In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, The Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to cinema screens. Richard O’Brien’s legendary musical comedy follows the sexual awakenings of naïve, chaste young couple Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon) at the hands of sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry in an unforgettable and genuinely iconic performance). Looking for assistance with a flat tyre, the two knock on the doctor’s door and are welcomed to the ongoing party by the assorted inhabitants therein, including Riff Raff (O’Brien), Magenta (Patricia Quinn), Eddie (Meat Loaf), and Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood) himself, a creation of Frank-N-Furter’s. The quintessential cult movie that racked up 21 years of late-night shows in the Classic cinema in Harold’s Cross, the film is filled with memorable songs (and dances, as in The Time Warp) and dialogue, and is a remarkable, one-of-a-kind big screen experience.

Notes by Kevin Coyne.