It’s Halloween, so naturally the 1975 cult classic musical comedy The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back. You know the story. Newly engaged pure-as-the-driven-snow couple Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) and Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) have car trouble but happen upon a spooky estate owned by transvestite “scientist” Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), who invites the couple to stay … and then things get real weird real fast!
Peter Hinwood stars as Rocky, the perfect man for wooing Janet. Meat Loaf turns up as Eddie, a head-bandaged singing motorcyclist. Richard O’Brien stars as creepy butler Riff Raff. The story is narrated from the future by a criminologist (Charles Gray). It’s super weird and super good. The songs are catchy as heck. If you’ve never experienced it in person, don’t miss it!
A live cast will lead the audience participation tradition by reenacting the musical numbers in front of a 19-by-9-foot movie screen. “Audience participation is strictly MANDATORY,” according to the organizers, which means bust out your fishnet stockings, lipstick, corset, and all the props (confetti, a newspaper, a squirt gun, a flashlight, rubber gloves, a noise maker, toilet paper, toast, a party hat, a bell, and playing cards). Get weird! (100 min.)
—Glen Starkey
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 10, 2024.
