Expanded 1975 Film Version
This low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. After the wholesome pair profess their love through an opening song, their car breaks down in the woods, and they seek refuge in a towering castle nearby. Greeting them at the door is a ghoulish butler named Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien), who introduces them to a bacchanalian collection of partygoers dressed in outfits from some sort of interplanetary thrift shop. The host of this gathering is a transvestite clad in lingerie, Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry), a mad scientist who claims to be from another planet. With assistants Columbia (Nell Campbell) and Magenta (Patricia Quinn) looking on, Frank unveils his latest creation -- a figure wrapped in gauze and submerged in a tank full of liquid. With the addition of colored dyes and some assistance from the weather, Frank brings to life a blonde young beefcake wearing nothing but skimpy shorts, who launches into song in his first minute of life. Just when Brad and Janet think things couldn't get any stranger, a biker (Meat Loaf) bursts onto the scene to reclaim Columbia, his ex-girlfriend. When Frank kills the biker, it's clear that Brad and Janet will be guests for the night, and that they may be next on Frank's list -- whether for murder or carnal delights is uncertain. And just what is that mystery meat they're eating for dinner, anyway? In addition to playing Riff Raff, O'Brien wrote the catchy songs, with John Barry and Richard Hartley composing the score. 1975
1. Science Fiction, Double Feature (4:27)
Magenta
2. Dammit, Janet (3:21)
Brad & Janet
3. Over at the Frankenstein Place (3:58)
Brad, Janet, Riff
4. Time Warp (4:29)
Riff, Magenta, Columbia
5. Sweet Transvestite (4:06)
Frank
6. The Sword of Damocles (3:37)
Rocky
7. I Can Make You a Man (3:15)
Frank
8. What Ever Happened to Saturday Night? (3:20)
And Eddy
9. I Can Make You a Man (Reprise) (1:59)
Frank
10. Once in a While (3:45)
Brad
11. Toucha-Toucha-Touch Me (2:58)
Janet
12. Eddie's Teddy (2:47)
Dr. Scott
13. Planet, Schmanet, Janet (2:35)
Frank and Others
14. Rose Tint My World (4:03)
Brad, Janet, Columbia, Rocky
15. Don't Dream It, Be It (3:36)
Frank
16. Wild and Untamed Thing (1:51)
Frank, Brad, Janet, Columbia, Rocky
17. I'm Going Home (2:57)
Frank
18. Super Heroes (5:20)
Brad & Janet
19. Science Fiction, Double Feature (Reprise) (1:29)
Magenta