What is "shock treatment"

n. treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions [syn: shock therapy]

Shock Treatment is a 1981 American black comedy musical film directed by Jim Sharman, co-written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, and a follow-up to the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

While not an outright sequel, the film does feature several characters from the previous film portrayed by different actors and several Rocky Horror actors in the roles of new characters. The film stars Jessica Harper as Janet and Cliff De Young in a dual role as Brad and the film's main antagonist Farley Flavors, with O'Brien and Patricia Quinn as sibling character actors.

Given in a limited release on the midnight movie circuit beginning on October 30, 1981, Shock Treatment was a critical and commercial failure, not earning the same level of cult film status its predecessor received. Still, it has a minor following. In 2015, the film was adapted as a stage production in London.

Shock Treatment was a TV film in 1995. The film was directed by Michael Schultz. It received one nomination for best visual effects in 1996 at the Gemini Awards.

Shock Treatment is a reality entertainment documentary shown in 2005 on Sky One in the United Kingdom and Fox Reality in the United States. It stars Rutger Hauer as presenter and John Woolvett as the fictional Dr. John Templeton. Other members of the cast include actress Sharon Lloyd as a fake volunteer and magician Paul Andrews as Head of Experiments.

In this show, four volunteers are challenged to stay for 48 hours in a disused mental asylum and endure a series of mental challenges designed to test their courage. Such challenges include facing violence, snakes, electricity, the dark, drowning, disgust, heights, spiders, pain, and inflicting pain on others. A cast of actors and stuntmen are used to increase the realism of the challenges, while psychological tricks and illusions aim to convince the volunteers that they are really facing their worst fears. They can forfeit a challenge at any time by pressing a buzzer which they hold with them.

When not performing a challenge, the volunteers are escorted to their cells by unknown masked men who never talk, to create an environment of stress and panic. The volunteers also have to stay the night in their cells in complete darkness, while screams and shouts further unsettle the volunteers.

The volunteers are also allowed to leave the asylum at any time should they be unable to continue, but those that stay to the end are rewarded with the knowledge that they have faced their greatest fears.

Shock Treatment is the fourth studio album by Edgar Winter. The album went to No. 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and had two charting singles: "Easy Street" (#83 Pop Singles) and "River's Risin'" (#33 Pop Singles).

Shock Treatment is the third studio album by American rapper Krizz Kaliko, released on September 14, 2010. Other titles the artist considered for the album, before deciding on Shock Treatment, were "Son of Sam" and "Walk on Water."

Shock Treatment is a 1964 film directed by Denis Sanders that takes place in a mental institution, starring Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall and Lauren Bacall.

Shock Treatment is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1968 and released on the Columbia label.

Shock Treatment is a 1973 French drama film directed by Alain Jessua. It was released in the UK by distributor Antony Balch as Doctor in the Nude.