Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.

October 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 57

Total Comments: 43

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Shock Treatment / USA / 1981

Inevitably, as a follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shock Treatment pales in comparison to its predecessor. It’s still an excellent film, and it could have possibly been an equal had it a central character even remotely as charismatic (or frightening, etc.) as Tim Curry’s Frank-N-Furter. As-is, it’s a collection of supporting roles.

It’s also fascinating to approach this film considering the unforeseen and enormous niche audience solicited by Rocky Horror that Shock Treatment was certainly meant to nourish. Richard O’Brien’s script endured several iterations, in an early one entailing location shooting in rural Ohio, and ultimately based entirely in a television studio. There is an audience in the film, and their eager participation seems instructive of how you are to be engaged by Shock Treatment. It’s a little prosaic in comparison to Rocky Horror’s wild solicitations.

by Rumsey Taylor | Source: Fox DVD
02 Oct 2006 11:38 AM | Submit Comment

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