THE ROCKY HORROR TREATMENT - RARE 1981 DOCUMENTARY

[@dipsydoodles6410]

In 1978 my first job at 16 was at a movie theater that happen to be the theater that showed RHPS on Friday and Saturday nights at midnight. I had never heard of it and was quite naive. Because of the title, I thought it was a traditional horror movie from the 50s or 60s like Dracula or Creature from the Black Lagoon. Boy was I in for a shock! It totally blew my mind--I couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing and it was so much fun. My friend/ coworker would do our closing duties, go outside for a little 420, and then watch it almost every Friday and Saturday until 1980 or 1981. Great movie--great music--great people--great memories!

[@spasticpug5209]

Dipsy Doodles that's awesome My local theatre only shows it yearly I gotta travel half a hour for a monthly one We need more rocky

[@dipsydoodles6410]

Yes-We need more Rocky! :-)

[@inkedenvy4205]

I’m so sad I was born in the 90s and couldn’t participate.

[@johnhareiel5118]

That sounds so Awesome! Where was this at? I had a Punk Rock girlfriend when I turned 16 for a few weeks that summer and she got me to watch it with her and I been hooked ever since. Rocky Horror is always my escape from the everyday world and always keeps me feeling 16. I've always loved old Horror- Romantic Horror like Dracula, Frankenstein, etc as well as Punk Rock- Rock n Roll Misfits, The Cramps, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, etc......and Rocky Horror was everything I felt inside that I couldn't express before, as well as Punk Rock. I think Rocky Horror and Punk Rock are one in the same. I gotta still get "Don't Dream It, Be It". I've always loved that line from Richard O'Brien and have made that my motto for life. I'd love to hear more about you working at the theater during Rocky Horror. You also seem Cool as F*ck!

[@EdgewolfArt]

We had it too back then. It went on for almost a year. Eventually I talked my Dad into taking me to that experience. I dressed up in my normal shredded flannel metal head clothes back then. My cousin tacked aling thinking would be cool. That was my first and only theater experience like that. My cousin cried mist the movie being scared. To me, that was the first biggest influential film moment that changed my life. I finally felt welcome and like I belonged somewhere. The theater closed that following week. Have never gad that feeling since, and Im 47 now.

[@Pdunn64]

So proud. My 16 year-old son went to his first viewing of Rocky Horror. I got to help him with his makeup.

[@spasticpug5209]

I went not to long ago to a party Now it's just stuck in my head

[@GabbyRyannOfficial]

It was my first time seeing it too! I'm 15, and I'm no longer a VIRGIN!!

[@spasticpug5209]

+Gabby Ryann (Finlayson) same age Saw it for its 40th anniversary

[@GabbyRyannOfficial]

Me too! It was amazing!!! i can't to go again!!! :3

[@spasticpug5209]

+Gabby Ryann (Finlayson) I want a shirt that say "I may be a virgin but atleast I'm not a rocky horror virgin"

[@voldycat9045]

The fact that it's Feb 2016 and I'm getting ready to see it live for the first time tonight makes me happy

[@spark-e]

...Well? How was it?

[@Lola-lh5kl]

You'll love it.

[@jeremyknifley]

Lucky!

[@FM19MONTH]

12/30/1978 my first time in Houston TX still doing the time warp. LOVE

[@lilithcrow6675]

I need to see this live, NOW!

[@guynoyes5778]

I performed TRHPS for 5 years in New Hampshire & it was amazing. My main role was Brad but I did play every role at least once. We would have gender switch nights. We started over 20 years ago & I met & still have some wonderful friends from that time. I do miss it. Rocky will always hold a special place in my heart & will always be my favorite movie of all time. It means so much to me. Thank you Rocky Horror for it all!!

[@TomBacchus]

Kudos, fellow former Brad!

[@JetScreamer_YT]

Since 1986, I've been over 200 times. I couldn't tell you how many times on some sort of video, record, CD, bootleg... It has been so important throughout my life. It liberated me, and gave me safe haven. Richard O'brien is my heroine!

