Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mist, Catnado, and Wishmaster 2

About this episode

The episode discusses various films including a documentary about 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and reviews other horror films.

Only one new film this week, a documentary about an old musical that you may have heard of: “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” came to streaming this week. Of course, we had to watch the original 1975 film as well. To offset all that fun, we had to watch 2007's “The Mist” to calm down. “Catnado” and “Wishmaster 2” both had us eager to Do the Time Warp Again. All this, as well as the latest issue of “Horror Monthly,” issue #57, for June 2026, is available! Check out all the back issues, as well as our other books, with one easy link: https://horrormonthly.com Mainstream Films: 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show * Directed by: Jim Sherman * Written by: Richard O’Brien, Jim Sherman * Stars: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick * Run Time: 1 Hour, 40 Minutes * Trailer: Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone IMDB.com has a good succinct description. “A rain-soaked couple takes refuge in the castle of a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation.” They neglect to mention that it’s also a musical, and it’s got some songs in it. It was originally a stage musical titled “The Rocky Horror Show” which premiered in 1973 with Tim Curry and the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Schell, Kevin L. Knights

Topics covered

• Rocky Horror
• film reviews
• horror films
• musicals
• documentaries

Keywords

• Rocky Horror
• The Mist
• Catnado
• Wishmaster 2
• horror films
• musicals
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Horror Monthly

Books & works: Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mist, Catnado, Wishmaster 2

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