Shock Treatment (1981) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Janet and Brad become contestants on a game show... but wind up as captives instead. Director: a list of 48 titles created 04 Jul 2013 a list of 36 titles created 04 Sep 2014 a list of 25 titles created 22 Mar 2015 a list of 25 titles created 5 months ago a list of 24 titles created 4 months ago Search for " Shock Treatment " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards » Photos A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Director: Jim Sharman A young couple venture into a summer beach house and make passionate love, unaware that they are being observed by a demented doctor who later uses the girl as part of a bizarre experiment. Director: Jim Sharman The Night The Prowler, is about the dark side of suburban middle-class urban culture and family relations. It film brings to the surface some of the darkest recesses of suburban family life... See full summary » Director: Jim Sharman A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however. Director: Darren Lynn Bousman A live stage production of the musical, filmed at the Playhouse Theatre in London, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Director: Christopher Luscombe A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

Director: Brian De Palma Edit Storyline Following on from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", this musical is set several years later in Brad and Janet Majors' hometown - which has become a giant TV station; residents are either participants or viewers. They are married now, but their romance has fallen on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, Brad is imprisoned on the program "Dentonvale" (the local mental hospital) while Janet is conscripted to become a new star. As Janet is entranced by the high life, she forgets Brad. Who is trying to woo her away? Written by Miss Rori Stevens Trust Me, I'm A Doctor. See more » Genres: 30 October 1981 (West Germany) See more » Also Known As: The Brad and Janet Show See more » Filming Locations: Cliff De Young based his Brad Majors character on David Eisenhower . See more » Goofs Farley's lazy right eye disappears intermittently throughout the movie. See more » Quotes [first lines] Narrator: [voice-over] Once upon a time, there lived a real fast guy. His life was fast. His friends were fast. Heh - even his food was fast.

But he was still not satisfied. He wanted to share his fast philosophy with someone else, a beautiful girl. Trouble was, she was in the arms of... another man. (baltimore, md) – See all my reviews As people have said, this film got a horribly bad rap, and made very little money. The reason, as people have also said, is that it was expected to be in the same vein as RHPS, which it simply was not. Sure, it had Richard O'Brien's trademark musical style and whimsy, but it wasn't the campy kitsch people were expecting. It was, in fact, an intellectual movie with a serious message, a brilliant satire of life in the late 20th century. O'Brien takes jabs at the hallmarks of the decline of modern Western civilisation; conformity, machismo, brainwashing, and the absurdity of the "American Dream". The plot can be a little hard to discern on the first viewing, but, as with many great intellectual films, more nuances of what O'Brien is trying to say are picked up with each subsequent viewing. The film is certainly surreal, to say the least; and I would suspect psychedelics were somehow involved in the writing of the script.

Denton, the picaresque happy U.S. everytown, is actually just a television studio; and all the residents are characters on television shows or are in the audience. Enter Brad and Janet, who, after experiencing the "horrors" of RHPS, are having marital difficulties. This works perfectly into the plan of a mysterious fast food magnate, who intends to steal Janet away from her husband and use her to promote his business. He conspires to have Brad locked up in the local mental hospital/soap opera, while promoting Janet as a new bombshell sensation, and taking the whole town under his thumb. In short, if you're looking for more of RHPS, you will be sorely disappointed. But if you want a thought-provoking yet whimsical, tongue-in-cheek attack on all that is mind-numbing and soul crushing in our modern world, definately check this film out. Jonathan Swift would be proud. 41 of 47 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Shock Treatment (1981) – Horror Musical Review – Sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Scared Stiff Reviews Shock Treatment (1981) – Horror Musical Review – Sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show By Melissa Antoinette Garza When I was around 13 years old, I found out that there was a sequel to the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). I had to see it. This was before the internet was really popular and online shopping was nearly non-existent. Most people still did the majority of their shopping at physical stores and when one wanted something obscure, it could take forever to find it. Shock Treatment definitely fit into that category. Thankfully, I was always a cult movie fan and sought out places that could help me find little known gems. There are two stores I miss more than any others. The first was called Media Play. They carried all sorts of hard-to-find titles. I remember for years I had been searching for a movie but couldn’t remember the title. It was one that petrified me as a child and all I could recall were zombies on a boat and a man pushing a woman into the undead.

It was Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things and my brother found it there. I also located Sonny and Cher’s Good Times which was a movie I had wanted since childhood. Media Play was 1000 times better than Best Buy but sadly it failed. The closest I have found to anything like it is The Bull Moose in Maine. I really wish they would move closer to Massachusetts. The other store I wish I could bring back was called Astro Video. There was only one location and it was in Holyoke MA. The top floor was a rental outlet and it was an adequate size, but that’s not why I went. I went for what was downstairs. The basement was enormous. It looked like a warehouse filled with films for sale. Most movies were $7.95 or 2 for $14.95. Upon buying 10, you would get 1 free. The out-of-print movies were kept on the top shelves or behind the counter and they were usually much more expensive. I remember spending my birthday money there. When I got my first job, I would hand over my paycheck and buy boxes of obscure horror movies.