[@johnhareiel5118]

Me Too! I'm getting "Don't Dream It, Be It" tattooed on me. Richard O'Brian is the voice for us Misfits, Freaks, Outsiders and Punks!

[@RealBradMiller]

Loving these comments. This movie awakened me and told me it's okay to be not only different, but most importantly, to be yourself!

[@decidedvoter08]

Love it! I remember when this aired...and when part of it was filmed. I have just a brief clip in costume as Frank but I see so many old friends! What a time!

[@jankk]

I remember when it aired too! We taped it on our VHS & watched it over & over again.

[@JamieTransNyc]

Hard to believe this is still going 40-plus years later. I was lucky enough to see it in NYC at 8th street, with introduction by Sal Piro. I still remember him warning: "We do not do neck-jokes here."

[@utterlyepical]

Neck jokes??

[@MartyTheZebraa]

Wtf are neck jokes

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

maybe he has a long neck who knows?

[@helgifannar90]

Over 50 now and still as strong as ever if not stronger. I live in London and it's been on tour almost without stops for 3 years now, cast changed 1 and not even the whole cast haha

[@insanitized1]

So many familiar faces. Brings back a flood of great memories.

[@thomchiki]

Always wear my Shock Treatment promo shirt from '81!

[@marynovak5800]

Unfortunately for me, the year 1981 was the same year, that my dad had passed away....also, it was the year of the evolution of MTV

[@Wowdatsjustsad]

i'm so happy that youtube recommended this for me,you don't understand how much this made me smile!2022 and still a RHPS fan :)

[@RealBradMiller]

😀

[@DustyWingsProductions]

Saw the movie in theaters over 400 times... 500 if you count video/DVD. My home theater was the 7th Street Theater in Fort Worth, Texas. I was fortunate to be able to perform the Time Warp on stage in Denton, Texas in front of Richard O'Brien and Lou Adler at a special premier of Shock Treatment. Of course... afterwards we all hung around for the midnight showing of Rocky. So many years ago... so many memories. Just like the kids in this documentary... if you knew me outside of Rocky, you'd have never guess what I did on all those Friday and Saturday nights.

[@sethstrattan7380]

Did anyone else notice that they showed the ending to shock treatment

[@ashleypureheart4789]

They did the same thing with the Rocky Horror trailer by showing Columbia getting shot and the castle flying away.

[@JetScreamer_YT]

This was my therapy from 85 to 95. I was 15 the first time.

[@johnhareiel5118]

Mine Too! This is among my Top 10 Soundtrack for Life!

[@JetScreamer_YT]

@@johnhareiel5118 I was there Friday. It plays once a month.

[@johnhareiel5118]

@@JetScreamer_YT This last Friday? Only time here is Halloween. Silver Screen in Biloxi, MS used to play it midnight on Saturdays but got shut down from young girls running round in underwear

[@JetScreamer_YT]

@@johnhareiel5118Yes, this Friday. We have a shadow cast that plays throughout lower New England. The first Friday of the month it plays near me (Mohegan Sun area). I started going in 1986, my dad took me. I've been hooked ever since!

[@oughtssought1198]

only saw it 3 times but I get why people saw it 3 or 4 hundred times it was a great live dance concert with awesome music, hilarious humor, no dividing line between audience & band and a very liberating shared laugh at all the dumbass pointless rules about who could be how in USA culture I appreciate what folk say about it having been liberating for gay & trans folk who felt isolated in small towns; but it was liberating for anyone with hyperactive heart, eyes,mind,empathy in a pointlessly strait-jacketed culture I rarely go to movies, never missed the TV I rarely had, & rarely watched it when I sometimes had one, but I bought a dvd of this movie, & still love it every time I watch it, which is several dozen by now. it's medicine that tastes great, with an afterglow that lasts for days the way the great live bands do the "audience participation" of the people who'd seen it repeatedly was.a great part of the fun those 3 times

[@rhiley5097]

"This has been showing at midnight for four years now"

[@xmmx9909]

Thank you so much for posting this. Tim Curry was a tour de force in his first movie.

