Um......?? So, um ... I'm kind of speechless, because that was the first time I've ever seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and I'm not sure what to think. It was a wild ride, jaw-droppingly hilarious. Just when I thought I understood what was going on, they went and dropped another bombshell. Great acting, not sure what to think about the singing -- certainly not opera, and sometimes hard to understand (especially the "pressed" voices), but they definitely work here.
P.S. Did I mention it was hilarious?
Oh, and yes: both the scientist and his "creature" die on the end. I suppose it was inevitable. Poor Victor and Adam, er, Frank and Rocky. Even their deaths were incredibly similar: Victor and Adam die in an inferno, and here, they die of laser-related injuries. (Sorry if that's obvious to everyone else. I just thought about that).
hahahahahahaha you lost your virginity
(Rath, that's RHPS fan speak for people who watch the film for the first time.)
I'm pretty sure that when I first saw it as a 15-ear-old who didn't want to have anything to do with bed stuff and who knew very little of the world I switched it off halfway during Sweet Transvestite as it was way too rich for my blood, and didn't watch it until many years later, when I saw it lying around the house and there was nothing to do that evening.
Little did I know that the moment I recognized Tim (from the way he pronounces place) as being the butler from Clue, then watching a video on Youtube where he switched from an elegant English accent to Borschtbelt comic at the tip of a hat that I became so smitten I had to look up more by him.
The first thing I found was GK3. And that's how I got here. <3
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For those watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show for the first time, you have to view it from the perspective of the cult movie that it is. To watch it with others it becomes participatory event. People dressed in costumes portraying characters from the movie, shadow acting the movie or the audience standing when Time Warp starts and dance along in the aisles. Off the wall comments during the movie were expected, like "Meatloaf again?!!" (as if a complaint about what's served for dinner) when Meatloaf bursts onto stage on his bike. Many other things, but you get the idea.
Um......?? So, um ... I'm kind of speechless, because that was the first time I've ever seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and I'm not sure what to think. It was a wild ride, jaw-droppingly hilarious. Just when I thought I understood what was going on, they went and dropped another bombshell. Great acting, not sure what to think about the singing -- certainly not opera, and sometimes hard to understand (especially the "pressed" voices), but they definitely work here.
P.S. Did I mention it was hilarious?
Oh, and yes: both the scientist and his "creature" die on the end. I suppose it was inevitable. Poor Victor and Adam, er, Frank and Rocky. Even their deaths were incredibly similar: Victor and Adam die in an inferno, and here, they die of laser-related injuries. (Sorry if that's obvious to everyone else. I just thought about that).
hahahahahahaha you lost your virginity
(Rath, that's RHPS fan speak for people who watch the film for the first time.)
Fair enough. I've heard that before, so I'm not offended.
BBP wrote: ↑Mon Feb 09, 2026 2:35 pm
I'm pretty sure that when I first saw it as a 15-ear-old who didn't want to have anything to do with bed stuff and who knew very little of the world I switched it off halfway during Sweet Transvestite as it was way too rich for my blood, and didn't watch it until many years later, when I saw it lying around the house and there was nothing to do that evening.
Little did I know that the moment I recognized Tim (from the way he pronounces place) as being the butler from Clue, then watching a video on Youtube where he switched from an elegant English accent to Borschtbelt comic at the tip of a hat that I became so smitten I had to look up more by him.
The first thing I found was GK3. And that's how I got here. <3
Hmm ... IIRC, I first saw Tim in "Clue" (thanks for the tip-off, BBP!) and thoroughly enjoyed his performance. Much (much) later on, I played Dragon Age: Origins, where Tim plays a key antagonist, charming but smarmy and menacing. (If you haven't played DAO yet, you'll probably enjoy it!)
But RHPS came out before I was born, so I never got a chance to see it in the theatre. *shrug* The word "Horror" in the title also gave me the wrong idea for ages and ages, since I don't enjoy horror films. Now I understand that it was simply parodying horror tropes (especially the Frankenstein films).
Come to think of it, both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein (with Gene Wilder as the scientist) came out in 1974, the year before RHPS (which came out in 1975). So why was the mid-70s such a good time for parodies? Just wondering.
