So someone in Egypt(possibly director Mohammed Shebl?) got the idea to remake THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW but without the super overt homosexuality. That's not to say it isn't gay at all. There's plenty of crazy outfits and song and dance numbers, but instead of Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N Furter you get a curly-haired, heavy-set Egyptian Dracula(Ahmed Adawiyya) who wears some glam-rock platform boots but still seems fairly, especially straight in comparison. In the middle of the film it shifts to a bunch of skits comparing vampires to evil blood-sucking greedy capitalists which kinda slow things down. It all culminates in a big vampire meltdown though and one fellow even wears a ROCKY HORROR t-shirt in case there was any doubt as to the inspiration for this. Chock full of stolen music including stuff from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Ennio Morricone, JAWS, THE PINK PANTHER, The Beatles and a bunch more! Strangely they didn't take anything from ROCKY HORROR but they made up for that with the original weird tunes.
The only film I've seen from Egypt so far and one of the weirdest things I've seen in a while. The film even takes the time to scold any audience member who is watching that is too dumb to get their message. Highly recommended for lovers of bizarre obscurities.
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