Shock Treatment is a 1981 American dark comedy musical film directed by Jim Sharman, and co-written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien. It is a follow-up to the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Directed by | Jim Sharman |
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Cinematography | Mike Molloy |
Edited by | Richard Bedford |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.5 million |
While not an outright sequel, the film does feature several characters from the previous film, most portrayed by different actors, as well as several Rocky Horror actors in new roles. The film stars Jessica Harper as Janet and Cliff De Young in a dual role as Brad and the film's main antagonist Farley Flavors, with O'Brien and Patricia Quinn playing sibling character actors.
Given a limited release on the midnight movie circuit beginning on October 30, 1981, Shock Treatment was a critical and commercial failure, not earning the same level of cult film status its predecessor received. Since its release, the film has grown a more minor cult following than its predecessor. In 2015, the film was adapted as a stage production in London.
Screenplay
Continuing from The Rocky Horror Picture Show are the characters of Brad and Janet Majors (now portrayed by Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper, respectively), now married. The film takes place in the town of Denton, USA, which has been taken over by fast food magnate Farley Flavors (also De Young). The town of Denton is entirely encased within a television studio for the DTV (Denton Television) network. Residents are either stars and regulars on a show, cast and crew, or audience members. Brad and Janet, seated in the audience, are chosen to participate in the game show Marriage Maze by the kooky, supposedly blind host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries). As a "prize", Brad is imprisoned on Dentonvale, a soap opera that centers upon the local mental hospital run by brother and sister Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn).
Janet is given a taste of show-biz as Farley molds her into a singing diva superstar in an attempt to take her away from Brad. Her compliance is assured through the use of drugs supplied by the McKinleys. Betty Hapschatt (Ruby Wax) and Judge Oliver Wright (Charles Gray) investigate Farley and other people involved in DTV, eventually discovering that Cosmo and Nation are not doctors, but merely character actors, and Farley Flavors is Brad's jealous, long-lost twin brother, seeking to destroy Brad and take Janet for himself. The pair rescue Brad from Dentonvale and have Brad confront his twin on his show Faith Factory. Farley imprisons the three and Janet, but they manage to escape in a car along with a local band, while the remainder of Denton's citizens follow Farley and commit themselves to Dentonvale.
- Jessica Harper as Janet Majors (née Weiss)
- Cliff De Young as Brad Majors / Farley Flavors
- Richard O'Brien as Dr. Cosmo McKinley
- Patricia Quinn as Dr. Nation McKinley
- Little Nell as Nurse Ansalong
- Charles Gray as Judge Oliver Wright
- Barry Humphries as Bert Schnick
- Ruby Wax as Betty Hapschatt (née Munroe)
- Jeremy Newson as Ralph Hapschatt
- Wendy Raebeck as Macy Struthers
- Rik Mayall as "Rest Home" Ricky
- Darlene Johnson as Emily Weiss
- Manning Redwood as Harry Weiss
- Barry Dennen as Irwin Lapsey
- Betsy Brantley as Neely Pritt
- Chris Malcolm as Officer Vance Parker
- Eugene Lipinski as Kirk
- Gary Shail as Oscar Drill
- Claire Toeman as Brenda Drill
- Donald Waugh as Glish Davidson
- David John as 'Bit' drummer
- Gary Martin as 'Bit' guitarist
- Sinitta Renet as Frankie
- Sal Piro (uncredited) as Guy on pay phone
Coinciding with the release of the film, Ode Records issued the soundtrack album on vinyl and cassette in 1981, and later reissued it on CD in 1994. The album includes longer versions of "Thank God I'm a Man" and "Carte Blanche", as well as two unlisted bits taken directly from the film, the Farley Flavors "commercial break" (after "Denton U.S.A.") and the rhyming dialogue, which directly precedes "Duel Duet" (after "Breaking Out").
All editions are missing Richard O'Brien's solo version of the title song (which plays during the end credits and features backing vocals by Nell Campbell), though it was released as a 7" vinyl single, and included on the CD Songs from the Vaults: A Collection of Rocky Horror Rarities, which was exclusive to the Rocky Horror Picture Show 15th Anniversary boxed set.
