#rocky horror picture tag

[bistec-37]

My grandfather (rip) had a theory in the 70s that the reason why rocky horror was so controversial was that all men were at least a little attracted to Tim curry and that made them scared and I gotta say he was so ahead of his time

[laurellala]

Wow guys ace attorney is so cool, I wish lawyers were real

[convenient-plot-device]

I just saw a post about Rocky Horror that mentions "the writer has been on estrogen longer than you have been alive". True. He's also gone on record saying that trans women aren't women and has supported TERFs. Multiple times.

Can we please stop pretending that being queer makes you immune to perpetuating misogyny & transmisogyny? He's nonbinary and transfem, yes, but he is still punching down on trans women. That's not okay.

Yes, Rocky Horror is a piece of queer culture. That doesn't mean it isn't transmisogynistic. Transmisogyny is everywhere in our society, including in queer culture. There are other pieces of old queer media you can latch onto, I promise.

[ladylylla]

ITS FALL!! Which also means it’s rocky horror season…. happy 49th birthday to this kickass picture show!

[mimicben]

A slut and an asshole

(click for better quality)

[avephelis]

look technically it's a horror movie okay (risetober 19: scary movie)

[artfilmaesthetics]

100 ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜰɪʟᴍꜱ

51/100 — the rocky horror picture show | 1975

dir. jim sharman ✦

[a-slashersfinalgirl]

pathetic white men with glasses>>>

[thephooka]

Happy HallowoOoOoOoO~

[weirdbird74]

repo/shocky fans fight me

[faggotwalkwithme]

what's come over me?

[partial-prints]

If you love vampires, listen up!

Do you enjoy vampires, 80’s music, a healthy dose of homoeroticism - all with a theatrical flair? Well look no further, for I submit to you Dance of the Vampires.

(More cool pictures at the very bottom)

What is it you may ask? It’s a musical about a vampire who seduces a girl and invites her to his midnight ball - an offer she simply cannot turn down. The whole thing sorta gives Phantom of the Opera vibes, but like, wayyy less creepy (despite it being a literal vampire). I will say now that yes, Tanz der Vampire (the original title of Dance of the Vampires), is in German, but there is a full recording with English subtitles on youtube, so please don’t let that prevent you from watching it. Now if you’re still reading, allow me to elaborate on the 80’s music and homoeroticism that I previously mentioned.

Let’s start with the tragic gay romance, because I’m sure that’s what you want to hear about first. While not a main part of the musical, the main vampire’s son falls in love with - gasp! - the vampire hunter’s apprentice. They dance together, and with stage magic involving a mesh screen and an actor on the other side dressed identically to the apprentice, it appears as though the vampire has no reflection in the “mirror”. Of course, the feeling is not mutual, as the apprentice is only at the castle to rescue the girl, who he is in love with.

Now, onto the 80’s music. Surely you’ve heard of the song Total Eclipse of the Heart, or the singer Meatloaf (even if it was just his role as Eddie in Rocky Horror Picture Show). Well, the man who wrote that song and a majority if not all of Meatloaf’s work, was Jim Steinman, who composed the musical. The soundtrack contains a decent amount of electric guitar, even a bit of synth at parts, and all around just sounds awesome. However, he only had about a month and a half to compose it all, so he reused some stuff he previously wrote, including a couple Meatloaf songs and Total Eclipse of the Heart, a song he originally wrote for a Nosferatu musical that ended up not getting produced. It was actually originally titled “Vampires in Love,” so what better song is there to fill the place of a big love duet between the girl and the Count?

Tanz der Vampire is my favorite musical ever. I’ve loved it ever since Count von Krolock appeared on the screen and first began to sing, and you may love it too. So I implore you. Please do yourself a favor and check it out. I’ll provide a link of a full recording with English subtitles here, but it should also be the first result on youtube when you search “tanz der vampire english subtitles.” (That production also has Drew Sarich as the Count, my personal favorite.) I should add though, do not watch the broadway production because it’s terrible.

If you’re still not sold, I’m not sure what else I could say to convince you, but hopefully you at least found this interesting and learned something new. If you want to know more about Tanz der Vampire or would like to hear about other musicals about vampires, please let me know and I can answer any questions. (If even one person watches it because of this I’ll consider this a success, and if you do watch it please let me know because it would really make my day.)

And now I’ll leave you with some pictures of Tanz der Vampire as a last resort to convince you how awesome it is and that you should watch it. (I also put in the alt text the song each picture is from for anyone interested)

*ooo the set design and costuming have hypnotized you… you want to watch it now… do it for the vampires…*

[bradassholemajors]

According to this quote I found, some interpretations of Riff Raff had him be created as a sort of early prototype to Rocky, a half-finished sex doll. Which got me thinking… should they unionize? Like if you think they should unionize

[brightyor]

Someone needs to put Frank-n-Furter’s monologue about the spark of life over the intro music to super graphic ultra modern girl

[howdoispectate]

He's good for relievin' my...Tension!

Drawing rocky made me wanna start crying. Drawing Frank was fun though!! Enjoy gamers :))