Let's do the Time Warp again! I can't believe that this movie is only a couple months older than me! For its 35th Anniversary, The Rocky Horror Picture Show got a pretty decent face lift onto the high def blu ray format. I wish I looked as good. Is Rocky Horror the best movie ever made? No. It's campy fun that has developed into a cult hit phenomenon. Though it was a bomb at the box office when it first appeared in 1975, it found a new audience at midnight screenings and soon was developed the traditions of yelling things back at the screen, throwing props and people dressing up as the characters and performing up front right along with the movie. Though I have never actually been to a physical screening (Rocky Horror enthusiasts would call me a virgin), I know all about what goes on. I ended up buying the blu ray because they loaded it with a ton of campy extras. One thing missing from the blu ray (and the reason why I will keep my DVD copy) is the audio track featuring a recorded session of a midnight showing, complete with all the lines that have been traditionally excepted as Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing lines. The blu ray has a similar subtitle track with scripted lines you can shout, but it just isn't the same. Also included is a "prop box" with props you can select at the appropriate time - the digital ones promise to "save your plasma TV from getting ruined by messy props". Also, they auditioned performers who were filmed performing as characters which was made into a picture-in-picture option on the blu ray. As for the movie itself, it features Tim Curry as Frank 'n' Furter, a host to a stranded couple named Brad and Janet (Barry Bostwick and Susan Surandon). He has created a monster for himself, the title character Rocky. Frank is a little odd and so is the night that Brad and Janet are about to face. Rocky Horror is a campy musical horror film that is a LOT of fun to watch!
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