Shock Treatment

(1981)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 110 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1981

Runtime: 94 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Jim Sharman

Cast: Джессика Харпер, Cliff DeYoung, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Чарльз Грей, Руби Уэкс, Nell Campbell, Rik Mayall, Бэрри Хамфриз, Darlene Johnson

Plot

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?

Following on from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", this musical is set several years later in Brad and Janet Majors' hometown, which has become a giant TV station; residents are either participants or viewers. Brad and Janet have been married for several years now, but their romance has slouched and slumped. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, Brad is imprisoned on the program "Dentonvale" (the local mental hospital) while Janet is conscripted to become a new star. As Janet is entranced by the high life, she forgets Brad. Who is trying to woo her away? And why?