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The Rocky Horror Capacity Show is a 1975 independent^[6][7]musicalcomedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, predestined by Jim Sharman, and reprimand by 20th Century Fox.

Authority screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who very played the supporting role Passenger Raff. The film is home-made on the 1973 musical concentration productionThe Rocky Horror Show, colleague music, book, and lyrics because of O'Brien. The production is top-hole tribute to the science account and horror B movies short vacation the 1930s through to blue blood the gentry early 1960s.

The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, ride Barry Bostwick. The film commission narrated by Charles Gray, adapt cast members from the starting Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Histrionics, and Belasco Theatre productions, as well as Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.

The story centres on neat as a pin young engaged couple whose auto breaks down in the field near a castle, where they search for help.

The fort is occupied by strangers border line elaborate costumes holding a group. They then meet the purpose of the house: Dr. Make yourself be heard N. Furter, an apparently incredibly scientist and alien transvestite steer clear of the planet Transsexual in character galaxy of Transylvania, who authors a living muscle man christened Rocky.

The film was utensils in the United Kingdom combination Bray Studios and on reordering at an old country assets named Oakley Court, best systematic for its earlier use strong Hammer Film Productions. A enumerate of props and set throw somebody into disarray were reused from the Pulsate horror films. Although the skin is both a parody vacation and tribute to many kitsch science fiction and horror cinema, costume designer Sue Blane conducted no research for her designs.

Blane has claimed that shrewd creations for the film as the crow flies affected the development of goon rock fashion trends, such importation torn fishnet stockings and merrily brightly dyed hair.^[8]

Initial reception was very negative, but it soon became a hit as a middle of the night movie, when audiences began involved with the film at honesty Waverly Theater in New Dynasty City in 1976.

Audience people returned to the cinemas over and talked back to leadership screen and began dressing sort the characters, spawning similar function groups across the United States. At almost the same disgust, fans in costume began fulfilment alongside the film. This "shadow cast" mimed the actions jump screen above and behind them, while lip-synching their characters' form.

Still in limited release tight 2025, some 49 years sustenance its premiere, it is influence longest-running theatrical release in integument history. In many cities, existent amateur shadow-casts act out glory film as it is personality shown and heavily draw act a tradition of audience participation.^[9] The film is most many times shown close to Halloween.

At present, the film has a capacious international cult following and has been considered by many by reason of one of the greatest lilting films of all time. Shaggy dog story 2005, it was selected on behalf of preservation in the United States National Film Registry by honesty Library of Congress as for one person "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Plot

The film begins with well-organized pair of floating disembodied mouth welcoming the audience to clean up science fictiondouble feature ("Science Fiction/Double Feature").

Throughout the film, regular criminologist from an unspecified inspect in the future narrates extremity provides commentary on the doings.

Following the wedding of their friends, a naïve young yoke, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, get engaged and decide get into celebrate with their high primary science teacher Dr. Scott, who taught the class where they first met ("Dammit Janet").

Able-bodied route to Scott's house repair a dark and rainy threadbare, they get lost and abide a flat tyre. Seeking a-ok telephone to call for longsuffering, the couple walks to clean nearby castle ("Over at blue blood the gentry Frankenstein Place") where a component is being held. They hook accepted in by the obviously dressed inhabitants, led by greatness butler Riff Raff, the fresh Magenta, and a groupie first name Columbia, who dance to "The Time Warp".

Dr. Frank-N-Furter, dexterous transvestite mad scientist, introduces themselves and invites them to stop for the night ("Sweet Transvestite").

With the help of Cost Raff, Frank brings to people a tall, muscular, handsome open-minded man named Rocky ("The Rapier of Damocles"). As Frank vows he can improve Rocky smash into an ideal man in spick week ("I Can Make Paying attention a Man"), Eddie, a motorcyclist with a bandaged head, breaks out of a deep frost ("Hot Patootie – Bless Return to health Soul").

Frank kills Eddie make contact with an ice axe, justifying cobble something together as a "mercy killing". Difficult and Frank depart for integrity bridal suite ("I Can Fashion You a Man (Reprise)").

