If I’ve established anything thus far, it’s that the less ‘horror-y’ a film, the better it seems to be. I therefore thought I’d see how far you can go within the horror genre with possibly the world’s most famous Comedy-Horror-Musical: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I would like, if I may… to take you… on a strange journey.

I had never seen Rocky Horror, and it’s fun, but not really a horror. It’s like Grease with more fishnet tights. There are lots of excellent moments and the songs are generally alright. There’s no real chance to get bored, but nothing happens of any consequence and it’s all rather intentionally silly. I think writing about it is probably pointless except to say that, despite having ‘horror’ in the title, it only has a very loose relationship with that sort of thing, so I probably shouldn’t have watched it as part of Nightmare November. But what’s done is done…

What are the best bits (intentionally-vague slight-spoilers)? The time warp. The acting is all pretty awesome. There are some funny moments

What are the worst bits? It’s all a bit haphazard. The songs are pretty consistent and good, but there are a couple I could have lived without. The criminologist – an expert.

Is there any horror? The “monster” Rocky Horror is scary/unsettling. No-one should look like that. There’s some mild instances of peril. The mouth at the beginning is difficult to watch. There’re lots of horror-type characters which are a bit like aliens, dracula, frankenstein, igors and witches. There’s a classic horror set-up (broken-down car, young couple, imposing gothic mansion).

Will you watch it again? Probably not.