The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • Two of the aliens, Riff Raff and Magenta, display sexual intentions to each other (like fondling and stroking that produce evident arousal in the other), but they are brother and sister.
  • In the dinner scene, it shows a book full of porn, and on the first page you see a woman with her breasts visible, but it's only for a split second and too brief to notice.
  • During one song, a character wears revealing clothing, although no nudity.
  • Strangers strip a man and woman down to their underwear to remove their wet clothing.
  • Columbia's nipples can be seen briefly over the top of her corset.
  • Despite having 2 sexual scenes and nudity, the content is mostly innuendo, none worse than watching something like Austin Powers.
  • A woman's breasts briefly pop out of her bustier.
  • Several people are seen wearing revealing clothing throughout the film
  • Silhouettes (shadows) of people are used to depict two sexual scenes, a man having sex with a woman, and a man receiving fellatio. (Most graphic moment, the film keeps it's R rating for this scene alone)
  • The female lead seduces a man and allows him to fondle her breasts and ends up having sex with him (some shots show the man on top of her kissing her) They are later caught under the sheets by the woman's fiance and two others.
  • Statues of completely nude people are seen around the castle (Not graphic, they resemble mythology statues)
  • An element of the plot has the main character creating a muscle man for his sexual pleasure.
  • Sexual remarks throughout and lots of sexual references.

Violence & Gore

  • A man is killed with a pickaxe offscreen. A trail of blood is seen, blood is seen on the killer's gloves.
  • It is strongly implied the a man was fed to everyone at dinner.
  • A man's gory remains are shown, but they're very fake looking.
  • Some people are fatally shot with a ray gun. No gore or blood.

Profanity

  • The word "f*ck" is used once, in a song lyric.
  • The word "dammit" is used 10 times in a song lyric. "goddammit" is said once outside of the song.
  • "Godd*mn" is used once.
  • In the song "Planet Schmanet Janet" FranknFurther says: "a mental mind fuck can be nice".
  • 1 use of shit, mindfuck, hell, for god sakes, good god, my god, sucker, idiot, punk and gosh 11 uses of damn 1 used as goddammit 10 used as dammit 2 uses of fool

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • People are seen drinking wine at dinner.
  • Frank-N-Furter periodically smokes cigarettes.
  • Dr. Scott finds a joint (but doesn't smoke it) in The Zen Room.
  • A picture of Eddie in a men's room with a syringe in one hand and tourniquet around his arm about to shoot up is shown briefly.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Overall, the film has a slightly twisted plot.
  • A table cloth is pulled off to reveal a dead person's (very fake-looking but still slightly gruesome) body with their intestines exposed and bloody marks over them. They are being eaten by other characters who do not know until the moment the table cloth is pulled off.
  • The film is a spoof and homage of the Sci-Fi and Horror genre of the 1950s and 1960s, so there are some mildly frightening scenes, generally during the creation scene, but overall, the film has a comedic tone throughout.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • Eddie is killed with a pick axe by Frank (offscreen.) A trail of blood is seen and afterwards, Frank says it was 'a mercy killing.'

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A main character is shot when climbing a tower, and falls to the concrete below, cracking his head. The sound of his skull cracking (as the head rolls around on the man's neck) is heard for about two thirds of a second.
  • Frank, Rocky and Columbia all die in the end.
  • Eddie turned out to be fed to everyone at dinner. Frank-N-Furter pulls off the table sheet which reveals Eddie's dead body, which although it's a very fake-looking prop, you still see his intestines showing and some bloody marks.

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