A wild journey into the origins of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the biggest cult film of all time, its impact on popular culture and socio-political resonance to this day.
Acting
Tim Curry's still got that smolder, decades later
Production
Archival footage that'll make you gasp
Director
Linus O'Brien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard O'Brien wrote the original stage show in six weeks while unemployed, channeling his obsession with B-movies and glam rock into what he thought would be a tiny experimental production.
The film's midnight screening phenomenon essentially invented participatory cinema as we know it — without Rocky Horror, there's no Sing-Along Sound of Music, no quote-along Mean Girls events.
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