Horror Movie Month: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 movie directed by Jim Sharman (who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard O'Brien) and stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, and Nell Campbell. An engaged couple (Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick) breaks down in a storm and goes to a nearby castle to use the phone. They happen to show up during the Annual Transylvanian Convention, so they meet an interesting array of characters, led by Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry), a mad scientist/transvestite who is keeping a man he created in his labratory.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (which was a stage show before it was a movie) is a fun movie, and though all of the actors were great, Tim Curry was the clear standout as Frank N. Furter, one of the most memorable movie characters of the past forty years. The songs are catchy, and whenever I watch the movie, "The Time Warp" ends up getting stuck in my head for a few days...it's a good song though, so I don't mind. : )

My rating: 8/10

Followed by:
Shock Treatment

Movie Spotlight: The Selling

The Selling is a 2011 movie starring Gabriel Diani (who also wrote the movie), Janet Varney (who you know from Burning Love if you're a cool person who watches awesome shows), Jonathan Klein, Etta Devine, Barry Bostwick, and Nancy Lenehan.  Real estate agent Richard Scarry (Gabriel Diani), who always tries to be honest with potential buyers, must try to sell a house that is haunted and used to belong to a serial killer.  He does a fairly good job of reluctantly keeping the truth hidden until the walls of the house start bleeding during a showing when Richard is confronted by Ginger Sparks (Etta Devine), who runs "Ghost Blog, a website that's devoted to protecting the rights of the non-living."

Often when I watch a paranormal movie that I randomly find on Netflix or the Chiller network, it turns out to be...not very good.  Luckily, I didn't have this problem with The Selling...it was much better than I expected, and of course I liked the fact that one of the characters is a paranormal blogger.  It's a funny movie with a great cast and script and interesting characters, so if you want to watch an entertaining paranormal movie that won't give you nightmares, check out The Selling. : )

My rating: 7.5/10