Richard O'Brien Archives

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 2, 2002Gender-Bender Rock Musical/Frankenstein Spoof

The No 1 cult film of all time, more a phenomenon than a film, a demented glitter rock homage to mad science cinema and 50s sf films run through with celebration of a gender-bender joie de vivre

Director: Jim Sharman

Actors: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 June 20027 January 2026 by Roog

The Pack (1977)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 18, 2004Killer Dogs

Solid and effective entry in the 1970s Animals Attack genre with a group on an island under attack by killer dogs

Director: Robert Clouse

Actors: Joe Don Baker, Richard B. Shull, Hope Alexander-Willis, Richard O'Brien, …

Category: Horror

18 October 200426 June 2025 by Roog

Jubilee (1978)

Rating: ★

Jan 9, 2002Punk Future

Early Derek Jarman film that acts as a snapshot of the 70s punk movement, a rambling indulgent treatise that depicts a future England that has collapsed into anarchy

Director: Derek Jarman

Actors: Jenny Runacre, Toyah Willcox, Little Nell, Ian Charleson, …

Category: Fantasy

9 January 200215 May 2026 by Roog

Shock Treatment (1981)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 18, 2010Rocky Horror Sequel

A not uninteresting sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this has widely divided reactions among fans

Director: Jim Sharman

Actors: Jessica Harper, Barry Humphries, Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien, …

Category: Fantasy

18 February 201031 January 2025 by Roog

The Wolves of Willougby Chase (1989)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 31, 2010Victorian Children's Fantasy

Criminally neglected Victorian children's fantasy. Superbly designed with a beautifully dark and much more adult emotional range than a regular children's film

Director: Stuart Orme

Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Richard O'Brien, Geraldine James, …

Category: Fantasy

31 July 20104 June 2025 by Roog

Spice World (1997)

Rating: ★★

Sep 12, 2009The Spice Girls' Gonzo Escapades

The Spice Girls conduct their own version of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, a largely plotless film with them clowning around. Including appearances from aliens.

Director: Bob Spiers

Actors: Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Haliwell, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 September 20091 June 2022 by Roog

Dark City (1998)

Rating: ★★★★★

Jun 7, 1999Reality Manipulation

From Alex Proyas and David S. Goyer, this has an astonishing conceptual audacity in its plot dealing with shifting realities and transplanted memories, making it arguably the finest science-fiction film of the 1990s

Director: Alex Proyas

Actors: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 June 19998 October 2025 by Roog

EverAfter (1998)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 14, 1999Deconstructed Cinderella

Witty and very charming retelling of Cinderella that strips out all of the fantasy elements and substitutes a pseudo-historical realism. The cast positively shine.

Director: Andy Tennant

Actors: Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott, Anjelica Huston, Megan Dodds, …

Category: Fantasy

14 July 199927 May 2020 by Roog

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

Rating: ★★

Dec 8, 2000Sword and Sorcery

Film based on the enormously popular roleplaying game, this appears to have been quickly thrown together in advance of The Lord of the Rings films but is a shabby effort filled with some disastrous off-tone casting

Director: Courtney Solomon

Actors: Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, …

Category: Fantasy

8 December 200025 January 2026 by Roog

Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001)

Rating: ★★

Sep 29, 2013Bimbo Horror Hostess/Genre Parody

The second film outing of US horror hostess Elvira, which is construed as a parody/homage to the Roger Corman-Vincent Price Edgar Allan Poe films. Everything is overrun with Elvira's cheesy puns and double entendres

Director: Sam Irvin

Actors: Elvira, Cassandra Peterson, Richard O'Brien

Category: Horror

29 September 201317 October 2025 by Roog

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 1, 2012Nazis Invade England/Satiric Alternate History/Puppet Film

A puppet film about a satiric Nazi invasion of England in World War II. Imagine It Happened Here by way of Team America. This has its amusements but is uneven

Director: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, …

Category: Fantasy

1 November 201212 May 2026 by Roog