There were times where I would hop in my brother’s caravan with him and a bunch of friends and drive out there with the intention of buying 20 movies. God, I miss that place. So often, I have to explain my nostalgia to the younger generation. They are so accustomed to instant gratification that the rush of the hunt is lost on them. The youth don’t understand the feeling of waiting weeks to hear a song on a radio or watch a music video on MTV. Everything is at their fingertips at any time. That isn’t to say that there aren’t perks to this technologically advanced world we live in. Movies are definitely more assessable via the Internet. I can typically get a movie cheaper now than I did 20 years ago. DVDs and Blu -Ray are far better quality than VCR tapes. Instead of months or years, I can usually track down a movie in a matter of minutes. Still, there was something so great about walking from store to store for hours and reading the backs of the videos to find ones to take a chance on. Back in the day, there were no real ways to check reviews or ratings. It was a shot in the dark but we found so many amazing movies that way.

We also had our share of bad ones, but it was most certainly worth it. Video Stores were definitely a highlight of my childhood. One day while in Astro, I went up to the owner who had come to know all of us pretty well. Usually, he’d have to keep an eye on teenagers to make sure they weren’t stealing, but he knew us well enough to know that we always paid, and usually paid out quite a lot. I asked him for Shock Treatment. If I remember correctly, it was out of print at the time and I paid $35.00 for it. That isn’t the most I spent for a film. I spent more for the very obscure Spirit of 76 and the cult classic Super Fuzz. I remember rushing my friends so that I could get home to watch it. Thankfully, since the Internet wasn’t prevalent, I went into the movie with an open mind. I didn’t hear all the bashers and trashers. Honestly, it probably wouldn’t have changed my opinion. The new Texas Chainsaw received negative reviews but I loved it. With Shock Treatment, I knew it wasn’t as popular as RHPS, but I didn’t know about the somewhat obsessive hatred that some hardcore fans felt.

So, I went in with full optimism and I wasn’t let down. Shock Treatment has a special place in my heart for quite a few reasons. The most significant is because it was the topic of an ice-breaking conversation between my husband and I when I met him online. We both shared affection for it. I was taken aback by the fact that he not only knew about it, but that he admitted to loving it. I just thought it was so sexy that he was comfortable enough with his sexuality to admit loving The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Shock Treatment. I was enamored and still am. One day, he has promised he will dress like Frank-N-Furter for me. He has the hair and the look. I’m just awaiting the costume! Shock Treatment opens with Brad (Cliff De Young) and Janet (Jessica Harper) as they become pawns for the television station that has overrun their home town. For all intents and purposes, Denton no longer exists and is instead this TV network. All of the residents either sit in the audience as viewers or partake in the shows as guests or actors. This like RHPS was very ahead of its time. The movie plays out like a parody of the present.

When you think about reality-TV and how so many people want to be celebrities, it certainly has a prophetic feel to it. People sell their souls to be recognized. You have idiots like Kim Kardashian who “accidentally” has a sex tape released, Amanda Bynes who has decided negative attention is better than none, the Jersey Shore cast who hasn’t a brain among them, and all of the train-wrecks who go on programs like Jerry Springer or Maury Povich. When did America turn into the movie Idiocracy? Thankfully, the characters in Shock Treatment aren’t as stupid or annoying as the people in real life. I didn’t want to wish any of them in the cornfield. That said, they aren’t the smartest knives in the drawer either.. The host of the show, Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries) is a very pale, eccentric fellow with a bright yellow suit and black bow-tie. He’s a very quirky personality and a really neat character. He’s no Frank-N-Furter, but he’s definitely compelling. His hair is oddly parted and flared on one side. I think K.D. Lang may have copied him. Bert was much cooler than that no talent skank.

Honestly, he’s probably a better singer too. Humprhies definitely had a better fashion sense and when made-up was a far prettier woman than Lang. As you may have guessed, I hate K.D. It isn’t unjustified. I remember years ago she was on VH1 and insulted Bruce Dickinson stating that Iron Maiden was a hair band. Screw her! Iron Maiden is one of the greatest bands ever and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is the best album of all time. K.D. on the other hand is a pretentious loser who loves self-pity and hates men. She actually claimed that she was more spiritually advanced than the male gender. When I was a kid I thought her song Constant Craving was God Said Gravy. Either way, it sucked. Hell, she butchered a Roy Orbison song. That right there is enough to make someone go away forever. I really wish I had the power of wishing people into the cornfield. So, the Denton TV executives encourage Janet to lock Brad up in a mental institution. Brad is much geekier in this film than when he was portrayed by Barry Bostwick. He constantly knocks things over and causes damage accidentally.

I think this is because he has an alter-ego in the form of a cool evin twin. His brother, Farley Flavors who is also the head of Denton TV, dresses in black and has his hair slicked back which is a far smoother fashion than the frazzled way that Brad wears it. The contrast between the characters is fascinating. I had read that De Young used Jack Nicholson as inspiration to help him develop Farley. When one knows that while watching, it’s easy to see the parallels. On top of being a figurehead at Denton TV, Farley also owns a fast food company. He decides to use the profit to create a movement called Sanity for Today. He hires Janet to star in the related program Faith Factory. He has full intention to make her into a big star both because he wants her and to get revenge on his brother. Brad isn’t the only one that has changed from RHPS. Janet is no longer the love-struck innocent. At times, Harper plays her like a complete bitch. To be fair, manipulation and drugs are involved, but without question ego and fame plays a part.