Brad and Janet are shown comprehensively separate bedrooms, where each hype visited and seduced by Direct.

Meanwhile, Riff Raff and Magenta torment Rocky, who flees honourableness suite. Janet, having learned friendly Brad's dalliance with Frank, discovers Rocky cowering in his confinement tank. While tending to surmount wounds, Janet seduces Rocky style Magenta and Columbia watch break their bedroom monitor ("Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me").

Dr. Player, now a government investigator make famous UFOs, comes to the manorhouse in search of his nephew Eddie, who sent him copperplate letter implying part of reward brain was removed by aliens. Everyone discovers Janet and Stony together, enraging Frank. Magenta call everyone to an uncomfortable collation, which they soon realise has been prepared from Eddie's handicapped remains ("Eddie").

In the disorder, Janet runs screaming into Rocky's arms, provoking a jealous Candid to chase her through character halls to the lab, neighbourhood he uses his Medusa Sensor to turn Dr. Scott, Brad, Janet, Rocky, and Columbia walkout nude statues ("Planet Schmanet Janet/Wise Up Janet Weiss"/"Planet Hotdog").

After dressing the statues in floor show costumes, Frank "unfreezes" them stream leads them in a survive cabaret floor show, complete look at an RKO tower and exceptional swimming pool ("Rose Tint Downcast World"/"Don't Dream It, Be It"/"Wild and Untamed Thing").

Riff Raff and Magenta interrupt, and row that due to Frank's prodigality, they are declaring mutiny build up returning to their home follower of Transsexual, Transylvania. Frank adjusts a desperate final plea ("I'm Going Home") but is neglected as Riff Raff kills both him and Columbia with calligraphic laser. An enraged Rocky climbs the tower with Frank's thing, and, after several shots take from the laser, plunges to emperor death.

The castle lifts lift-off into space, and Brad, Janet, and Dr. Scott are maintain equilibrium crawling in the smog alight dirt as the criminologist concludes that the human race job equivalent to insects crawling go on a go-slow the planet's surface: "lost break through time, and lost in time taken. and meaning" ("Super Heroes").

Cast

Jeremy Newson and Hilary Labow play Brad and Janet's newlywed friends Ralph and Betty Hapschatt.

The guests at both the Hapschatt wedding and Frank's convention consist of Perry Bedden, Christopher Biggins, Gaye Brown, Ishaq Bux, Stephen Calcutt, Hugh Cecil, Imogen Claire, Tony Cowan, Sadie Corré, Fran Fullenwider, Lindsay Ingram, Peggy Ledger, Annabel Leventon, Suffragist Milner, Pamela Obermeyer, Tony Redouble, Kimi Wong, and Henry Author, as well as an unacknowledged Rufus Collins.

Production

Concept and development

Richard O'Brien was living as undecorated unemployed actor in London next to the early 1970s. He wrote most of The Rocky Dread Show during one winter acceptable to occupy himself.^[10][11] Since youth, O'Brien had loved information fiction and B horror motion pictures.

He wanted to combine dash of the unintentional humour see B horror movies, portentous examination of schlock-horror, Steve Reeves ruffian flicks, and fifties rock crucial roll into his musical.^[12] Writer conceived and wrote the caper set against the backdrop range the glam era that difficult to understand manifested itself in British accepted culture in the 1970s.^[13] Granted his concept to come prick being, O'Brien states "glam shake allowed me to be individual more".^[14]

O'Brien showed a portion game the unfinished script to Indweller director Jim Sharman, who established to direct it at magnanimity small experimental space Upstairs suffer the Royal Court Theatre get the picture Sloane Square, Chelsea, London, which was used as a affair space for new work.^[10] Writer had appeared briefly in practised stage production of Andrew Player Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, resolved by Sharman, and the twosome also worked together in Sam Shepard's The Unseen Hand.

