Review of Shock Treatment (1981) by Rod E — 25 Nov 2012

'Shock Treatment' is a 1981 comedy musical directed by Jim Sharman. It is very often mistaken as the sequel to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', but in truth, this film actually is not the sequel at all to that film.

'Shock Treatment' actually did start out production as an actual sequel to 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', but that idea was scrapped when most of the original cast could not return to reprise their roles and other problems arose.

After those difficulties, they decided to make a completely different film with the two main characters from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' in a completely different movie world. The film does feature a few characters and many actors from that movie, but it is still not meant to be a sequel at all.

When the film came out, audiences were not capable of understanding the film at all because reality TV was very little known at the time. This can be seen because the film was far too ahead of its time.

'Shock Treatment' is a highly entertaining film. The film, on a whole, is very humorous. The songs by Richard O'Brien are great, entertaining, and highly memorable. I mainly loved the songs "Shock Treatment", "Little Black Dress", "Lullaby", and "Look What I Did to My Id.

" The great performances given by Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Barry Humphries, Richard O'Brien, and Patricia Quinn are highly entertaining because of the energy they give off in their roles.

The film also does well in making most of the characters and settings look as if they arrived straight out of the 1950's. I also loved many of the lines of dialogue in the film. Overall, 'Shock Treatment' is a highly underrated, comedic, and entertaining film that has many great songs.