She falls so far that she grows angry and nearly throws a tantrum when people mention Brad’s condition as she wants to be the center of attention. The sexy, charming, funny and amazingly talented Richard O’Brien portrays Dr. Cosmo McKinley. Both he and his sister/lover Dr. Nation McKinley (Patricia Quinn) keep Brad locked up and Janet preoccupied and focused on her star power. There is so much to this film. It’s actually quite deep as it delves into star worship, obsessive aspirations, and the absence of a moral compass. The songs are fun and wild. I have the soundtrack on my IPOD and listen to it all the time. Sometimes at work, I’ll just listen to Duet, Duet whenever I’m angry. I do the same with Paul Williams’ Hell of It from the soundtrack Phantom of the Paradise. Those songs always seem to sum up my feelings well. Speaking of Phantom of the Paradise, Jessica Harper also starred in that horror musical. For those who haven’t seen it, you must. Fans of Shock Treatment will surely adore it. It’s crazy, twisted and fun. It’s a cross between The Who’s Tommy and RHPS. I’m a fan of musicals.

I can watch most of them and find enjoyment. I never really liked The Sound of Music or Mary Poppins but when the music works and the film is good, I’m in. In fact, for those curious here are the titles of the best musicals of all time. For those who can’t figure the numbers out, it’s from worst to best! The Rocky Horror Show Is Finally Getting A Sequel! | PerezHilton.com The Rocky Horror Show Is Finally Getting A Sequel! 12/01/2014 11:54 AM ET | Filed under: Broadway Babies • Film Flickers • GIFs In 1973, Richard O'Brien gifted the world with the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show, later rechristened Rocky Horror PICTURE Show when it made the jump to the silver screen. Now the mad scientist is bringing his creation full circle as the movie's sequel is finally coming to the stage! [ Related: This Rocky Horror Picture Show Makeup Line Is Ripe In Halloween Antici.. PATION! ] If you've never seen 1981's Shock Treatment, you may be in for a treat… ment.

Both the play and the film of Rocky have been running in theaters ever since all around the world, but the movie's sequel didn't exactly find the same niche. But could that be because it was ahead of its time? The story is all about a nightmare of being trapped in TV show versions of real life in a studio where the audience isn't allowed to leave. O'Brien (who you might know as Riff Raff from the Rocky Horror film) thinks the show will finally find its audience in the age of reality TV. He says: "Everybody is fed up with these reality shows… [They're] cheap, childish and thoughtless." We may not be tired of reality TV just yet, but we can love something and make fun of it at the same time! Obvi! Shock Treatment will premiere at the King's Head theater in London in Spring 2015. Can't wait! Carrie Fisher -- A Life In Film Made-For-TV Holiday Movies Celebs Should Be Embarrassed They Were In! 10 Must-Have Pop Culture Gifts Of 2016! SAG Award Nominations 2017 -- Snubs & Surprises!

15 Family Friendly Movies To Add To Your Netflix Queue This Holiday Season! 2017 Golden Globe Nominations - Snubs & Surprises View Pics » Shock Treatment (Film) - TV Tropes Shock Treatment You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Trust me... I'm a doctor ." "Not a sequel... not a prequel... but an equal." Shock Treatment is a 1981 movie musical from the makers of The Rocky Horror Picture Show , with many key cast members — but although Brad and Janet are once again major characters (albeit played by different actors), it isn't a direct sequel and few characters aside from them return. Denton ("The Home of Happiness"), the town that the now-married Brad and Janet Majors (Cliff de Young and Jessica Harper) call home, isn't what it used to be. It's now dominated by DTV, a TV station run by fast food mogul Farley Flavors, and most of its residents serve as a permanent audience for its programming. Indeed, the entire movie unfolds within the giant studio.

Brad and Janet have lost the passion in their marriage, and when they're chosen to be part of Marriage Maze by kooky host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries), it doesn't take much convincing for Janet to allow her "emotional cripple" husband to be committed to the asylum/ Soap Opera Dentonvale to see if he can't be cured by Doctors (and siblings) Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn). Actually, Farley Flavors is manipulating these events from behind the scenes — he is interested in molding Janet into his newest star, and she's easily enticed into forgetting about Brad. The only people who see through the smoke and mirrors of Farley and his crew are Betty Hapschatt (Ruby Wax) and Judge Oliver Wright (Charles Gray), and they set out to find out the truth behind them and reunite the couple before it's too late... The movie was not a success, and the makers were disappointed with how it turned out. It was originally conceived as a direct sequel ("Rocky Horror Shows His Heels", which would have involved Dr.

Frank-N-Furter being restored to life among other things), but for many, many reasons ranging from Tim Curry not wanting to play Frank again to the 1980 Screen Actors Guild strike, it was gradually transformed into a media spoof that is far removed from the kinky farce of the original. Within the Rocky Horror fanbase it generates mixed reactions , but it does have its own fan club, the presidents of which provided an audio commentary on the 2006 DVD release. This film contains examples of: The Ace : In "Farley's Song", he keeps referring to himself as an ace rather than a king. Added Alliterative Appeal : "Farley Flavors' Fabulous Fast Foods Feed and Fortify Families for a Fabulous Future!" Alliterative Name : Farley Flavors. Most of DTV's shows have names like this; Denton Dossier,Faith Factory, Happy Homes and Marriage Maze. American Gothic Couple : This portrait can be seen hanging in the prop room as a nod to the first movie.

And That's Terrible : The back of the DVD case says "Brad, on the other hand, has been imprisoned in a mental hospital and is not enjoying himself." And You Were There : Oscar Drill and The Bits appear as the pool and arcade game players in Janet's dream. Ascended Extra : Ralph and Betty Hapschatt make the transition from very minor characters mostly meant to establish where Brad and Janet were going before winding up at Frank's place, to secondary villain and one of the main heroes, respectively. Audience Participation : As with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, "shadowcast" productions with audience props and callbacks have been mounted over the years. Aside from the film being less popular, a likely reason there haven't been more stagings is that far more performers are required. You can read it here. Also, in-universe, with the Studio Audience . They sing along with some of the songs, and even have a couple of dance numbers, along with getting prompted by the show hosts. Breakup Song : "In My Own Way" is sung by Janet to Brad while he's sedated in Dentonvale. Brother-Sister Incest : Between Cosmo and Nation Justified because they're only actors pretending to be brother and sister.

