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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
R
Comedy
Horror
Musical
Sci-Fi

Release Date
August 14, 1975
Director
Jim Sharman
Runtime
98
Main Genre
Comedy
Writers
Richard O'Brien , Jim Sharman
Tagline
Another Kind Of Rocky.

Summary

After Janet accepts Brad's marriage proposal, the happy couple drive away from Denton, Ohio, only to get lost in the rain. They stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite who is holding the annual convention of visitors from the planet Transsexual. Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears the doctor and rejects his sexual advances. When Frank-N-Furter announces that he is returning to the galaxy Transylvania, Riff Raff the butler and Magenta the maid declare that they have plans of their own.

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