The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Poster for The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Tim Curry in costume as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, reclining on oversized red lips against a black background. The film’s dripping red title font and the tagline “Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure” evoke its bold, campy, and transgressive cult-classic style.

Director: Jim Sharman

Lead Actors: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

Release Year: 1975

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/

Podcast Episode: Episode 029: It’s Just a Jump to the Right… of Acceptance? The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) with Wind Goodfriend

Psychology Concepts: aggression, attitudes, Clinical Psychology, compliance, discrimination, ethics, gender, mental illness, Personality Psychology, persuasion, prejudice, queer theory, relational aggression, relationships, Research Methods, self-concept, self-identity, sexism, sexual orientation, social influence, Social Psychology, stereotypes, stigma