[@mythme01]

Ah I was lucky enough to see RHPS at the 8th Street Playhouse in NY back in the day (alas, not the Waverly where it started). I was a bit shocked by how small and cramped it was. I myself played in Allentown for 13 years (which until the General Cinema's destruction in 2001 was the longest running Rocky theater). We were spoiled with a large theater and even a "backstage" changing area of sorts. Ah so many memories. Lost my virginity at Rocky (literally). Played every part. eventually began working for the theater, moving up to assistant manager. Couldn't perform often anymore but now I actually controlled the film - played it upside down and backwards for April Fool's one year....that was a blast!

[@bobsquiresjr3318]

Michael Diehl - I was the projectionist at the TLA in Philly along with Paul Lacey & Brian Hartman.

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

You should post your recollections about it on FB.

[@philipdefibaugh7127]

A lot of this footage was later used in an MTV Rocky Horror anniversary special from 1990.

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

Yes, that's right!

[@donaldwilson8698]

Never been to one of these shows unfortunatly looks good fun. Watched the films Rocky Horror Picture Show and Shock Treatment many many times though..... And.... Oh yes I saw Rocky Horror Show at the Richmond theatre, London, in 1975 and last year a short run live production of Shock Treatment. I been on two strange journeys .

[@BenPanced]

When I went to Windycon, a science fiction con in Chicago, around the time "Shock Treatment" was released, Twentieth Century Fox was one of three studios that did a preview session, and "Shock Treatment" was one of the featured movies. They showed a clip reel that included segments of "Bitchin' in the Kitchen", "Shock Treatment", "Looking for Trade", and "Little Black Dress". It didn't appear in my area for another year and a half or two years.

[@alohajean1]

Seeing it live for the first time in October. Can’t wait

[@selenakarr-batman5800]

how was it

[@alohalund2829]

@@selenakarr-batman5800 it was awesome! Will definitely be seeing it again

[@tino11894]

shocky and rocky- my favorite escape to absolute PLEASURE! 💘

[@hannahwilliams4587]

Beautiful Rik....how I miss him...

[@Jammer858]

Remember the first time i saw it. I was completely stunned. Cult is not quite the word for it

[@johnhareiel5118]

I would say Religion, but even that don't do it Justice. More a way of Life. Especially with "Don't Dream It, Be It".

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

"Quilt", Lately. "Don't just Dream it. DARN it." on the next "Rocky Horror Quilters Show."

[@clairebunt5887]

We need something like this now Richard ❤❤❤❤

[@eumi2484]

Yesterday preformed in shock treatment as Oliver, next month i'm going to preform as crim, and in June as Columbia! A few months ago I was Dr. Scott as well! I've been following Rocky only since 2019 when I was 14 and going to live shows. I started preforming a few months ago and it's just amazing

[@RealBradMiller]

Lucky! I went to one showing with a shadow cast, and I want to go again and again! I'd love a Shock Treatment shadow cast, too! I first watched RHPS when I moved in with my mom in Hawaii in 2000. Changed my life!

[@NINES-2199]

Most likely going to my first showing sometime in November! we were going to go this month but didnt get tickets soon enough and it sold out- I'm super excited

[@RealBradMiller]

Hope you had a blast!

[@SteveDave211]

I love the doc thanxs:)

[@hudsonturon7374]

Just finished my midnight show! Super super fun show to be a part of

[@vicentgalvan70]

tHANKS FOR THIS STUFF.

