# The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

> A stranded young couple enters a flamboyant mad scientist's mansion and is swept into a gleefully transgressive glam-rock fantasy.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/22789

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror
- Director: Jim Sharman
- Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: campy, witty, irreverent, midnight movie screening, halloween party

## Synopsis

A wild night of unexpected pleasures and outrageous encounters awaits in a mysterious mansion.

## Movies like The Rocky Horror Picture Show

- [Tommy (1975)](https://ember.film/movie/6311)
- [Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/7744)
- [Barbarella (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/3947)
- [Elvira's Haunted Hills (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/12976)
- [Liquid Sky (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/12645)
- [Shock Treatment (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/17009)
- [Little Shop of Horrors (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/5830)
- [Phantom of the Paradise (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/16432)
- [Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)](https://ember.film/movie/2001)
- [Young Frankenstein (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/1994)

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