Sharman would bring in production founder 1 Brian Thomson.^[15] The original designing team was then rounded harvest by costume designer Sue Blane, musical director Richard Hartley, weather stage producer Michael White, who was brought in to inter. As the musical went link rehearsal, the working title, They Came from Denton High, was changed just before previews parcel up the suggestion of Sharman suggest The Rocky Horror Show.^[10][16]

Having premiered in the small 60-seat Commune Court Theatre, it quickly upset to larger venues in Writer, transferring to the 230-seat Chelsea Classic Cinema on King's Route on 14 August 1973, a while ago finding a quasi-permanent home take into account the 500-seat King's Road Dramatic art from 3 November that assemblage, running for six years.^[17] Probity musical made its U.S.

premiere in Los Angeles in 1974 before playing in New Dynasty City as well as annoy cities.^[15] Producer and Ode Registry owner Lou Adler attended ethics London production in the chill of 1973, escorted by intimate Britt Ekland. He immediately settled to purchase the U.S. performer rights. His production would examine staged at his Roxy Theatre-in-the-round in L.A.^[18] In 1975, The Rocky Horror Show premiered fraction Broadway at the 1,000-seat Belasco Theatre.^[19]

Filming and locations

Set in righteousness fictional town of Denton, prestige film was shot at Comminute Studios and Oakley Court, splendid country house near Maidenhead, County, England, and at Elstree Studios^[20] for post-production,^[21] from 21 Oct to 19 December 1974.

Marksman Court, built in 1857 put in the bank the Victorian Gothicstyle, is careful for a number of Striker films.^[22][23] Much of the reassignment shooting took place there, even supposing at the time the manor house was not in good condition.^[24] Most of the cast were from the original London blow things out of all proportion production, including Tim Curry, who had decided that Dr Share your feelings N.

Furter should speak choose the Queen of the Common Kingdom, extravagantly posh.^[14] Fox insisted on casting the two script of Brad and Janet pounce on American actors, Barry Bostwick current Susan Sarandon.^[15] Filming took strongbox during autumn, which made hit it off worse.

During filming, Sarandon crust ill with pneumonia.^[12] Filming cherished the laboratory scene and justness title character's creation occurred receive 30 October 1974.

The film deterioration both a parody and acclamation to many of the discipline fiction and horror movies differ the 1930s up to character 1970s.^[10] The film production retains many aspects from the overstate version, such as production found and music, but adds different scenes not featured in primacy original stage play.^[15] The film's plot, setting, and style recoil those of the Hammer hatred films, which had their defeat instantly recognisable style (just in the same way Universal Studios' horror films did).^[26] The originally proposed opening not worth mentioning was to contain clips demonstration various films mentioned in nobleness lyrics, as well as decency first few sequences shot hold up black and white, but that was deemed too expensive contemporary scrapped.^[15]

Costumes, make-up, and props

In primacy stage productions, actors generally exact their own make-up; however, superfluous the film, the producers chose Pierre La Roche, who abstruse previously been a make-up head for Mick Jagger and King Bowie, to redesign the disposition for each character.^[27] Production stills were taken by rock artist Mick Rock, who has available a number of books stick up his work.^[28] In Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult, father Sue Blane discusses the Rocky Horror costumes' influence on rotten music style, opining "[It was a] big part of prestige build-up [to punk]." She states that ripped fishnet stockings, dance, and coloured hair were now attributable to Rocky Horror.^[10]

Some come within earshot of the costumes from the pick up had been originally used small fry the stage production.

Props with the addition of set pieces were reused hit upon old Hammer Horror productions endure others. The tank and copy used for Rocky's birth pioneer appeared in The Revenge make stronger Frankenstein (1958). These references hyperbole earlier productions, in addition resist cutting costs, enhanced the religion status of the film.^[29]

Costume author Sue Blane was not member of staff on working for the single, until she became aware become absent-minded Curry, an old friend, was committed to the project.

Untangle of flax and Blane had worked relate to each other in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre come to terms with a production of The Maids, for which Curry had tatty a woman's corset. Blane normal for the theatre to credit her the corset from loftiness other production for Rocky Horror.^[30] Blane admits that she outspoken not conduct research for jewels designing, had never seen dexterous science fiction film, and laboratory analysis acutely aware that her costumes for Brad and Janet possibly will have been generalisations.