Building of Adventure : Denton is all inside one TV studio. Call Back : The first thing that Janet says to Brad is " It's alright Brad - everything's going to be all right. " The Cameo : The president of the Rocky Horror fan club, Sal Piro appears talking on the phone near the start. Camp Straight : Cosmo must be straight or at least bi as he sleeps with Nation but in "Little Black Dress" he sings about how his favourite thing to do as a child was to make and wear women's clothes. Though this song was originally intended to be sung by Dr Frank N. Furter in an earlier draft. Canon Discontinuity : It helps that no attempt appears to be made at all to tie the plot of this film in with The Rocky Horror Picture Show . To be fair, it's presented as a Spiritual Sequel rather than a direct sequel, albeit with some of the same characters from the previous movie. (And even then 'Brad' and 'Janet' are such common names one could easily presume Richard O'Brian just likes those names and reused them - except for the fact their surname is Majors.

Also Betty Hapschatt and Ralph Monroe were characters from RHPS too.) Also Richard O'Brien disowned this movie as "an abortion" not long after it cam out, attempted sequels like Revenge Of The Old Queen and Rocky Horror: The Second Coming seem to ignore it. Celebrity Is Overrated : Partially due to realizing this trope, it doesn't take much for Janet to choose Brad over Farley in the end. Character Name Alias : Cosmo and Nation use these. Chekhov's Gun : Janet never signed Brad's commitment papers. Chekhov's Skill : Betty is really good at picking locks. Becomes a Brick Joke when she hotwires the convertible at the end. City in a Bottle : The entirety of Denton seems to be inside a TV studio. City of Weirdos : It seems that if you live in Denton, you either work for DTV or permanently live in the audience stand. By the end of the movie the entire population besides the main characters are singing happily in a mental home while wearing straightjackets. Cloud Cuckoolander : Without a script or orders from Farley, Bert Schnick tends to drift into his own world.

Companion Cube : "Bitchin' in The Kitchen" is a song where Brad and Janet ask inanimate household objects for marriage advice. Crapsaccharine World : See Stepford Suburbia and Eagleland . Crowd Song : "Denton U.S.A." Justified in that it's apparently the town's theme song. Dark Reprise : At the end, the studio audience are partying in Dentonvale — wearing straitjackets and happily singing "Denton U.S.A.", while their "phony medics" drink champagne and trash the offices. A Date with Rosie Palms : Farley seems to be doing this near the end of "Me of Me". Decoy Protagonist : Listening to the Opening Narration , you'd think Farley was the main character. Deliberate Values Dissonance : The racism directed towards Mexicans and the homophobia shown by Janet's father. Digital Destruction : In the original theatrical cut, the end credits are underscored by a reprise of the overture, and once they've rolled the screen goes to black for several additional minutes while the single version of "Shock Treatment" plays (inspiring a stretch of jokes about the void in Audience Participation showings).

This was preserved for the original VHS release through Key Video, though they stuck in the standard FBI warning image before going to black, while Fox Movie Channel airings just cut the music-only stretch. The 20th Century Fox DVD release's soundtrack jumps ahead to the second half of the overture when the credits start, so the single version of the song starts up midway through them and fades out as they end, meaning that neither is heard at their original length. Making matters worse, the end credits — particularly the photos of the actors — are clearly timed to the overture in the original cut, so an amusing touch is lost on the DVD. Distant Duet : "Bitchin' in The Kitchen" was one in the draft script. Brad would have been singing in the kitchen while Janet sang upstairs in the bedroom and bathroom but the finished movie has them sitting on the set of Marriage Maze singing to advertisements on a TV monitor. Hannibal Lecture : Farley Flavors tries this on Brad in "Duel Duet". Brad doesn't go along with it. Happiness in Slavery : The people in Denton sure enjoy being locked up and in straitjackets at the end.

Heteronormative Crusader : Janet's father. "Thank God I'm A Man" is one giant "I hate" song , despite being rife with what is, arguably , Hard Gay imagery! Hospital Hottie : Nurse Ansalong. Macy Struthers dresses like a nurse during "Look What I Did To My Id". Hypocrite : The studio audience cheers a racist remark towards Mexicans, despite Denton's supposed "tolerance for the ethnic races" as mentioned in "Denton, USA". "I Am" Song : "Thank God I'm a Man" for Janet's dad is all about his manly man philosophy. Opening Chorus : "Denton U.S.A." " Denton, Denton, you've got *clap* no pretention... " Opening Monologue : "Once upon a time, in a town not far from yours, there lived a real fast guy..." Painting the Fourth Wall : One of Janet's final lines in "Bitchin' In The Kitchen" is delivered directly into the camera, addressing the "spectator". She technically means the studio audience in the film but is certainly aimed at the viewer as well.