[@bigrandy100]

seeing this on my recommendations made me so happy omg

[@GameMastersKip]

Love it! But they give away the ending, haha

[@ZinsWorld]

one of my fav movies ever, been involved with shadow casts and seen it well over 300 times probably in theater... tbh i stopped counting haha, even got to play crim. made a lot of good friends through RHPS #ZinTravels

[@Swankyd00dles]

I saw it live back in October, this is my favorite movie and has been my whole life

[@deftlefthand9964]

I remember hitchhiking to the RKO in New Rochelle, NY and singing the soundtrack while my gf and I tried to get a ride. I was 15, it was 1976. I didn't like my mother much but I loved acting out the show for her...or anyone who walked into her apartment. lol Years later, when I was able to show it to her on VHS, she was still a little shocked... 😁 My older sister and I didn't get along but I insisted she come see it (she had a car) and that was the beginning of a great friendship. ❤

[@RealBradMiller]

Loved this story, Judith!!

[@HeatherHunterJ]

this was so cool to see thanks for posting it

[@darthilli]

Ty for posting this :)

[@Mr.CantThinkOfAName]

8:48 Rik Mayall, I trusted you!

[@hiimolivia6730]

I've only seen it twice, I'm the new meat ._.

[@maileentrader7929]

i love the rocky horror picture show i'm 16 and i just learned about it a lil while ago, i can't find any places locally that have the movie with the audience being so involved i can only find it once a year at bush gardens :/

[@TooCooFoYou]

+Maileen Trader Try going to the Rocky Horror fan website. They have a page where theaters are playing the movie.

[@doctorwhomasterjackbulmer3965]

Maileen Trader I

[@danyelperao]

I'm a straight metalhead and my bands are Iron Maiden, Metallica, Sabbath, Judas, Motorhead... but I love this movie and I list to the music periodically! Best musical ever. This have no boundaries.

[@johnhareiel5118]

That's Awesome! I'm straight too and have loved Rocky Horror since I was 16

[@Axlesko]

@@johnhareiel5118 me too

[@evergriven7402]

thank you for posting this

[@emilym8530]

I just now started getting interested in Rocky Horror Picture Show so and I’m 20 so I guess you would call me a virgin! 😂. Plus I’m a very conservative Christian girl who no one would ever suspect to EVER like this!! I would never tell my mother though! She’d have a heart attack!! I find it so different than literally anything I’ve ever seen in my entire life!!!!

[@RealBradMiller]

Tell your mother to give herself over to absolute pleasure! I watched Borat with my grandmother, neither of us knew what to expect. By the end she was cry-laughing. You'd be surprised(Thought with religious people, not so much), at least you'd be living your true self.

[@biancap1549]

I'm the same

[@MartyTheZebraa]

I’m 26 just now found it. The music is so nice

[@funkmike]

That theater manager guy in the Village reminds me of Steve Rubell.

[@cuticlemuncher]

im 15 saw rocky horror a month ago and i have become obsessedddd and i wish i couldve gone to see it in the movies bc they communicate with the movie. do they still do that??? ugh i wish i couldve been alive back then. anywho i love rocky horror so much i think its funny and it really made me feel more confident in myself and not to care what people think of me i especially feel that with the song sweet transvestite such a great movie and tim curry has been my favorite actor since i was little ANYWHO lmao this whole comment is going every which way so ill just stop ranting so byeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Jasminecasa02]

THIS IS MEEE this movie has done so much for me and my confidence/ feeling comfortable in my own skin. i wish i was alive back then too to experience something like this. the rocky horror fandom too! everyone is so kind and rocky horror has connected me from so many people from around the WORLD like you lol✨

[@byakuyatogami2905]

People still do it! My dad wants to take me to the next live showing in our area that he can find. And honestly it's only been my obsession for a week but I've listened to the soundtrack every day and it's so therapeutic and I can't explain

[@Jasminecasa02]

@@byakuyatogami2905 yeah same! the movie/ soundtrack has done so much for me i can’t explain it either lol

[@RealBradMiller]

Welcome! I was ten when I saw it in 2000. Join the shows, go to them! Take friends. It's a blast, they are still around.!