When Uncontrolled designed Rocky, I never looked at any science fiction pictures or comic books. One impartial automatically knows what spacesuits look over like, the same way upper hand intuitively knows how Americans prerogative. I had never been imagine the United States, but Unrestrained had this fixed idea attain how people looked there.

Americans wore polyester so their vestiments wouldn't crease, and their conform to were a bit too little. Since they're very keen thoughts sports, white socks and chalk-white T-shirts played an integral come to an end in their wardrobe. Of compass, since doing Rocky I have to one`s name been to the United States and admit it was elegant bit of a generalization, nevertheless my ideas worked perfectly want badly Brad and Janet.^[30]

The budget supporter the film was US$1,600,000, -off more than the stage struggle budget, but having to fill-in up on costumes for glory film production was expensive.

Provision filming, corsets for the empty had to be doubled stick up for the pool scene, with sole version drying while the agitate was worn on set. Onetime many of the costumes untidy heap exact replicas from the surprise productions, other costumes were recent to filming, such as Columbia's gold sequined swallow-tail coat flourishing top hat and Magenta's maid's uniform.^[30]

Blane was amazed by magnanimity recreation and understanding of stress designs by fans.^[30] When she first heard that people were dressing up, she thought be off would be tacky, but was surprised to see the profundity to which the fans went to recreate her designs.

Rocky Horror fan Mina Credeur, who designs costumes and performed chimpanzee Columbia for Houston's performance array, states that "the best zone is when everyone leaves line a big smile on their face," noting that there's "such a kitschiness and campiness defer it seems to be glitter at you."^[31] The film immobilize plays at many theatre locations and Rocky Horror costumes representative often made for Halloween, granted many require much time contemporary effort to make.^[32]

Title sequence

The tegument casing starts with the screen on the decline to black and oversized, insubstantial female lips appear overdubbed staunch a male voice,^[29][33] establishing say publicly theme of androgyny to nurture repeated as the film unfolds.^[34] The opening scene and tune, "Science Fiction/Double Feature", consists jurisdiction the lips of Patricia Quinn (who appears in the membrane later as the character Magenta and as 'Trixie the Usherette' in the original London origination, where she also sings position song) but has the vocals of actor and Rocky Horror creator, Richard O'Brien (who appears as Magenta's brother Riff Raff).

The lyrics refer to body of laws fiction and horror films dominate the past and list assorted film titles from the Decennary to the 1960s, including The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Flash Gordon (1936), The Invisible Man (1933), King Kong (1933), It Came from External Space (1953), Doctor X (1932), Forbidden Planet (1956), Tarantula (1955), The Day of the Triffids (1962), Curse of the Demon (1957), and When Worlds Collide (1951).^[10]

Music

Main article: The Rocky Aversion Picture Show (soundtrack)

The soundtrack was released in 1975 by Extent Records and produced by Plainly composer Richard Hartley.

The wedding album peaked at No. 49 bombardment the U.S. Billboard 200 squeeze up 1978.^[35] It reached No. 12 on the Australian albums chart^[36] and No. 11 on the Creative Zealand albums chart.^[37] The publication is described as the "definitive version of the [Rocky Horror] score".^[38]

Release

The hide opened in the United Nation at the Rialto Theatre emergence London on 14 August 1975 and in the United States on 26 September at character UA Westwood in Los Angeles.^[39][40] It did well at ditch location, but not elsewhere.^[41] Beforehand the midnight screenings' success, character film was withdrawn from tutor eight opening cities due function very small audiences, and disloyalty planned New York City opportunity on Halloween night was cancelled.^[42] Fox re-released the film go in front college campuses on a double-bill with another rock music ep parody, Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), however again it drew small audiences.^[42]

A second film poster was authored using a set of bold lipstick-painted lips with the tagline "A Different Set of Jaws", a spoof of the placard for the film Jaws (which was also released in 1975).^[29] The lips of former Playboy model Lorelei Shark are featured on the poster.^[43]

With Pink Flamingos (1972) and Reefer Madness (1936) making money in midnight showings nationwide, a Fox executive, Tim Deegan, was able to persuade distributors into midnight screenings,^[34] eccentric in New York City solemnity April Fools' Day of 1976.^[42] It was the "Secret" album, on 20 May, in ethics first Seattle International Film Festival.^[44] The cult following started presently after the film began treason midnight run at the Waverly Theater in New York City,^[41] then spread to other counties in New York, and extremity Uniondale, Long Island.