Bonus points for doing this while keeping up the rhyme scheme of the song. Panty Shot : Nurse Ansalong, many times through the movie. The Peeping Tom : The first clue we get that Bert isn't really blind, is Nation catching him watching Janet in the shower. Perky Female Minion : Nurse Ansalong, just like Columbia in the first movie. Phoney Call : Judge Oliver Wright and Betty Hapschatt at adjacent pay phones to cover up the fact that they're actually talking to each other while listening in on a conversation between some nearby bad guys. Quarreling Song : Duel Duet. Reality TV : Parodied before its time. Instead of filming real life and using Manipulative Editing to make it more dramatic, they manipulate their actors into behaving in a way suitable for a studio audience. "The Reason You Suck" Speech : "Duel Duet" is two of them at the same time, directed at each other. "The best thing you could ever do is die!" The Renfield : Bert Schnick.

Repeating Ad : In-universe example, we first see the Farley Flavors Fast Food commercial when a show on DTV takes a break, and if you listen closely, we can hear the commercial play again when Janet is at Brad's parents' house. Rhyming with Itself : Most of the lines in "Me of Me" end with the word "Me" . Riding into the Sunset : The lyrics "The sun never sets on those who ride into it..." appear in the final song. Separated at Birth : Farley and Brad; their parents died in a car accident and they were adopted by different families. Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness : In "Bitchin' in The Kitchen", Janet calls an alarm clock a "Micro-digital awaker" and a leg razor as a "depilatator".. Shoe Phone : Bert's walking stick doubles as a phone/radio that he can use to talk to Farley. Trapped in TV Land : The back of the DVD case implies this to be the plot by saying "[Brad and Janet] find themselves stuck in a weird television-world" Trust Me, I'm a Doctor : Said by Dr.

Cosmo McKinley at the end of the movie trailer, when assuring "You'll be pathetically crazy about " Shock Treatment "." Viewers Are Geniuses / What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic? : The seagull Vince brandishes threateningly at Betty. "Does this bird belong to you?" Villain Song : Farley has the aptly titled "Farley's Song". Villain with Good Publicity : Farley Flavors. Visual Gag : At the end of "Little Black Dress", they all strike the pose that Frank N. Furter, Columbia, Magnenta and Riff-Raff had during "Sweet Transvestite". Where The Hell Is Denton? : The Opening Monologue refers to it as being set in a town "not far from yours", it was originally supposed to be filmed in Denton, Texas but the Screen Actors Guild going on strike put a halt to that, meaning it had to be filmed in England. Women's Mysteries : Betty can pick locks and fix cars with just her hair pin.

TRHPS Official Fan Site: Shock Treatment: Production Notes (Note: What follows are the original press notes which accompanied the release of Shock Treatment in 1981.) All the world's a TV sound stage in "Shock Treatment." An outrageous new musical from the creators of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," 20th Century-Fox's "Shock Treatment" is set in Denton, USA, a mythical suburban community that shares with its real-life counterparts perhaps the single most over-riding characteristic of American cultural life - an obsession with television. To lampoon our love affair with the tube, the filmmakers have come up with a unique structural and stylistic device. The entire film takes place inside a television studio. In fact, the entire town of Denton is a television studio, and its residents act like running characters in TV series that have gone wildly out of control. Our guides through the madness of Denton are Brad and Janet Majors. The perfect young couple of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" visit the station as innocent participants in a daytime marriage-counseling show, "Marriage Maze." It's an apt title.

Unbeknownst to Brad and Janet, they're unwitting pawns in a twisted scheme concocted by the station's sponsor, a fast food tycoon named Farley Flavors, who has an old score to settle. What happens to Brad and Janet? What strange secret links Brad and Farley Flavors? Will Brad and Janet survive Farley's evil plot? Will they live happily ever after? For the answers to these and other cliff-hanging questions, tune in "Shock Treatment." The film propels Brad and Janet through a whirlwind of soap operas, quiz shows and medical serials, telling us the couple's story in the context of the kinds of programs that have addicted America to television. The musical score is fast and raunchy, a lively mix of rock and Broadway pop. The characters are crazed comic creations. The satire is wildly impudent. The film, in short, is a true original. Nothing like it has ever been seen before - except, perhaps, in the deranged imagination of someone who's spent the last ten years glued to a TV screen. "It's not a sequel... it's not a prequel...

it's an equal," comments producer John Goldstone, comparing the new film to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." "The real relationship between 'Rocky Horror' and 'Shock Treatment' is the consistent involvement of the same creative team," adds Jim Sharman. Sharman directed "Shock Treatment" and co-authored the screen-play with Richard O'Brien. O'Brien also wrote the book and the lyrics, composed the music with Richard Hartley and plays a leading role in the film. Lou Adler and Michael White are the executive producers, the design is by Brian Thomson and the costumes by Sue Blane. All performed the same functions on "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Newcomers to the "Rocky Horror" team are Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper, who star as Brad and Janet.

Audiences who know them primarily for their acting skills - Harper in the films "Phantom of the Paradise," "Stardust Memories" and the upcoming Steve Martin comedy "Pennies From Heaven," and De Young in such TV movies and mini-series as "Sunshine," "Captains and the Kings," "Centennial" and "Scared Straight" - may be surprised by the deft musical comedy talents displayed by the duo in "Shock Treatment." But for De Young and Harper the film is a return to their beginnings - both stars launched their careers in the Broadway production of "Hair". De Young, Harper and co-star Barry Humphries are joined by "Rocky Horror" cast members Richard O'Brien, Charles Gray, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell, who play entirely different but equally off-the-wall zanies in "Shock Treatment." "The intentions of the two films are quite disparate," says director Sharman, "the only tangible links being Brad and Janet as catalyst to the plot. 'Shock Treatment' shows a cartoon world of television-influenced lifestyles and media manipulation. By presenting our TV images, situations and characters trying to avoid reality.

