Shock Treatment

[Andrew]

This is the (also) musical sequel to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."  Brad and Janet appear on a reality TV show that threatens to commit him and corrupt her.

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[quabrot]

I love Shock Treatment.  Tonight, when I go to see Rocky Horror Picture Show, as a I frequently do Saturday nights, I will most likely get into yet another argument witht he Rocky fans who don't appreciate it.  It happens every week.

My favorite was when a guy compared changing the cast to Robin Williams' absence in Return of Jafar.

[Andrew]

I love Shock Treatment.  Tonight, when I go to see Rocky Horror Picture Show, as a I frequently do Saturday nights, I will most likely get into yet another argument witht he Rocky fans who don't appreciate it.  It happens every week.

My favorite was when a guy compared changing the cast to Robin Williams' absence in Return of Jafar.

I can easily understand how the movie could hit all the right points and be a classic to someone else, but it did not entertain me.  It did get better after repeat viewings, but never really clicked for me.

I have, gratefully, never seen "Return of Jafar."

[Fausto]

You Know, I was reading somewhere that the plot was supposed to be totally different, but since tim curry wasnt coming back, they took the songs they had written for it and made Shock Treatment. The article I read explained the orignal story (which featured the return of Frank-n-furter).  Check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Horror_Shows_His_Heels

[DwightFry]

I love The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but Shock Treatment is insufferable. And I think I know the reasons: when RHPS was made, no one expected the audience participation cult that would arise. This one was made after that fact, and they tried to intentionally make a movie that would repeat that phenomenon. So, ST was designed to have audience participation, that is, leaving blank spaces for the public to insert their wisecracks, and keeping plot to a historical minimum. The resulting stinker only proves that you just can't manufacture a cult movie.

[roadgoon]

I like the opening of Shock treatment where evryone sings Denton and Brad is commited on T.V.

[Joe the Destroyer]

I've wondered about the film, but have never been interested enough to check it out.  I really enjoy Rocky Horror. 

[onionhead]

I love The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but Shock Treatment is insufferable. And I think I know the reasons: when RHPS was made, no one expected the audience participation cult that would arise. This one was made after that fact, and they tried to intentionally make a movie that would repeat that phenomenon. So, ST was designed to have audience participation, that is, leaving blank spaces for the public to insert their wisecracks, and keeping plot to a historical minimum. The resulting stinker only proves that you just can't manufacture a cult movie.

My thoughts exactly.  Love or hate The Rocky Horror Picture Show you have to admit it has a genuine effort to entertain behind it, and the cult status it achieved and the audience participation was completely unexpected.  Shock Treatment comes across as having been concocted by a couple guys at  a card table saying, "and when this happens in the movie, the audience can do this, and then when this happens, they can do this."  ALthough it's been about 12 years since I last saw RHPS, certain scenes stand out, many tunes stay with me, and I still get the urge to throw a roll of toilet paper when somebody says "Great Scott!"  Nothing with Shock Treatment--just plain awful (sorry, quabrot).

[george]

 Say what you will, I think this flick is pretty awesome. I first saw it in 1988 and hated it, but subsequent viewings made me appreciate the movie. It's interesting how Richard O'Brien prefigured the whole reality as entertainment movement of the new millenium. The songs, while not as memorable as the ones in RHPS, are still good.  "Bitchin' In The Kitchen", "Me Of Me", "Look What I Did To My Id" and , of course, the title track, "Shock Treatment" are the best". Overall, ST is alot of fun if you give it a chance. The best way to view this flick is just to sit back and let it happen.

[Steve]

While I'm also a major, major Rocky Horror fan, I *love* Shock Treatment!  It's nowhere near as bad as you make it sound.  It just tends to throw people off that it's a totally different style of movie than RHPS, but that's not necessarily a bad thing; it's its own unique entity.

And it's damn fun to see in a theatre full of other ST fans too! :-)