[@TimothyJonSarris]

This is the year I first went to the movie... After that there was no reason for me to go back. If I had it would have been to perform in front of the screen and by then I was already studying opera, so no dice. 😅

[@marcwirick1453]

My story for Rocky Horror Picture Show : I met a female at a party back in the 80's. We started dating. She has been to the movie theater to see the flick before, so she wasn't a " virgin ". She knew everything to expect. I haven't, but she filled me in on the situation. Had a marvelous time, & we had planned to go again soon. We were even going to dress up like Riff Raff & Magenta the next time. I thought to myself that I wouldn't want to be the folks who had to clean up afterwards. Anyway, she started dating someone else the following week without telling me ( had to find out the difficult way ). Since then, I bought the album & have seen it on TV. Wasn't the same as seeing it at the movie theater, though. Magenta sure was my favorite. I could even sing like Riff Raff. Man, I sure do miss the good ol'days. ☺️. P.S. Someone should upload R.H.P.S. on KZbin, if it doesn't interfere with copywriting policies. Shock Treatment is on here.

[@RealBradMiller]

Saw it for the first time in 2000, Oahu, Hawaii... Haven't been the same since, thank Frank!

[@TallSilentGuy]

4:29 So can we talk about that one person in Darth Vader costume?

[@vixxcelacea2778]

RHPS: 50's meets the 70's ST: 80's meets forever, because our lives are exactly what it predicted over 40 years later. Also it characterizes the entirety of the 80's. Electric, colorful, fake, contained and kitschy even before 80's was those things, considering it must of been conceived before the 80's were around and filmed in 1980. Only thing it was missing was more electric keyboard to the music. I adore both movies for different reasons and entirely different messages. The ending of Shock Treatment is so creepy, but everyone is smiling and happy, insane, but there are some who escape. RHPS had people die, and the survivors singing a sad song about people being destroyed and some insects called the human race. Like, honestly both have such good commentary played in a fun memorable way with banging tunes.

[@RealBradMiller]

I just want to know why there's never an actual double feature of these two! I would not only go, I would perform to the best of my ability. I love these movies and the fact I only found ST during lockdown really confuses me!

[@TitoTimTravels]

We got a premiere showing of Shock Treatment at our theater in Dallas, Texas because we had the longest run of Rocky at the time. I remember we all got comment cards to critique the movie. Everyone I know trashed it. We were seriously disappointed in that movie. I still love the original! 😎

[@RealBradMiller]

See, I love ST and think it has more to say about current events than RHPS does. I love them both though, can't believe I only found ST during quarantine. The sun never sets for those that ride into it!

[@you-5-iver804]

Shock Treatment is better and you are a dumb tranny lover. Simple.

[@crystalmethany1312]

i downloaded the movie on my phone and own the record; cant get enough of it ever

[@ashleyrendon655]

Did he just say 3 out of 3 ain't bad😂😂

[@xyzvision]

Could never get into Shock Treatment, Rocky Horror was another story all together!

[@dfdhgtrss212]

your loss

[@boppa99]

Love The Music Score :)

[@christianefiorito3204]

Its over 50 years now and it is still alive!

[@DiamanteDea]

where can i find a viewing at midnight

[@marynovak5800]

Loved the part, where doctor Scott crashes through the wall and Brad shouts out...."GREAT SCOTT!!"....then everybody in the audience starts throwing toilet paper up in the air ("Scott". bathroom tissue perhaps?)...LOL!

[@WLTruth]

First time I saw RH my mom rented it for my sister when we were really young because my sister thought it was a horror movie… she was mortified 😂. The first time I saw the entire show was in College and it is awesome.

[@basicems24]

Little Nel was gorgeous

[@RealBradMiller]

She still is. I watched the zoom RHPS filmed during lockdown and she steps in and helps Tim Curry with his lines.

[@shkeni]

Is that a Church of the Subgenius shirt on Little Nell at 9:31 ?

[@GODCONVOYPRIME]

Rocky Horror is for your late late teens Shock Treatment is for your mid 20's.

[@RobHeathers]

What is this scrap if video from? And why wasn't it included in my DVD of Shock Treatment as an extra?!?!