Rather, we're giving a new perspective on what is served up every day by the media as reality." Observes producer John Goldstone: "We are so influenced by the media - the way we dress, the way we talk, our behavior, values and dreams - that to a very real extent, the whole world has become one big TV show." No one knows that better than Cliff De Young: "Years ago I was a regular on 'The Secret Storm' and I invited my mother-in-law to visit the set because it was her favorite soap. She was very excited - until she actually got to the studio and watched us tape the show. Her reaction was far from what I anticipated. I asked her why she was so disappointed and she said, 'You ruined the show for me.' "She was so hooked on the show, she thought it was real. But when she saw the actors getting ready, putting on their makeup, running lines, and the cameras rolling around, it totally destroyed the reality she had going in her head. "Our film is going to bring that out, De Young continues.

"Every part of life in 'Shock Treatment' is in the context of a TV show." Indeed, the entire film can be seen as a further episode in the continuing saga of Brad and Janet Majors, the innocent couple from Denton, U.S.A. who wandered into a Transylvanian transvestite convention in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." In that 1975 cult classic, the two young lovers were portrayed by Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon. Now, with De Young and Jessica Harper in the roles, the perfect couple is not quite as perfect anymore. To solve their marital problems, they appear as contestants on the "Marriage Maze" television show, hosted by the ever-popular Bert Schnick (played by Barry Humphries). But Brad and Janet's problems are just beginning. The station's all-powerful sponsor, Farley Flavors, wants Janet for his very own, for very strange reasons of his own, and has to remove Brad from the scene.

He fixes the show to get Brad committed to the town's loony-bin, Dentonvale, a "rest home" run by Cosmo and Nation McKinley (portrayed by Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn), a pair of shrinks who are far crazier than any of their patients. For Cliff De Young, his dual role in "Shock Treatment" is an actor's dream: he gets to play the hero, Brad, and the villain, Farley Flavors. "I modeled Brad after David Eisenhower" De Young reveals. "Brad, with his clean-cut innocence and Mr. Squeaky-Clean-America looks, is straight out of the '50s. "But Farley is definitely not Mr. Clean. He's a snake-oil salesman with slicked-back hair who fine-tunes the fates of Brad and Janet to serve his own evil purposes. Hears the great program director in the sky who makes everything happen." If Farley bears a strong resemblance to actor Jack Nicholson, "It's deliberate," explains De Young.

"Nicholson's screen persona in a lot of his films epitomizes that thing for me, that slick fast-talking American with the smile of a reptile, who turns out to be scheming and manipulative. "I admire Nicholson a great deal. He made such a strong impression on me that I tried to give Farley the same qualities that many of Nicholson's characters embody." Through Farley Flavors' Machiavellian plotting, Janet Majors becomes Denton TV's newest new face. With her Ozzie and Harriet upbringing, it should be a dream come true. "Janet is definitely Little Miss Middle-Class," according to Jessica Harper. "She's lived her whole life in a kind of little frilly doll house, and Brad is the ideal mate for her. "In the first movie, Janet was loyal to Brad but also interested in exploring the bizarre world of Transylvania that she and Brad stumbled upon. Similarly in this movie, she is still loyal to Brad but really loves being on television and doing all these odd things with all these odd people. She's not at all reluctant to leap into this new role of TV superstar that's being offered to her.

She discovers that she really is a naughty girl." "Jessica was one of the first people we interviewed for the part of Janet," John Goldstone comments. "What was so wonderful about her against all the others was her voice: it's terrific, and we were determined that the actors signed to play Brad and Janet would do their own singing. "Jessica also understood the irony of the film. It's a difficult thing for some American performers to be objective about television and the whole underside of pop stardom. But Jessica had no trouble at all with the irreverence of our script." Like Jessica Harper, actor/author/composer Richard O'Brien has no qualms about being irreverent. Proof of that is his appearance in the stage and screen versions of "Rocky Horror" as Riff Raff, the hunchbacked handyman of Transylvania who hails from the planet Transsexual. According to executive producer Lou Adler, "Richard O'Brien's brain - that's where everything is, the inspiration for everything in 'Rocky Horror' and 'Shock Treatment."' O'Brien's childhood fascination with trashy horror movies inspired him to write "The Rocky Horror Show," first for the stage and then the screen.

"We always knew there would be a follow-up to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show.' There's always a 'Son of...', a 'Bride of...' and a 'Son of...Rides Again"', O'Brien jokes. "But we wanted to do something totally different. When we initially conceived 'Shock Treatment', Brad and Janet's home was a real place. The Dentonvale sanitarium was real. Everything was real. The film was set in an American suburb and we were going to shoot as much as we could on location in the U.S.A. But then the Screen Actors strike intervened - and it turned out to be a stroke of good luck. We had to film the picture in England, but since we couldn't recreate American locations there, the movie had to be shot in a studio. It was then that we came up with the idea of setting the whole production inside a TV studio, and making the entire film look like it was shot off a television soundstage. "The story is exactly the one we started out with, but the framework and 'live theatre' look of the film is new." O'Brien the actor has a field day as Cosmo McKinley, Dentonvale's nutty nuthouse keeper.

"Cosmo is a phony," O'Brien says. "Just because he's got a 'doctor' before his name he feels he can cure people. But he's the one who needs curing." So does Cosmo's sister, Nation McKinley, played by Patricia Quinn. "That's right, folks, we're together again," says Quinn, who co-starred with O'Brien in the stage and screen versions of "Rocky Horror." She played Magenta, Riff Raff's incestuous sibling. Nation is a somewhat different character," the actress notes. "She's all terribly clean and healthy - on the outside at least. But inside she's rotten to the core. If she wasn't, I never would have been cast. I'm always cast as a baddy. I don't know why. I'm really a very lovely person." Also reunited with O'Brien are "Rocky Horror" troupers Charles Gray, Nell Campbell and Jeremy Newson.

