The Rocky Horror Picture Show

moderate sex references, violence, brief nudity, infrequent strong language

Director(s)Jim Sharman

Production year1975

Release date22/08/2025

Genre(s)Musical

Approx. running minutes100m

CastTim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

moderate sex references, violence, brief nudity, infrequent strong language

Comedy musical, from 1975, in which a couple find themselves stuck in an isolated area and seek refuge in the house of D ...

Comedy musical, from 1975, in which a couple find themselves stuck in an isolated area and seek refuge in the house of Dr Frank-n-Furter.

violence

language

sex

drugs

nudity

threat and horror

discrimination

injury detail

moderate sex references, violence, brief nudity, infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

18/08/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK

violence

It is implied a man is killed with a pick axe, someone is fed to others, and there is brief sight of gory remains. However, these all occur in a heightened, darkly comic manner.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'tits', 'shit', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.

sex

References are made to sex, including a passing reference to porn. Sequences imply couples are having sex and a man is receiving fellatio.

drugs

There are infrequent drug references.

nudity

Brief breast nudity occurs as a woman dances.

moderate sex references, violence, brief nudity, infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

04/08/2023

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

violence

It is implied a man is killed with a pick axe, someone is fed to others, and there is brief sight of gory remains. However, these all occur in a heightened, darkly comic manner.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'tits', 'shit', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.

sex

References are made to sex, including a passing reference to porn. Sequences imply couples are having sex and a man is receiving fellatio.

drugs

There are infrequent drug references.

nudity

Brief breast nudity occurs as a woman dances.

moderate sex references

Classified Date:

18/11/2015

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Totally Theatre Productions

sex

There are passing references to incest and 'elbow copulation'.

additional issues

Other issues include an innocuous drug reference

Contains moderate sex and one use of strong language

Classified Date:

22/06/2011

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

language

There is infrequent strong language ('f**k')

sex

A man attempts to seduce an innocent couple who have taken shelter in his house. Musical numbers also feature suggestive comments and innuendo, such as in the song 'Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me'.

additional issues

There is brief nudity when a woman's basque accidentally slips down, briefly exposing her breasts. There are also brief drug references and scenes of implied violence, including a scene in which a man is killed off screen using a pickaxe.

Contains one use of strong language and moderate sex and horror

Classified Date:

30/08/1991

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Classified Date:

17/06/1975

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Fox-Rank

Contains strong language and sex references

Classified Date:

16/08/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

08/03/1996

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Contains one use of strong language and moderate sex and violence

Classified Date:

08/02/1996

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

25/02/1991

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

31/07/1987

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/11/2015

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Totally Theatre Productions

Classified Date:

19/12/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/11/1990

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/11/1990

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

18/11/2015

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Totally Theatre Productions

Classified Date:

26/07/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/03/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

01/12/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

01/12/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

04/03/1991

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

04/03/1991

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

violence

language

sex

drugs

nudity

threat and horror

discrimination

injury detail

Director(s)Jim Sharman

Production year1975

Release date22/08/2025

Genre(s)Musical

Approx. running minutes100m

CastTim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick

moderate sex references, violence, brief nudity, infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

18/08/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK

violence

It is implied a man is killed with a pick axe, someone is fed to others, and there is brief sight of gory remains. However, these all occur in a heightened, darkly comic manner.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'tits', 'shit', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.

sex

References are made to sex, including a passing reference to porn. Sequences imply couples are having sex and a man is receiving fellatio.

drugs

There are infrequent drug references.

nudity

Brief breast nudity occurs as a woman dances.

moderate sex references, violence, brief nudity, infrequent strong language

Classified Date:

04/08/2023

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

violence

It is implied a man is killed with a pick axe, someone is fed to others, and there is brief sight of gory remains. However, these all occur in a heightened, darkly comic manner.

language

There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'tits', 'shit', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.

sex

References are made to sex, including a passing reference to porn. Sequences imply couples are having sex and a man is receiving fellatio.

drugs

There are infrequent drug references.

nudity

Brief breast nudity occurs as a woman dances.

moderate sex references

Classified Date:

18/11/2015

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Totally Theatre Productions

sex

There are passing references to incest and 'elbow copulation'.

additional issues

Other issues include an innocuous drug reference

Contains moderate sex and one use of strong language

Classified Date:

22/06/2011

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

language

There is infrequent strong language ('f**k')

sex

A man attempts to seduce an innocent couple who have taken shelter in his house. Musical numbers also feature suggestive comments and innuendo, such as in the song 'Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me'.

additional issues

Contains one use of strong language and moderate sex and horror

Classified Date:

30/08/1991

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Classified Date:

17/06/1975

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Fox-Rank

Contains strong language and sex references

Classified Date:

16/08/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

08/03/1996

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Contains one use of strong language and moderate sex and violence

Classified Date:

08/02/1996

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

25/02/1991

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

31/07/1987

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/11/2015

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Totally Theatre Productions

Classified Date:

19/12/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/11/1990

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

06/11/1990

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

18/11/2015

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Totally Theatre Productions

Classified Date:

26/07/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/03/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

01/12/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

01/12/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

23/11/2000

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

04/03/1991

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd

Classified Date:

04/03/1991

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

CBS/Fox Video Ltd