Actually RHPS has the world's longest cinematic run. It is still running, more than 50 years after its original release! From Wikipedia: Still in limited release in 2026, 50 years after its premiere, it is the longest-running theatrical release in film history. In many cities, live amateur shadow-casts act out the film as it is being shown and heavily draw upon a tradition of audience participation.[9] The film is most often shown close to Halloween. Today, the film has a large international cult following and has been considered by many as one of the greatest musical films of all time. In 2005, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Horror is a pretty decent name for the film as it parodies B-movies. The working title was "They Came From Denton High".
One thing that surprises me is a lot of artworks (plays and literature) that survive to us, are parodies. Like Reynard the Fox, Roman de Fauvel... I guss like with all things fashion parodies will come in waves. There were tons of parody movies in the early noughties around (like the Scary Movie franchise. Tim's in Scary Movie 2.) I think the overkill of poor parodies may have put the genre on the back burner, although I understood the Knies Out franchise is one as well.
I'm waiting for a superhero flick parody, I'm so tired of the genre...
I noticed that the video from the last page has now fallen off, so here it is again:
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BBP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:53 pm
Actually RHPS has the world's longest cinematic run. It is still running, more than 50 years after its original release!
Phew. For a moment or two I thought you said that RHPS has the world's longest theatre run (it ran for two years on Broadway before it became a movie, which is how Tim looks so comfortable in everything he does - including heels!), and I was all set to be pedantic and say that Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, yadda yadda yadda.
And speaking of which, I saw "The Mousetrap" in the West End when I was in London. Good show. It actually made sense, unlike some other murder mysteries. But what else would you expect from Christie?
But back to RHPS. They were given just 8 weeks to film this and a budget of just $1 million ... and apparently there was a heater on set, but it exploded, according to Susan Sarandon.
More fun little facts:
- Barry Bostwick (who plays Brad Majors here) also plays Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City.
- Susan Sarandon never sang before this film, and was trained to sing on set.
- The film was ... well, filmed where Hammer Horror House was based and used a lot in their films in the UK. Unfortunately the building was neglected and the roof leaked. It was raining heavily and there was no heating. The cast were wet and cold for the UK shoot. Susan came down with pneumonia, and they thought that she might have to be replaced, but Susan soldiered on and finished the shoot. What a trooper.
Susan Sarandon, in her own words:
Oh, and one last thing: Richard O'Brien's advice to the actors and singers during the 1975 filming was 'act like a B movie and sing like a rock concert!' Best. Direction. Ever.
BBP wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 4:53 pm
One thing that surprises me is a lot of artworks (plays and literature) that survive to us, are parodies. Like Reynard the Fox, Roman de Fauvel... I guss like with all things fashion parodies will come in waves. There were tons of parody movies in the early noughties around (like the Scary Movie franchise. Tim's in Scary Movie 2.) I think the overkill of poor parodies may have put the genre on the back burner, although I understood the Knies Out franchise is one as well.
I'm waiting for a superhero flick parody, I'm so tired of the genre...
I'm not surprised. For instance, Terry Pratchett's acclaimed "Discworld" series started out as a parody of the many (many) fantasy books that were flooding the market at the time. But then he built it into a fantasy world of his own that works and makes sense.
Is Reynard the Fox a parody of anything specific (other than courtly romance, aristocratic chivalry, and the church - thank you, google)?
As for superhero flick parodies ... I'm currently writing a superhero parody (not a flick, sorry). But wouldn't it be great if someone made a Thor movie that shows Thor and Odin and all the rest as the original Norse myths show them? For instance, the story of Thor losing his hammer to Thrym the Frost Giant because the gods refused to let Thrym marry Freyja ... so Loki disguises Thor as Freyja (and himself as Thor's "handmaiden"), and Thor 'marries' Thrym to get his hammer back. It's one of the most famous Norse myths.
Or an unnamed giant who, in the guise of a mortal, promises to build Asgard an impregnable wall in one winter, and if he does, the gods have to let him marry Freyja (why is Freyja's consent never mentioned?) and let him have the sun and moon as a dowry. (What a fair price - but stupid Odin agrees). The gods laugh at him, but with the help of his magical horse (what?), he nearly gets the job done, and with 3 days in winter to go, he only has to finish the gate. The gods panic, and Odin actually orders Loki (Loki again!!!) to stop the building of the wall. So Loki transforms himself into a lovely mare] (again, WHAT!??) and impregnates the giant's horse (WHAT!) so the horse can't help the giant. The giant explodes in a fit of rage, and Thor smashes the giant with his hammer. But afterwards Odin feels guilty for breaking his promise, and this is the start of the downward spiral that leads to Ragnarok.
