Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through elaborate dance and rock music, the mad scientist unveils his latest creation: a perfect, muscular man.
- sexual identity
- rock 'n' roll
- transvestism
- time warp
- transylvania
- transvestite
- group sex
- halloween
- seduction
- castle
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tim Curry
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Susan Sarandon
Janet Weiss
Barry Bostwick
Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien
Riff Raff
- Patricia Quinn — Magenta
- Nell Campbell — Columbia
- Jonathan Adams — Dr. Everett V. Scott
- Peter Hinwood — Rocky Horror
- Meat Loaf — Eddie
- Charles Gray — The Criminologist
- Jeremy Newson — Ralph Hapschatt
- Hilary Farr — Betty Munroe
- Pierre Bedenes — The Transylvanians
- Christopher Biggins — The Transylvanians
- Gaye Brown — The Transylvanians
- Directed
- Jim Sharman
- Written
- Jim Sharman, Richard O'Brien
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 3,225 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Lou Adler Productions, Michael White Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
