viewed by children.
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