Gray, a distinguished British character actor, won an entirely new and decidedly rowdier following through his appearance as the Criminologist in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." In "Shock Treatment," Gray is Denton TV's favorite egghead, Judge Oliver Wright, a specialist in in-depth discussions. "I never expected to be the object of a cult," the stentorian Gray remarks with some amusement, adding that he's never even seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." "I never see any of my films," the actor laughs. It's quite a shock, all the madness that's erupted around the whole 'Rocky Horror' phenomenon. Sal Piro, the president of the Rocky Horror Fan Club, has the coat I wore in that film and he lends it out on special occasions. It's a sort of relic. Like I am." Nell Campbell - Columbia, the Transylvanian groupie in the stage and screen companies of "Rocky Horror" - turns up in "Shock Treatment" as Ansalong, a nurse in the Dentonvale booby hatch. Campbell's career is straight out of an old MGM musical.

Dressed up in top hat and tails, singing and tapping away like Ann Miller, Campbell performed her routine on the streets of London's theatre district, hoping to catch the eye of anyone who could give her a break. Director Jim Sharman saw her, cast her, and the rest is history. Jeremy Newson is the only member of the "Shock Treatment" cast recreating the same role he played in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." As Ralph Hapschatt, he's the M.C. of the "Faith Factory," Denton TV's inspirational program devoted to mental health. The station's other favorite M.C. is Bert Schnick, host of "Marriage Maze." Australia's Barry Humphries plays Bert like a silent film villain of the German cinema of the 1920s, a Dr. Caligari. "He's a highly expressionist character, a blind Viennese-born game show host. Right away you know he's not rooted in any reality of any kind, except his own." Humphries is something of a specialist at exploring the lunatic fringe of society.

He first achieved fame as the star of a one-man show in which he played, among other bizarre characters, Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife. Dame Edna began to emerge during the actor's college days at Melbourne University and has since delighted audiences in London and New York. With "Shock Treatment," Humphries' one-of-a-kind comic talents will be brought for the first time to international motion picture audiences. The world of Barry Humphries is strange and fantastic. He's right at home in "Shock Treatment." Rocky Horror sequel Shock Treatment heading for London stage | The Independent Rocky Horror sequel Shock Treatment heading for London stage The 1981 movie was widely panned by critics but a theatre show opens in April Friday 28 November 2014 10:49 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture A film still from 1981's Rocky Horror sequel, Shock Treatment The flop sequel to cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show is to be adapted for the London stage. Director Benji Sperring will bring Richard O’Brien’s Shock Treatment to the King’s Head Theatre in spring 2015, with several of the original Rocky Horror characters featuring.

A film still from 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show “Shock Treatment has been waiting patiently in the wings for a stage premiere since the film was released in 1981,” said O’Brien. “Just as Rocky began life upstairs at the Royal Court, it seems a perfect fit for Shock Treatment to start its stage life in the effervescent atmosphere of the astounding Kings Theatre next April.” O’Brien has reworked his script for its stage debut after the movie was widely panned by critics and never achieved a general release. Shock Treatment picks up directly after the original, as Rocky Horror’s Brad Majors and his new wife Janet find themselves trapped in an ominous TV game show that eerily preempts the popularity of reality television. Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon did not return to the sequel in their iconic roles, with Cliff de Young and Jessica Harper taking over instead. Charles Gray and Patricia Quinn did reprise their parts, while a young Ruby Wax and Rick Mayall also starred. The new stage production is set to run until 9 May and will be preceded by the 21st anniversary revival of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, first seen at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Rocky Horror Sequel Shock Treatment at the King's Head | LondonTheatre.co.uk Home » News & Features » Theatre News » Rocky Horror Sequel Shock Treatment at the King's Head Rocky Horror Sequel Shock Treatment at the King's Head Wednesday, 11 March, 2015 Dom O'Hanlon Tarquin Productions will present the first staged production of the sequel to cult musical film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', Shock Treatment, at the King's Head Pub Theatre in Angel, north London from 17 April to 6 June 2015, with an official opening on 21 April 2015. Adapted for stage by Tom Crowley and Benji Sperring, the musical features music by Richard Hartley, lyrics by Richard O'Brien and book by Jim Sharman. Predicting the rise of reality TV, the show sees the return of Brad and Janet as they get sucked into a world of crazed contestants, fame-hungry presenters and money-grabbing executives both in front and behind the cameras.

The production will be directed by Benji Sperring with set design by Tim Shortall, musical direction and arrangement by Alex Beetschen, choreography by Lucie Pankhurst and costume design by Xylona Appleton. "Set several years after 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', Brad and Janet’s marriage is failing and they return to their hometown of Denton to find it’s not the idyllic suburb they remember. Invited onto the smash-hit TV show Unhappy Homes by their childhood friends – and Denton’s hottest TV couple – Betty and Ralph Hapschatt they’re plunged into the world of charismatic media moguls and game show participants, where people are willing to do anything in front of a camera for a taste of fame." 'The Rocky Horror Show' features book, music and lyrics by Richard O’Brien and premiered at the Royal Court in 1973. It was later and was adapted for film in 1975, known as 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and included three of the original cast.

