THE SCHLOCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
dir: Jim Sharman

THE SCHLOCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Cracked #262, May 1991
a: Walter Brogan

The Rocky Horror Picture Show came out sixteen years earlier and didn't make much of an impact when it was first released, but has been a hit since then as a midnight movie, still playing in theaters. It's known for audience participation with members playing roles in sync with the characters and other audience members shouting out their own lines.

Couple Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) leave a wedding and as they're traveling in the rain, their tire blows out.

Brad and Janet and portrayed here as Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) and Adrian Balboa (Talia Shire). The joke is that it's Rocky because the name's in the title of the movie, even though Rocky is the name of the creation that's featured later.

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis are at the wedding for some reason, though coincidentally Susan Sarandon played Bette Davis in a TV miniseries recently.

The couple, stranded, stops at a house to use the phone, which is occupied by a group of aliens from Transexual Transylvania led by Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry). The aliens do a musical number called 'The Time Warp' (see below)

Frank N. Furter reveals his newest creation. Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien), caretaker of the house, is portrayed here as Chucky from the Childs Play series.

”People would give their right arm” is a reference to how Eddie, a character played by Meat Loaf, was used to help make the monster. We're expected to know that.

Dr. Scott (Jonathan Adams), a former teacher of Brad and Janet, has come to investigate the disappearance of his son Eddie, not knowing they're there. He's depicted here as Mickey (Burgess Meredith) from the Rocky series, then as Spock. The castle goes back to its planet, leaving the earthlings to suffer, but here Rocky/Brad and Adrian/Janet escape.