The Rocky Horror Picture Show1975

Name: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Genre: Gothic, Comedy Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Classic Monsters
Released: 1975-08-14
Rating: 7.4

“A different set of jaws.”

Directed by Jim Sharman

7.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 7.4Rotten Tomatoes 81%Metacritic 65TMDB 7.4

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On the charts

#11·Top Comedy Horror Films #16·Top Horror Movies of the 1970s #24·Top Sci-Fi Horror Films #28·Top Classic Monsters Films

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Year

1975

Runtime

100 min

Box Office

Budget

$1,400,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$171,181,400

Domestic

$115,670,886

🏆 4 wins & 4 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

When their car breaks down on a dark and stormy night, strait-laced newly-engaged couple Brad and Janet stumble into a crumbling mansion unlike anything they could have imagined — ruled over by the outrageously flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter and his peculiar household. What unfolds is a riotous rock musical collision of horror, camp, and boundary-smashing spectacle that has electrified midnight audiences for decades. Equal parts Frankenstein homage and gleeful subversion of 1950s sci-fi B-movies, this cult landmark dares its audience to shed inhibition and surrender to the madness.

Content: Sexual Content, Suggestive Themes, Cross-Dressing And Gender-Bending Imagery, Mild Horror Imagery