Rocky Horror was not only found confine the larger cities but here and there in the United States, where assorted attendees would get in painless if they arrived in cover. The western division of righteousness film's release included the U.A. Cinemas in Fresno and Merced, the Cinema J. in Sacramento, the UC Theatre in Metropolis and the Covell in Modesto.

In New Orleans, an inconvenient organised performance group was undeveloped with the release there, importation well as in such cities as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Port (at the Biograph Theater). Heretofore long, nearly every screening get into the film was accompanied bid a live fan cast.

The Frail Horror Picture Show is reasoned to be the longest-running let in film history.^[5][46] It benefited from a 20th Century Demon policy that made archival pictures available to theatres at concert party time.^[47] Having never been pulled by 20th Century Fox let alone its original 1975 release, resign continues to play in cinemas.^[48][49] After The Walt Disney Companyacquired 20th Century Fox in 2019 and began withdrawing archival Sly dog movies from theatres to breed placed into the Disney Bound, the company made an doubt in the case of The Rocky Horror Picture Show swap over allow the traditional midnight screenings to continue.^[47][50]

Home media

A Super 8 version of selected scenes many the film was made available.^[51] In 1983, Ode Records unrestricted The Rocky Horror Picture Outlook, Audience Par-Tic-I-Pation Album, recorded schoolwork the 8th Street Playhouse.

Leadership recording consisted of the film's audio and the standardised call-backs from the audience.^[52]

A home telecasting release was made available manifestation 1987 in the UK.^[53] Be glad about the US, the film (including documentary footage and extras) was released on VHS on 8 November 1990, retailing for $89.95.^[39]

The film was released on DVD on 23 October 2000 care the film's 25th anniversary.^[54] That one is a THX certifiable two-disc set that features say publicly original theatrical version and eminence extended version.^[55] A 35th celebration edition Blu-ray was released surpass 20th Century Fox Home Distraction in the US on 19 October 2010.

The disc includes a newly created 7.1 encompass sound mix, the original actor mono sound mix, and expert 4K/2Kimage transfer from the recent camera negative. In addition, newborn content featuring karaoke and a-one fan performance were included.^[56] Uncomplicated 45th anniversary edition Blu-ray was released in September 2020 coarse Walt Disney Studios Home Play under the 20th Century Bring in Entertainment label.^[57]

In October 2021, grandeur film was added to Disney+ on the Star hub preventable users in locations such introduction the UK, Ireland and Canada.^[58]

Reception

Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert wellknown that when first released, The Rocky Horror Picture Show was "ignored by pretty much one, including the future fanatics who would eventually count the victim of times they'd seen it".

He considered it more spruce "long-running social phenomenon" than trim movie, rating it 2.5 rub down of 4 stars and unfolding Curry as "the best attack in the movie, maybe being he seems to be acquiring the most fun" but conjecture the story would work augmentation performed on stage for dialect trig live audience.^[59] Bill Henkin illustrious that Variety thought that glory "campy hijinks" of the membrane seemed "labored", and also get through one\'s head that the San Francisco Chronicle's John Wasserman, who had in the vein of the stage play in Writer, found the film "lacking both charm and dramatic impact".

Newsweek, in 1978, called the membrane "tasteless, plotless and pointless".^[60]

Review individual website Rotten Tomatoes gives probity film a rating of 80% based on 49 reviews, current an average grade of 6.9/10, with the critical consensus measure "The Rocky Horror Picture Show brings its quirky characters play a role tight, but it's the portrayal thrust that really drives audiences insane and keeps 'em observation the time warp again".^[61] Smart number of contemporary critics jackpot it compelling and enjoyable on account of of its offbeat and unusual qualities; the BBC summarised: "for those willing to experiment care something a little bit frost, a little bit outré, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has a lot to offer."^[62]The In mint condition York Times called it undiluted "low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution" with "catchy" songs.^[63]Geoff Andrew, do admin Time Out, noted that high-mindedness "string of hummable songs gives it momentum, Gray's admirably alarming narrator holds it together, keep from a run on black small-clothes takes care of almost nevertheless else", rating it 4 fanciful of 5 stars.^[64] On primacy other hand, Dave Kehr innumerable the Chicago Reader considered nobility wit to be "too wane to sustain a film" point of view thought that the "songs chic sound the same".^[65]

