What can I say, really that hasn’t already been transmitted through the above quote? The movie is considered by many to be a cult classic. I, honestly, didn’t know this, but apparently you are supposed to watch it at midnight with everyone dressed up (girls as prostitutes or weird dancers and men as transvestites…not much choice there). Anyway, this movie works like a Scary Movie that includes sci-fi. It is not meant to be taken seriously as a movie in and of itself; instead, its value comes from the way that the different sci-fi, horror, mystery, thriller, musical, and comedy components come together into one awkward hybrid. The characters mock many of the classic happenings in horror (the prolonged scream, the “let’s go into the haunted-scary-possibly-a-castle-lightning-emitting house even though there is a sign that says to not go in,” etc.) in a mis-matchery of random events that are bound to either please or, well, confuse.
The story revolves around a man by the name of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick), who is engaged to Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon). They are both heading down a road when they get a flat tire in the middle of a big rain and thunderstorm. They decide to leave their car in an attempt to get help because they noticed a house a bit farther back down the road. Entering the scary-looking house, they meet up with a strange assortment of people including a bisexual transvestite named Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry), an odd servant named Riff Raff (Richard O’Brien), and what are probably either two groupies or two prostitutes, Magenta (Patricia Quinn) and Colombia (Nell Campbell). What ensues cannot be described by words, as it is too overly complicated and if I begin to discuss it, I will ruin the rest of the movie.
Overall, the movie was witty and funny, and surprisingly enjoyable. Even though the acting was quite terrible (it’s supposed to be that way), it worked precisely because the movie itself, was one huge farce. Whether it was a transvestite, a muscular man in some speedo-like golden shorts, people committing affairs, masked people dancing, a antimatter gun, or floating lips that introduce the movie, this is one messed up film that you probably should not miss…if you are comfortable with extreme weirdness. This movie is like watching paint dry…if the paint does the “Time Warp,” that is.
By Kulguy
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