Song | Chief singer(s) | Other singers |
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Overture | N/A (Instrumental) | N/A |
Denton U.S.A. | Neely, Harry, Emily, Vance, Brenda, Frankie, Ralph, Macy |
Audience |
Bitchin' in the Kitchen | Brad, Janet | N/A |
In My Own Way | Janet | N/A |
Thank God I'm a Man | Harry | Audience |
Farley's Song | Farley | Cosmo, Nation, Ansalong, Ricky |
Lullaby | Nation, Cosmo, Janet, Ansalong, Ricky | N/A |
Little Black Dress | Cosmo, Janet, Bert, Nation | N/A |
Me of Me | Janet | Frankie and Brenda |
Shock Treatment | Cosmo, Nation, Ansalong | Janet, Ricky, Bert, Harry, Emily |
Carte Blanche | Janet | N/A |
Looking for Trade | Janet | Brad |
Look What I Did to My Id | Emily, Harry, Cosmo, Nation, Macy, Ralph, Ansalong, Ricky |
N/A |
Breaking Out | Oscar Drill | The Bits |
Duel Duet | Farley, Brad | N/A |
Anyhow, Anyhow | Brad, Janet, Oliver, Betty | All characters (including chorus and other minor characters) |
Development
Following the unexpected and overwhelming success of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on the midnight circuit, Richard O'Brien approached producer Michael White with the idea of making a sequel. In 1978, he began work on a script titled Rocky Horror Shows His Heels, which found Frank and Rocky resurrected, Brad and Dr. Scott turned gay, and Janet on the verge of giving birth to Frank's baby. Director Jim Sharman was resistant to revisit the material and Tim Curry had no desire to reprise the role of Frank, but O'Brien had put some work into the songs, so he decided to retain them and simply revise the story.
The new script was titled The Brad and Janet Show. This version is closer to what ultimately became Shock Treatment and was planned to be produced, but the filmmakers were plagued with a variety of problems. Dr. Scott had been included in the script, but Jonathan Adams was not interested in reprising his role. Curry had committed to portray Farley Flavors, but when he discovered Barry Bostwick was unavailable and he would have to play the dual roles of Farley and Brad, Curry backed out too, thinking he could not pull off a convincing American accent. The filmmakers intended to shoot on location in Denton, Texas, but production screeched to a halt in 1980 when the Screen Actors Guild went on strike.
With only a small window when cast and crew were available, the filmmakers had to get creative. Television had been a heavy motif in the script, so production designer Brian Thomson came up with the notion to rework the story and set it in a giant TV studio, utilizing a film studio in England, which shaved $1 million from the budget and gave them the luxury of working in a controlled environment. The script endured a final draft in which all of the locations were changed to television shows, and the role of Dr. Scott morphed into game show host Bert Schnick. "I was frightened the strike was going to finish too soon and we’d have to go back to our original conception," commented O'Brien.
Casting
Although numerous Rocky Horror cast members returned for the film, only Jeremy Newson reprised his role as Ralph Hapschatt. However, due to his title of Judge, some fans have speculated that Gray is also reprising his role of the unnamed Criminologist. In addition to actors from Rocky Horror, other alums filled out the cast. Many of the original film's Transylvanians appeared as audience members, while Imogen Claire was given the slightly-larger part of the Wardrobe Mistress. Raynor Bourton, who originated the titular role of Rocky in the stage production, portrayed one of the singing soldiers in Thank God I'm a Man, and Chris Malcolm, who originated the role of Brad Majors, was cast as Vance Parker, a local police officer. Founder and long-time president of Rocky Horror fan club, Sal Piro, also has a silent cameo appearance as the man using the payphone during the opening sequence.
Susan Sarandon's star was on the rise, so she demanded more money to return than the budget allowed. Auditions were held at The Roxy theater to find a suitable replacement, and Jessica Harper, previously of Brian De Palma's cult musical Phantom of the Paradise, dazzled the filmmakers with her singing skills.
Cliff De Young had been Sharman's original choice for Brad in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as the two had worked together on the 1972 off-Broadway play Trials of Oz, but De Young was starring on the television series Sunshine in California, thus unable to appear. Upon learning that Bostwick was unable to participate in Shock Treatment, Sharman tracked down De Young and gave him the role. This afforded De Young the opportunity to reunite with Harper, with whom he had co-starred in a stage production of Hair.
Filming
As is standard with musicals, music and vocals were recorded prior to principal photography at the renowned Abbey Road Studios. The first scene shot was the Farley Flavors commercial break with Macy Struthers and a group of children. Wendy Raebeck was ill and collapsed after one of her takes.
De Young modeled his performance of Brad after David Eisenhower, and based Farley on Jack Nicholson. The elaborate opening shot begins on Farley in the overhead video booth, and the camera slowly does a 360° pan around the room as the crew prepares for the show and Brad and Janet enter the studio. For this scene, De Young had to do a quick change and quickly run downstairs to hit his second mark. Duel Duet was shot over the course of a day, with De Young spending the morning shooting his scenes as one character and the remainder of the day costumed as the other. He began with
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