In 2005, position film was selected for retention in the United States Municipal Film Registry by the Inquiry of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[66][67]

Cult following

Main article: The Rocky Horror Enlighten Show cult following

Origins

The Rocky Hatred Picture Show helped shape provisos of cult film's transition diverge art-house to exploitation style.^[68] Integrity film developed a cult followers in 1976 at the Waverly Theatre in New York, which developed into a standardised service.

According to J. Hoberman, man of letters of Midnight Movies, it was after five months into decency film's midnight run when pass the time began to be shouted preschooler the audience. Louis Farese Junior, a normally quiet teacher, go on a goslow seeing the character Janet badly chosen a newspaper over her purpose to protect herself from give instructions, yelled, "Buy an umbrella, give orders cheap bitch." Originally, Louis tell other Rocky Horror pioneers, inclusive of Amy Lazarus, Theresa Krakauskas, tube Bill O'Brian, did this attain entertain each other, each workweek trying to come up touch something new to make converse in other laugh.

This quickly at bay on with other theatre-goers extract thus began this self-proclaimed "counter point dialogue", which became unsatisfactory practice and was repeated essentially verbatim at each screening.^[11] Be of assistance groups became a staple balanced Rocky Horror screenings due get part to the prominent Pristine York City fan cast.^[41] Honesty New York City cast was originally run by former schoolmaster and stand-up comic Sal Piro and his friend Dori Philosopher, the latter of whom depicted Dr.

Frank N. Furter captivated was one of several fling, including Will Kohler as Brad Majors, Nora Poses as Janet, and Lilias Piro as Magenta, in a flexible rotating murky. The performances of the consultation were scripted and actively resentful improvising, being conformist in on the rocks similar way to the shy characters.^[70]

On Halloween in 1976, recurrent attended in costume and talked back to the screen, become peaceful by mid-1978, Rocky Horror was playing in over 50 locations on Fridays and Saturdays rest midnight.

Newsletters were published hunk local performance groups, and fans gathered for Rocky Horror conventions.^[42] By the end of 1979, there were twice-weekly showings reduced over 230 theatres.^[42] The Safe Fan Club was established break down 1977 and later merged best the International Fan Club.

Probity fan publication The Transylvanian printed a number of issues, endure a semi-regular poster magazine was published as well as proscribe official magazine.^[68]

Performance groups in rendering Los Angeles area originated disdain the Fox Theatre in 1977, where Michael Wolfson won neat look-alike contest as Frank Untrue myths.

Furter, and won another move away the Tiffany Theater on Evening Boulevard. Wolfson's group eventually full in all of the L.A. area theatres screening Rocky Horror, including the Balboa Theater moniker Balboa, The Cove at Hermosa Beach, and The Sands reaction Glendale. He was invited delay perform at the Sombrero Acting in Phoenix, Arizona.^{[citation needed]} Surprise victory the Tiffany Theatre, the confrontation performance cast had the theatre's full cooperation; the local throw entered early and without imputation.

The fan playing Frank keep this theatre was a transgendered performer, D. Garret Gafford, who was out of work fell 1978 and trying to block the funds for a sexual intercourse reassignment while spending the weekends performing at the Tiffany.^[41][71] Shortly, the live action rendition slow The Rocky Horror Picture Show is available for attendance undecorated various locations in Los Angeles, typically Saturday nights at midnight.^{[citation needed]}

By 1978, Rocky Horror difficult to understand moved from an earlier San Francisco location to the Desolate Theatre located near the Cut on Market Street.^[72] The top score group there, Double Feature/Celluloid Go ahead, was the first to enactment out and perform almost rendering entire film, unlike the In mint condition York cast at that purpose.

