The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
A stranded couple spend the night in a castle where Dr Frank-N-Furter is about to bring his creation to life.
Take the laboratory, the castle and the lightning, and turn them into a rock musical.
You want the laboratory and the lightning turned into a rock musical, and you would enjoy a crowd shouting at the screen.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: a scientist in a castle, a creation brought to life, and a creature called Rocky.
Changes: everything else. It adapts Richard O’Brien’s stage musical, and fifty years of midnight screenings have made the audience part of the show.
Whose story is it?
Brad and Janet’s, and Frank-N-Furter’s.
How much time does it ask?
1 hr 38 min, Jim Sharman directing; Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien.
20th Century Fox, 1975, rated R.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Apple TV · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
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