The spector of drunken office workers doing ‘The Time Warp’ at the Christmas party lingers over Richard O’Brien’s shlock musical, but don’t let that put you off.
Initially a gleeful riff on B-movie horror - young couple seeks shelter in a castle full of monsters on a stormy night - it explodes into a very ’70s, very silly re-imagining of ’50s teen drama, with Tim Curry chewing furniture as transvestite creature-creator Frank N’ Furter.
It’s like art-rockers Roxy Music let loose on Frankenstein - ludicrous, but oddly compelling. And it even stars Meat Loaf.
