{"id":96226,"date":"2020-10-15T14:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/shock-treatment-the-rocky-horror-picture-shows-forgotten-sequel-halloween-binge\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T14:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:27:19","slug":"shock-treatment-the-rocky-horror-picture-shows-forgotten-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/15\/shock-treatment-the-rocky-horror-picture-shows-forgotten-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock Treatment: The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s Forgotten Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The <\/span>Rocky Horror Picture Show <\/span><\/i>was released in 1975 to very little fanfare before becoming successful on the midnight movie circuit shortly thereafter. It would go on to become a cultural phenomenon and the most popular cult film of all time. Even today, attending a <\/span>Rocky <\/span><\/i>show is a staple of Halloween.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to many, <\/span>Rocky Horror\u00a0<\/span><\/i>actually has a sequel<\/a>. Featuring much of the same cast and crew, <\/span>Shock Treatment<\/span><\/i> was released in 1981 and was a monumental flop. Was the film really that bad? Could it be possible that it was a misunderstood work of genius simply too far ahead of its time? Believe it or not, today\u2019s discourse on the film suggests the latter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shock Treatment <\/span><\/i>is set after\u00a0<\/span>Rocky Horror<\/span><\/i>. Brad and Janet, now married and often squabbling, return to the small town of Denton, Ohio. The entire town is an enclosed TV station, DTV. Town residents are either part of DTV\u2019s audience or members of the cast and crew of the shows that air.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DTV has been recently taken over by fast-food mogul, Farley Flavors. Farley has an obsession with Janet. He locks Brad up in the mental hospital on the show <\/span>Denonvale<\/span><\/i> while he attempts to transform Janet into a celebrity through the use of pills and brainwashing. Janet is to star in his newest show, <\/span>Faith Factory,<\/span><\/i> where Farley can sell his \u201cSanity for Today\u201d ideology to all of Denton, and then maybe the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n