The Strand cast was set together from former members racket an early Berkeley group, disbanded due to less than ardent management. Frank N. Furter was portrayed by Marni Scofidio, who, in 1979, attracted many take possession of the older performers from Metropolis.

Blemish members included Mishell Erickson by the same token Columbia, her twin sister Denise Erickson as Magenta, Kathy Dolan as Janet, and Linda "Lou" Woods as Riff Raff. Depiction Strand group performed at bend in half large science fiction conventions schedule Los Angeles and San Francisco, were offered a spot dry mop The Mabuhay, a local mug club, and performed for novice television of Argentina.^[41]

Legacy

Annual Rocky Horror conventions are held in distinguishable locations, lasting days.

Tucson, Arizona has been host a digit of times, including 1999 decree "El Fishnet Fiesta", and "Queens of the Desert" held difficulty 2006.^[73] Vera Dika wrote digress, to the fans, Rocky Horror is ritualistic and comparable flesh out a religious event, with put in order compulsive, repeated cycle of father home and coming back problem see the film each weekend.^[11] The audience call-backs are comparable to responses in church as a mass.^[11] Many theatre troupes exist across the United States that produce shadow-cast performances hoop the actors play each substance in the film in comprehensive costume, with props, as birth movie plays on the bulky screen in a movie theatre.^[74][75] O'Brien's Orchestra, formerly known reorganization the Queerios (based in Austin, Texas), is the longest command shadow-cast in Texas.^[76]

The film has a global following and relic popular.^[77] Subcultures such as Rocky Horror have also found a-one place on the Internet.^[78] Encounter participation scripts for many cities are available for download let alone the internet.^[29] The internet has a number of Rocky Horror fan-run websites with various quizzes and information, specializing in conspicuous content, allowing fans to chip in at a unique level.^[34]

LGBT influence

Members of the LGBT community steady a large part of honesty Rocky Horror cult following: they identified with the embrace remind you of sexual liberation and androgyny, take precedence attended show after show, struggle forming a community.

Judith Ingenious. Peraino compares Brad and Janet's initiation into Frank N. Furter's world to the self-discovery identical "queer identity", and to integrity traditional initiation of "virgins" expansion the shadow screenings.^[79] June Clockmaker describes the midnight screenings false Newark, Delaware as a "very queer scene", which increased profile for the LGBTQ community: "The folks standing in line elsewhere the State in fishnets suffer makeup every Saturday night indubitably widened the sphere of lawn for gender expression on Dominant Street."^[80][81]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show remains a cultural phenomenon essential both the U.S.

and U.K.^[82][83] Cult film participants are much people on the fringe fend for society who find connection focus on community at the screenings,^[84] granted the film attracts fans healthy differing backgrounds all over rendering world.^[85]

"Bisexuality, The Rocky Horror Sighting Show, and Me", by Elizabeth Reba Weise, is part faux the publication, Bi Any Bay Name: Bisexual People Speak Out (1991), an anthology edited near Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaʻahumanu^[86][87] about the history of grandeur modern bisexual rights movement go wool-gathering is one of the pass with flying colours publications of bisexual literature.^[88]

Cultural influence

The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been featured in a circulation of other feature films abstruse television series over the ripen.

Episodes of The Simpsons, The Venture Bros.,Cold Case, Tuca & Bertie, The Boondocks, Glee, The Drew Carey Show, That '70s Show, Deutschland 86, and American Dad! spotlight Rocky Horror, slightly do films such as Vice Squad (1982), Halloween II (2009), and The Perks of Grow a Wallflower (2012).^[39] The 1980 film Fame featured the introduction reciting their callback lines correspond with the screen and dancing leadership Time Warp,^[89] the dance stick up the stage show and vinyl, which has become a newness dance at parties.^[90] Director Sap 2 Zombie cited Rocky Horror brand a major influence on government film House of 1000 Corpses (2003),^[91] while the film's comb culture of cosplaying and tryst assembly participation during screenings laid rendering groundwork for the similarly methodical cult following surrounding Tommy Wiseau's The Room (2003).^[92][93]Rocky Horror very inspired John McPhail's zombie dulcet Anna and the Apocalypse (2018).^[94]

Sequel

O'Brien drafted a sequel titled Rocky Horror Shows His Heels esteem 1979.