Or when Thor stops for the night at a giant's house and dares anyone to beat him at a game of strength, and an old woman steps forward to dare him to wrestle her, and Thor laughs - an old woman can't beat me! - but she does, and he is humiliated ... and the giant reveals that the old woman is actually Elli, the Personification of Old Age, and nobody can beat old age.
But my favourite has to be when a giant (why is it always giants??) dares the gods to make him laugh, and nobody can do it, until Loki volunteers, and he ties his own beard (or in more vulgar and apocryphal readings, his testicles (WHAT! ) to a goat (again, WHAT???) and has a tug of war with it, and the giant laughs, and Loki saves the day.
I think someone must have been doing magic mushrooms when they wrote these stories.
BBP wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2026 2:48 pm
Tim's slated to have a good part in a new flick called Stream - Sudden Death.
Just a heads up to not panic if you read the name of the maestro along with the words sudden death in a title.
Too late. I opened this thread, saw the words "Sudden Death", and panicked for about a second, until I read the context.
And I agree, it's pretty exciting. I just looked it up and "Stream 2: Sudden Death" is a horror movie, so I don't think I'll see it. I don't like horror movies.
But it's very exciting to see Tim returning to acting. I wonder if the movie will call for him to be murdered. Or maybe he will be the murderer, or even suspected of it, like Col. Dijon was.
I'll be in a corner balling my eyes out if you need me...
*sends BBP and everyone lots of hugs* Say it ain't so.
I only recently saw him as the wonderfully campy Dr Frank-N-Further in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". He was perfect as Wadsworth the Butler in "Clue", too, and Pennywise in "It". I also loved him as Long John Silver in "Muppet Treasure Island". He also loaned his voice to Arl Rendon Howe, the composed, subtle, and deceptive villain in the computer game Dragon Age: Origins. And he was a standout as Ymper Trymon in The Colour of Magic ... and wonderful as King Arthur in Spamalot.
And Tim started out in the Broadway musical Hair, way way back in 1968 - and he last acted in the live-action horror film Stream, in 2024. So his career nearly lasted 60 years.
Tim could act in any role he wanted. It's so sad he's gone.
I'm re-reading his autobiography now. I lost count how many times I read the audio book. If you haven't got it yet, treat yourself to it. Tim doesn't talk about his romantic life (save the usual quip about having dated Miss Piggy), but he does tell a lot about the parts he played.
His hands-down favourite was as Long John Silver in the Muppets Treasure Island. Which he sang live on stage!
His description of the making of the Legend costume is absolutely terrifying, having to be in a plastic mold for 10 hours enduring a panic attack, how the first time wearing it it took 10 hours, the plastic was glued to his skin and at the end of the day just "pulled off", giving him plenty of skin injuries and causing lots of pain.
In an interview, Tim once described himself as Terrific in Turkeys as a lot of his movies bombed , but he was always praised for his performance. The Tim Curry Curse is when you fall in love with the man and end up watching way too many things outside your zone of interests.
I've only just found this and need to watch it:
Feel free to add your gems and make us feel a bit better about having been able to enjoy his genius!
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So, um ... I'm kind of speechless, because that was the first time I've ever seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", and I'm not sure what to think. It was a wild ride, jaw-droppingly hilarious. Just when I thought I understood what was going on, they went and dropped another bombshell. Great acting, not sure what to think about the singing -- certainly not opera, and sometimes hard to understand (especially the "pressed" voices), but they definitely work here.
I just thought about that).
For instance, the story of Thor losing his hammer to Thrym the Frost Giant because the gods refused to let Thrym marry Freyja ... so Loki disguises Thor as Freyja (and himself as Thor's "handmaiden"), and Thor 'marries' Thrym to get his hammer back. 
The gods laugh at him, but with the help of his magical horse (what?), he nearly gets the job done, and with 3 days in winter to go, he only has to finish the gate. The gods panic, and Odin actually 
