Four decades after it first got audiences dancing in the aisles of cinemas, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is back with a tribute television version "Let's Do the Time Warp Again". The new film -- which airs Thursday on the Fox network in the US -- features the transsexual star Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the sexually voracious alien transvestite scientist who seduces a young couple who shelter from the rain in his Transylvanian castle.
But apart from a standout performance by Cox, critics claimed the new "Rocky Horror", directed by Kenny Ortega of "High School Musical" fame, lacked the sexual fizz of the original. The camp classic flopped on its release in 1975 only to gather a cult following at midnight screenings with fans dressing as the characters and throwing rice at each other in its famous marriage scene. It has since become the longest running film in cinema history, with weekly screenings in several cities across the globe.