[@madisonarcher3839]

From what I have read, it is a small documentary that was only showed to fans that saw both RHPS and Shock Treatment in theaters at the same time.

[@madisonarcher3839]

From what I have read, it is a small documentary that was only showed to fans that saw both RHPS and Shock Treatment in theaters at the same time.

[@sdovas]

Rob Heathers and almost nobody saw Shock Treatment since the studio wrote it off without even giving it a proper release. So it was a midnight show or nothing, and that's a shame. But it's here...

[@anthrocoon]

This could have been a half hour TV show--there are 'commercial breaks' (OK kids let's hear the 5 Fs for today, ha) marketed at the time. Parts of this did appear on the ST DVD I think (including O'Brien's "now, three ain't of three...ain't bad" and Quinn & Little Nell in the convertible)

[@miriamgreen3973]

Our viewings were usually double features w/Last Waltz or animated Masked Man or a Richard OBrien short in which he makes a huge mousetrap from scratch then commits suicide like a mouse EW!!

[@ar19033]

I wish the sequel was like a 2nd part to the rocky horror

[@Pantherking916]

Don't dream it, be it.

[@puertoriconnect4611]

What are the best documentaries and books about the making of this movie?

[@tylerthompson1842]

19:44 that’s the fast anyone has ever said “Into that little black dress” lol oh the sequel.. far from an equal. Lightning rarely if ever strikes in the same place twice

[@TearyEyesAnderson]

"Shock Treatment", is to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", in the same way that the Meatloaf album "Dead Ringer", is to "Bat Out of Hell", the first a fun filled ride with tragedy, then for the next one, it becomes a dark and more somber abusive type humor. I remember songs about Toasters, a town, and Brad being tortured, while on the Meatloaf side there was his song "I'll Kill You if You Don't Come Back"", which sort of stopped me wanting to listen to the rest of his stuff for a while, until "Bad Attitude" and, "Bat Out of Hell II" albums. I think I've watch "Shock Treatment" about 3 times, hoping it will be better than I remember, but then realizing that I probably won't re-watch it again. Then I forget about it, and try to refresh myself with it, "Oh yeah, that's why i never re-watched it". I still like that type of sci-fi horror humor. My favorite movie is "Transylvania Twist" with its silly songs, visual puns, and nuttiness, I just wish the songs had more to do with the movie events.

[@kaztouch1]

I never realized how much Sal Piro sounds like Richard Simmons.

[@mojosbigsticks]

Oh good times, great memories.

[@THEGREATPAPYRUS2238]

I am really sad bc rocky horror apparently is not as much of a thing anymore and I’m 12 and just got into it.. looks like so much fun tho! Gonna dress up as frank for halloween:)

[@mseb3909]

Depends on where you're from. In the US it's still shown frequently I think, in Europe it's less of a thing

[@RealBradMiller]

@@mseb3909 I can still find showings here in America! Barry Bostwick was in Kentucky in 2020 for a show with a shadow cast. I've been to one showing, and I'm from a conservative state, it was an absolute blast!

[@moisavictoria]

Same but I am 20

[@maggiesouza7]

I love this 💕

[@nomdeplume7537]

There's one key element in RHPS, that without it, no one would know, nor really care about RHPS. That is the songs. The subject matter alone, in the hands of lesser talent, could've/ WOULD HAVE been absolutely dreadful. If they were bad arrangements, it would religated RHPS to irrelevance, and it would have disappeared a long time ago. I doubt it would have been made into a film. Without those songs which a well scored, intelligent and helped to propell the story. My favorite is ... "I'm Going Home" All of the elements for success were in the right amount, and in the right places. That led to RHPS unbelievable staying power.

[@reoreborn]

21:55 Fuck me... Is that Tony Schiavone? lol!

[@marynovak5800]

The man doing the stage intro,.... his voice reminds me of Richard Simmons....LOL!

[@abovethefirehouse]

sounds like Jim Ladd doing the narration.

[@johnnysokko2004]

It does sound like Jim Ladd and I would bet money that it is him.