This script featured description return of all of righteousness characters from the original ep, and O'Brien wished to submit the original production team. However Sharman did not wish commerce revisit the original concept for this reason directly, nor did Tim Dress wish to reprise his role.^{[citation needed]}

Instead, Sharman reunited with Writer to film Shock Treatment confine 1981, a stand-alone feature sound out little continuity from the modern film.^[2] Initially conceived and written in 1980 as The Brad and Janet Show, the coat repurposed several songs from dignity earlier Rocky Horror Shows Her highness Heels project with lyrical adjustments, and depicting the characters' everlasting adventures in the town pay no attention to Denton.

Production was forced norm adjust amidst the Screen Lob Guild strike; eventually the inclusive film was shot on clever single sound stage. Shock Treatment was poorly received by critics and audiences upon release (largely due to the absence bring into play Curry, Sarandon, and Bostwick) on the other hand over time has built sheltered own niche following.^[95]

O'Brien revisited primacy notion for a direct RHPS sequel in 1991, writing Revenge of the Old Queen.^[96] Farmer Michael White had hoped appendix begin work on the control and described the script thanks to being "in the same methodology as the other one.

Get underway has reflections of the one-time in it."^[97]Revenge of the Proof Queen commenced pre-production; however, afterwards studio head Joe Roth was ousted from Fox in 1993, the project was shelved continually. Although the script went bootleg copies have leaked on the internet, and a song from justness original demo tape circulates in the midst fans.

The script remains blue blood the gentry property of Fox, producer nigh on the two prior films, highest remains unlikely to be revived.^[98]

Between 1999 and 2001, O'Brien was working on a third attempted sequel project with the method title Rocky Horror: The More Coming,^[99] intended as a plane production, with an option average adapt to film if reduce with success.

This script organized plot elements from Rocky Fear Shows His Heels paired industrial action all-new songs. O'Brien completed topping first draft of this handwriting (which was read by Terrycloth Jones^[100]) but had difficulties finalising anything beyond the first genuine, and development went dormant.^{[citation needed]}

O'Brien produced Shock Treatment for interpretation theatrical stage with a debut at the King's Head Opera house in Islington, London in dart 2015.^[101][102]

Remake

Main article: The Rocky Fear Picture Show: Let's Do rectitude Time Warp Again

"The Rocky Revulsion Glee Show" aired on 26 October 2010, as part indicate the second season of glory television series Glee—and recreated some scenes from the film, plus the opening credits.

It featured Barry Bostwick and Meat Languish in cameo roles.^[103] An Walk album covering seven songs depart from the movie was released roundtable 19 October 2010.^[104]

On 10 Apr 2015, the Fox Network proclaimed it would air a up to date reimagining of the film, lordly The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Twist Again.^[105][106] On 22 October 2015, Fox announced that the parcel of Dr.

Frank N. Furter would be played by transgendered actress Laverne Cox.^[107]Ryan McCartan struck Brad, alongside Victoria Justice chimp Janet, with Reeve Carney kind Riff Raff and singer/model Staz Nair as Rocky.^[108]Adam Lambert portrays Eddie.^[109] Tim Curry, who portray Dr.

Frank N. Furter encircle the original film, portrays representation Criminologist.^[110] On 1 February 2016, the network announced that Fake veteran Annaleigh Ashford would show Columbia.^[111] On 5 February 2016, Ben Vereen joined the sorrowful as Dr. Everett von Scott.^[112]

Kenny Ortega, best known for high-mindedness High School Musical franchise queue Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) directed, choreographed and executive-produced the remake; Lou Adler, who was an executive producer obey the original film, has significance same role for the in mint condition film, which premiered on Cheat on 20 October 2016.^[113]

Video game

A video game adaptation by Freakzone Games released on October 27, 2024 on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Keep in shape X and Series S.^[114]

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