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FreakZone take a jump to the left and make a new Rocky Horror Show game, out for HalloweenSo come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab
So come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab
Image credit:Bit Bot Media / Metal X Entertainment Production
Image credit:Bit Bot Media / Metal X Entertainment Production
Whenever I read the words “The Rocky Horror Show”, I am swept into a time warp back to the fan screening I attended in 2005. Most of the audience for that screening rocked up fully equipped with suspenders, feather boas, extravagant lipstick, and a cherished selection of deliberately unfunny heckler’s lines to deploy at key moments in the movie.
Anyway, the key thing, the important thing is: during the movie, there’s a bit where the castle takes off and flies away. During the 2005 screening, the crowd all shouted “it’s just a model!” at this point. I responded “shhhh!”, and the hot girl sitting behind me sighed and said “tssk” and flicked me gently on the back of the head, much as you’d reprove a cat that is eyeing up your lunch. But here’s the thing, lost lady of my youth: I wasn’t actually trying to shush people! I was doing some clever cross-media humour!
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The Rocky Horror Show Video Game - OUT NOW
“Experience the strange journey of Brad and Janet like never before in this wild and wacky retro platform game adaptation of Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock’n’roll musical,” reads the blurb. “Jump to the left and dodge to the right in classic platforming action, along to 8-bit chiptune renditions of Rocky Horror’s legendary songs.” There’s no store page yet that I can find. Will it have a flying castle scene? Will I ever be free of my sense of low-key humiliation and regret? You will learn the answer to at least one of these questions when the game releases, later this month. Alternatively, dig out your Speccy and fire upthe previous 1980s adaptation.