[@AnaLuiza-rl9ee]

1978 é o ano em que nasci ....ai, por que não nasci antes para aproveitar tudo isso na época certa???

[@sliat1981]

1981 was the peak of the cult

[@ButchBirdie]

This movie is so important to me Edit: Aww! They gave away the ending! That's a cardinal sin-you don't spoil it for the virgins!

[@KatherineHasapis]

There's no better movie turned to theatrical show than Rocky Horror show it gets your blood pumping yey❤❤❤❤😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@blakejohnson6987]

Love It!

[@JackFlanders]

04:27 Vader! lol 05:02 Cornelius lol

[@johnmcintosh6300]

I could imagine that living with Susan would not be fun when she's irritable.

[@mikefortier7081]

425?!?!?!

[@333br]

Mike Fortier They are making it up....

[@vulnavia9]

Haha Mike Mullins and Lisa Allison

[@therockyhorrorshowbigfan9305]

:)

[@queenfan2011]

These people actually count how many times they've seen it? Lol I'm sorry guys

[@nomdeplume7537]

I made it to the point where Shock Treatment was highlighted, and that film proves my point. Song about a blender, shower curtain. There might be one song in that soundtrack that's passable, otherwise, none of them come even close to being as good as RHPS

[@RealBradMiller]

Nah, bitchin' in the kitchen is the worst one. Most of them are actually good. I feel like ST is more about the early 2000's and today.

[@thehoodedfang3304]

Cosplay before it was a thing.

[@sirreptitious8786]

I STILL LAUGH EVERYTIME I HEAR O'BRIEN OR ONE OF THE PRODUCERS CLAIMING SHOCK TREATMENT IS AN "EQUAL" TO THE RHPS. THAT MOVIE WAS SOOO BAD, IT WENT PAST GOOD AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO BAD. AWFUL, IN FACT!! I DECIDED TO WATCH IT A SECOND TIME THINKING I WASN'T IN THE RIGHT MINDSET. NOPE! IT STILL SUCKED!!

[@hollielittle6087]

I quite like shock treatment but it’s definitely not at all like Rocky horror

[@vixxcelacea2778]

Calling it an equal was a joke on not saying it's a sequel or a prequel. It's entirely different than RHPS. It's a commentary on pop psychology and consumerism and has a totally different feel. That said, it's perfectly fine to not like it, but it really seems to vary. People seem to love or hate it. It also feels 80's instead of 70's even though it was filmed right when the 80's started, it already had the electric phony predigested feel to it which the 80's aesthetic is full of.

[@RealBradMiller]

Seen many people with this same opinion. I love it! It says so much about our current lives and I'd love to see it included in a double feature shadow cast someday.

[@f0ry0u81]

I wonder if anyone ever showed up to the theater just to watch the move. Then got up and left and demanded a refund because all those "Virgins" won't stop interrupting the movie.

[@skipperconway378]

Took most people time to "get it".

[@inthegrass11]

fetus rik fetus rik

[@AmishHitman73.Archive]

the origin of the weeaboo

[@dansimsss]

This movie is the only one real cult movie.

[@bryandavid25]

Thank. you 4 going home Sal, stay away

[@sherryhesner5940]

😉

[@lauravokey3193]

I can’t get into shock treatment 😒. I can’t like it or love it

[@RealBradMiller]

I love it! Wish I would have been introduced to it the same time as RHPS. Understandable though, I think the movie gets better as it goes on, but then there's an abrupt end.

[@theofficialphoenixtv5765]

Does everybody seriously do that during Rocky Horror showings?! 😒

[@olivercuenca4109]

TheOfficialPhoenixTV Not always, but a lot of the time. It's traditional.

[@boomstickcritique902]

Hey a chick dressed like Columbia could dance in the theater any time as far as im concerned lol.

[@Chic-ana]

I've seen it before at home but two weeks ago I went to my first theater showing ...cast was amazing and my life is changed forever.......cast was amazing and my life is changed forever.....