# Rocky Horror Picture Show and Shock Treatment on DVD
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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 25, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030 "2006-09-25T05:21:40Z")
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### Author:  [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/1 "2006-09-25T05:21:40Z")
So, I just found out that the sequel to Rocky Horror Picture Show, [Shock Treatment](http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Horror-Picture-3-Disc-Anniversary/dp/B000G6BLGA/sr=1-2/qid=1159161170/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-8600962-7028843?ie=UTF8&s=dvd), is on DVD now at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). They have it both by itself and included in a 3-disc set with the 25th anniversary RHPS DVDs.
So, anyone bought this yet? Anyone planning to? Anyone just want to talk about Shock Treatment? š
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### Author:  [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/2 "2006-09-25T14:24:40Z")
> [@Raguleader](#):
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> So, I just found out that the sequel to Rocky Horror Picture Show, [Shock Treatment](http://www.amazon.com/Rocky-Horror-Picture-3-Disc-Anniversary/dp/B000G6BLGA/sr=1-2/qid=1159161170/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-8600962-7028843?ie=UTF8&s=dvd), is on DVD now at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). They have it both by itself and included in a 3-disc set with the 25th anniversary RHPS DVDs.
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> So, anyone bought this yet? Anyone planning to? Anyone just want to talk about Shock Treatment? š
Only that I never even KNEW there was a sequel to RHPS! I thought the original did so badly in original sales, I canāt imagine that a studio would have run out and made a sequel?
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### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/3 "2006-09-25T15:06:43Z")
I loved RHPS but never watched ST - the previews I saw didnāt interest me at all. Iād love to hear from some Dopers who have seen it.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/4 "2006-09-25T15:13:40Z")
I watched _Shock Treatment_ years ago. Itās not a direct sequel to _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_; more like the two movies are set in the same background (although Shock Treatment does have Brad and Janet, albeit played by different actors). Itās a weaker picture than the original.
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### Author:  [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/5 "2006-09-25T15:19:32Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#):
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> I watched _Shock Treatment_ years ago. Itās not a direct sequel to _The Rocky Horror Picture Show_; more like the two movies are set in the same background (although Shock Treatment does have Brad and Janet, albeit played by different actors). Itās a weaker picture than the original.
I saw it years ago too. From what I remember the picture was weaker, though the songs overall were better. No stand out ones like āTime Warpā though, I just came away with the impression that the songs were stronger.
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### Author:  [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/6 "2006-09-25T15:40:05Z")
I like the movie a lot, and I thought the plot internally made more sense (I STILL havenāt quite figured out what the hell was going on in RHPS, and Iāve seen it many times over the last 3-4 years). Also, Jessica Harper is so much hotter than Susan Sarandon.
As far as the songs go, I have been known to randomly start singing āLittle Black Dressā and āFarleyās Songā when Iām bored, though I only really break loose into the songs when Iām driving.
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/7 "2006-09-25T15:50:25Z")
> [@clnilsen](#):
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> I thought the original did so badly in original sales, I canāt imagine that a studio would have run out and made a sequel?
RHPS was made for around a million dollars and by the time ST was made RHPS had grossed something like $8 million and was a cult phenomenon showing no signs of weakening. An 8:1 return on investment is certainly enough to greenlight a sequel, especially one that the studio figures has a built in fanatic-base.
I heard the ST soundtrack years before I saw the picture and the story I constructed around the songs was IMHO way better than the actual film.
As Iāve watched ST a few times over the years Iāve gotten a better appreciation for it. I still donāt like it as well as RHPS and wouldnāt dress up and yell stuff at ST but I do think itās a decent film. It anticipates the rise of reality television nicely, almost a pre-parody of the genre.
Now, if only some studio would greenlight one of the _other_ two sequels that Richard OāBrien has penned!
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### Author:  [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/8 "2006-09-25T17:03:38Z")
Iām planning to get the _Shock Treatment_ DVD at some point. I have it on VHS, but this one has letterboxing and extra features. The movieās not very good, but it does have its own quirky way and the soundtrack is a lot of fun. I think I like āBitchinā in the Kitchenā best.
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### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/9 "2006-09-25T17:20:57Z")
> [@Raguleader](#):
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> I like the movie a lot, and I thought the plot internally made more sense (I STILL havenāt quite figured out what the hell was going on in RHPS, and Iāve seen it many times over the last 3-4 years). Also, Jessica Harper is so much hotter than Susan Sarandon.
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> As far as the songs go, I have been known to randomly start singing āLittle Black Dressā and āFarleyās Songā when Iām bored, though I only really break loose into the songs when Iām driving.
Jessica Harper? The same Jessica Harper who was in Phantom of the Paradise? Iāve got to watch ST - I love her voice.
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### Author:  [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/10 "2006-09-25T17:28:46Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#):
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> Jessica Harper? The same Jessica Harper who was in Phantom of the Paradise? Iāve got to watch ST - I love her voice.
Does the ST DVD have any commentaries or special features? If so I might just get it from Netflix Iāve seen it on Fox Movies.
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/11 "2006-09-25T17:52:35Z")
I [mentioned](http://youtube.com/watch?v=bckpvdsH8gk) this movie in another recent thread. I really have a nostalgic softspot for the music. I was a RHPS fanatic in full swing when this came out; saw it every day in the theater opening week. Bought the soundtrack. Talked a friend of mine, Chicagoās Alexandra Billings (then known simply as ChantĆ©; now tragically no longer with us), into performing āLooking for Tradeā at Club La Cage.
I too am a big Jessica Harper fan. Any other JH fans should be sure to watch the Italian horror classic \*[Suspiria](http://argento.vervost.de/argento/suspiria.jpg)\*over and over and over again. Plus of course you should get all her [childrenās CDs](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs/103-3458361-0072659?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=jessica+harper&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go).
And of course keep your eyes open; it was a pleasant surprise (one of the only ones provided by the movie) to see her in Spielbergās _Minority Report._
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### Author:  [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/12 "2006-09-25T17:55:45Z")
> [@lissener](#):
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> I [mentioned](http://youtube.com/watch?v=bckpvdsH8gk) this movie in another recent thread.]
Well THAT was a weird clipboard fluke; that C/P ghost is from at least two days ago.
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7777627&postcount=4)ās the correct link.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/13 "2006-09-25T19:01:10Z")
Little Black Dress sticks in my mind as well.
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### Author:  [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/14 "2006-09-25T20:20:55Z")
Does the Special Features have that VH1 special featuring celebrities covering RHPS songs? I remember Jesse L Martin was one of them.
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### Author:  [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-horror-picture-show-and-shock-treatment-on-dvd/374030/15 "2006-09-25T21:00:14Z")
I really like Shock Treatment. I know itās not good but it is really bizarre and interesting.
Lullaby is in just about all of my mellow WMP playlists and Little Black Dress is just an awesome song. I actually prefer OāBrien as Dr. McKinley over Riff-Raff.