The sequel to the film, 'Shock Treatment', was released in 1981 and reunited O’Brien with Rocky Horror’s director Jim Sharman as book writer, and the film’s musical arranger Richard Hartley as composer. Richard O'Brien said of the news: "I have always been of the opinion that it would work better as a stage play; the atmosphere, the studio, the lights, bring the show to the audience in a way the film cannot." The cast for the stage premiere of Shock Treatment is yet to be announced. West End Rumours Rumoured West End 2017 Round-Up From Fun Home to Waitress, from Next to Normal to Finding Neverland - it's always fun collating the various rumours flying around theatreland. After a very busy... Could Glenda Jackson's King Lear be West End and Broadway Bound? Following the official opening of The Old Vic's new production of King Lear starring double Academy Award-w... RockyMusic - Shock Treatment Soundtrack Song Lyrics RockyMusic The Musical World of Rocky Horror Sections We have 419 users, who have posted 1662 times in a total of 400 topics.

Song Lyric Categories 1974 Australian Cast , 1974 Roxy Cast , 1990 London Cast (The Whole Gory Story) Rocky Horror Show Translations Fearless (1979) , Miscellaneous , Read My Lips (1978) , Simplicity (1981) Shock Treatment Soundtrack: 15 song lyrics 52,857 views From the original soundtrack to the 1981 film Shock Treatment - Richard O'Brien 's "Not a prequel, not a sequel, but an equal" follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show . All lyrics transcribed by ear. Includes dialogue for the Farley Flavors ' Fabulous Fast Foods (F for...) commercial, which is present at the end of the track on the soundtrack album . Music and lyrics by Richard Hartley and Richard O'Brien .

Neely Pritt You'll find happy hearts, and smiling faces And tolerance for the ethnic races - in Denton Harry Weiss You'll find a rambling rose and a picket fence Emily Weiss Tenderness and innocence - in Denton Vance Parker Denton is a real OK town Civic pride and civic duty And Denton girls are You may call us the goody goody two shoes We're here to cheer you with the good news That D-E-N-T-O-N gets T-E-N That's ten out of ten!

Ralph Hapschatt If you're looking for a life of leisure Macy Struthers You're going to get a whole lot to please ya Ralph Hapschatt Denton, Denton, you've got no pretension You're where the heart is, you're OK Denton, Denton, I'd just like to mention You're the home of youth You're America's truth This is the Mecca of America Harry Weiss The Bethlehem of the West Emily Weiss This is the birthplace of the virtuous Harry Weiss Leisurewise, we're sure you will adapt Ralph Hapschatt Enjoy your stay, have a happy holiday Cheerleaders And we'll all put Denton, Denton, on the map Studio Audience Denton, Denton, you've got no pretension You're where the heart is, you're OK Denton, Denton, I'd just like to mention You're the home of youth You're America's truth Denton, Denton, you've got (clap) no pretension You're (clap) where the heart is, you're OK Denton, Denton, I'd just (clap) like to mention You're (clap) the acceptable face (clap) Of the human race You

're (clap) Denton, Denton, U.S.A.

Betty Hapschatt And now for a commercial break Macy Struthers OK kids, lets hear the five Fs for today. F for... Kids First and foremost, Farley Flavors fabulous fast foods Feed and fortify families for a fabulous future Studio Announcer Music and lyrics by Richard Hartley and Richard O'Brien .

Brad Majors Oh won't you help a first offender Oh, toaster Don't you put the burn on me Refrigerator, why are we always sooner or later Bitchin' in the kitchen or crying in the bedroom all night Dear knife drawer Now won't you help me to face life more Oh, trashcan Don't you put the dirt on me Oh percolator, why are we always sooner or later Bitchin' in the kitchen or crying in the bedroom all night Janet Majors Everything used to be OK But I've been had And Brad, I'm glad to say, is on his way Micro-digital awaker, why are we always sooner or later Bitchin' in the kitchen or crying in the bedroom all night Shower curtain Oh won't you help me to be certain Oh, toothpaste Don't you put the squeeze on me Depilitator, why are we always sooner or later Bitchin' in the kitchen or crying in the bedroom all night Tell me spectator, why are always sooner or later Bitchin' in the kitchen or crying in the bedroom all night! Music and lyrics by Richard Hartley and Richard O'Brien .

Janet Majors If only you knew how to win some prizes If only you knew how to play If you could sleep nights Stop your crying Then you might find out I still love you in my own way If that's not enough then I am so sorry I met you It was almost like leading you on But there's more to it all Than just wringing your heart out over something That keeps on going wrong So don't tell me you love me How am I supposed to know what that means No don't sell emotion If you're falling apart at the seams I hope that you smile When you reach your conclusion I hope that you'll know just what to say But if it should mean that the party's over You should know that I still love you You should know that I still love you You should know that I still love you In my own way Ever since I was the eina kliena heiren It was the cordon bleu For which I am most caring And the one taste treat so sweet That really can't be beat Is what we have here, how you are, caviar That little black mess Well first you go rip rip rip Then you go snip snip snip Then you whip in a zip zip zip Split it up to the hip hip

 hip And as you strip strip strip Oh you quiver, shiver, for that soft caress As you slip slip slip Into that little black dress That minimal (minimal) TRHPS Official Fan Site: Shock Treatment News • Participation • Downloads • History • Forum • Profiles • Shock Treatment • Links • Sitemap "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" © 1975 Houtsnede Maatschappij N.V.

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Question: """Shock Treatment"" was the sequel to which musical?"
Answer: Rocky Horror Picture Show