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[[File:Shock_Treatment_poster_1_sheet_4629.jpg|frame|"You'll be pathetically crazy about ''Shock Treatment''. [[Trust Me, I'm an X|Trust me... I'm a doctor."]]]]
{{quote|''"Not a sequel... not a prequel... but an equal."''}}
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''Shock Treatment'' is a 1981 movie musical from the makers of ''The [[Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', with many key cast members -- but although Brad and Janet are once again major characters (albeit played by different actors), it ''isn't'' a direct sequel and few characters aside from them return.
Denton ("The Home of Happiness"), the town that the now-married Brad and Janet Majors (Cliff DeYoung and Jessica Harper) call home, isn't what it used to be. It's now dominated by DTV, a TV station run by fast food mogul Farley Flavors, and most of its residents serve as a permanent audience for its programming. Indeed, the entire movie unfolds within the giant studio. Brad and Janet have lost the passion in their marriage, and when they're chosen to be part of ''Marriage Maze'' by kooky host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries), it doesn't take much convincing for Janet to allow her "emotional cripple" husband to be committed to the asylum/
The movie was not a success, and the makers were disappointed with how it turned out. It ''was'' originally conceived as a direct sequel (''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'', which would have involved Dr. Frank-N-Furter being restored to life among other things), but for many, ''many'' reasons ranging from [[Tim Curry]] not wanting to play Frank again to the 1980 Screen Actors Guild strike, it was gradually transformed into a media spoof that is far removed from the kinky farce of the original. Within the ''Rocky Horror'' fanbase it generates mixed reactions, but it does have its own fan club, the presidents of which provided an audio commentary on the 2006 DVD release.
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** Farley Flavors for Dr. Frank-N-Furter
** Bert Schnick for Dr. Scott
*** Bert Schnick was originally Dr. Scott in the ''Brad and Janet Show'', and Riff Raff and Magenta were supposed to impersonate doctors in ''Rocky Horror Shows his Heels''.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Shock]][[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|y]]."
* [[Guilty Pleasure]]
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