50th Anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[noreply66]

This movie got its start in 1973 as the UK stage sensation The Rocky Horror Show.

[noreply66]

This show became a total flop and was pulled from theaters and was largely critically panned. People began watching it over and over, and the failed glittery musical was reborn as one of the biggest cult films of all time.

[noreply66]

Tim Curry got his big break on the street. Mostly before this movie Curry did the stage

[noreply66]

There are two sets of lips for this movie. The first set is when the film opens belongs to actress Patricia Quinn who plays Magenta and the second set that is on the poster for the film belongs to a model named Lorelei Shark. Shark became Lorelei the Loop Girl. Shark gave an interview in 2016 and at that time she had never seen the film.

[noreply66]

Almost all of Rocky Horror was shot at two locations: Bray Studios, the U.K. film studio used for many Hammer horror films, and Oakley Court, a nearby old Gothic mansion that also figured into a number of Hammer Films.

[noreply66]

Barry Bostwick later starred in the 90s sitcom Spin City.

[noreply66]

Tim Curry showed up at a theater to see the show without a ticket and was thrown out because they thought he was an impersonator.