The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2 Disc Special Edition) [1975] [DVD]

As someone who has seen this film hundreds of times, I thought there wasn't much point in buying this DVD, but for the sake of completeness I did anyway, and was I glad I did!

Not only do you get the audio comentary, the audience participation section was fantastic! I didn't see the movie many times in the theatre, but now I remember why I enjoyed it so much when I did. It's also a great guide for those who aren't familiar with the audience participation.

My only tiny complaint is the re-recording of the sound, it's a little different to the original, and the soundtrack.

This is a great buy for RH fans, but buy it anyway if u enjoy a good laugh and a good sing-along! :P

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) is difficult to describe, yet so easy to indulge in. If you like a bit of camp, singing, perversion, muscle, transvestism, dancing, parody, and Tim Curry, then this is the film for you! With many wonderful lines, and superb song lyrics, I cannot help take RHPS with me wherever I go, whether it be quoting Frank 'N' Furter's lines (and doing the mock Chelsea accent) at unsuspecting friends - 'You must be awwwfully proud of him Janet' - or singing to an audience of imaginary Transylvanians in the shower - 'I'm a sweet transvestite' (though I'm not, of course). The plot is less Rocky, more Mocky Horror, which only adds to the general sense of decadence in Frank's castle, and from beginning to end the audience is taken on a hedonistic ride into the mind of Richard O'Brien's fantasy world (I'm very grateful). As the film and theatre show are so well known, there is not much point in re-telling the story, but I can hopefully add some light "over at the Frankenstein place". The lips we see in the opening credits belong to the show's creator, and the castle in which the fun takes place really exists in Windsor (it is now a hotel, and very nice too!). You might want to look out for some typical B-movie editing problems, such as the magically disappearing/reappearing carpet in the "Time Warp" scene (look closely), and the trickle of blood at the Freezer's entrance (Eddie is killed inside!), but I can't help think that such mistakes add to the charm - as Frank would say, 'Well, how nice!" Tim Curry has a truly sensual voice, and legs that any woman OR man would die for, while Susan Saradon, Little Nell, and Barry Bostwick never fail to entertain - '[Riff Raff, from inside the front door] You're wet. [Janet, at the doorstep] Yes, it's raining. [Brad, also at the doorstep] Yes. [Riff Raff] Yes.' In the end, the film speaks for itself, so I don't have to (doesn't mean I won't). Buy it, watch it, re-watch it, get your friends to watch it, and before long you'll be preaching to the converted! Have fun.

Many years ago a (now ex)girlfriend asked me to record this of the TV for her as it was on around 2am (as it always seems to be) I had never seen it but when I watched it with her the following day It was quite an experience.
I had never seen anything like it.
Rocky Horror is the only film I have ever watched twice in one day, I had to see it again, I was amazed by it.
The soundtrack, the catchy one liners, the lyrics, the performances, its just fantastic.
Halloween, New Years Eve, staggering home after a night out, nights in with friends...
None of these have been quite the same since Rocky Horror came into my life.
Any chance I get I will stick on Rocky Horror, it is the ultimate feel good film!
Invite round everyone you know, crank up the volume, open the beers, open the wine and relax;
The show is about to begin....
You wont regret it, if your never seen this film, please do!
The DVD looks and sound fantastic and if you can,get the 2 disc version as it has great special features for fans.
I give this film The Charles Atlas Seal Of Approval ;)