Rocky Horror Picture Show (Widescreen)

If you have never seen it, and decide to watch the DVD in the privacy of your own home - I can almost guarantee you to hate it, hence the reason why many have given it a 1-star rating. It is a total B-Movie, and failed in 7 of the 8 theaters it premiered.

HOWEVER if you open your mind to some good fun, find out where the midnight movies play in your neighborhood and check out the RHPS as it is meant... You are guaranteed a good time and would rate this movie 5 STARS!!

I really don't know how to explain it any clearer. It is a combination of film, live theater, audience participation and dancing in the aisles all in one! You can't get ANY of this from the DVD, and you wouldn't understand it from the DVD if you didn't see it in the theater. No need to be so intimidated when you see everyone dressed as his or her favorite character - I've never attended dressed up. Remember this movie has been popular for 30 years... I saw it with my uncle, and can't wait to take my own kids when they are old enough (rated R).

As for the stars, yes there is Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, MeatLoaf, and Charles Gray. Yes they were all relatively unknown at the time this was released, and yes many of them have tried to distance themselves from the project since its release. You would too... unless you fell under the spell of this cult-classic!

Enjoy!

NOW...

Let there be LIPS!

The audio of the audience is much more intensive, but was apparently just taped from a viewing, for a vast majority of it is simply audience members trying to outscream each other with their own lines, which results in a jumble of sounds that I cannot decipher. When they do come together simultaneously, it's great (witty, and great if you're trying to learn), but you have to suffer through the random screaming of inaudible comments to get there.

I have had a major problem with this, which is the features keep turning themselves off. The multi-view experience inevitable shuts off if you try to add anything else (like English subtitles to understand the dialogue during the cacophany). The subtitles and participation prompter also shut themselves off, so that you end up with nothing but the audeience audio time and time again. This has happened on two seperate DVD players, so I would assume it's a problem with the dvd itself.

OTOH, the commentary from the stars makes a unique and entertaining show in and of itself, even to the causal fan.

WARNING: The extra features were glitchy, especially on alleged state of the art PC. Richard O'Brien's commentary wouldn't play at all.