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Rocky Horror Picture Show

Published on Dec 01, 2015

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  • Rocky Horror Picture show was written by Richard O'Brien
  • The movies Release date was September 25th 1975.
  • based on the 1973 musical stage production, The Rocky Horror Show

Although largely panned upon release, it soon gained notoriety as a midnight movie when audiences began participating with the film at the Waverly Theater in New York City in 1976. Audience members returned to the cinemas frequently and talked back to the screen and began dressing as the characters, spawning similar performance groups across the United States.

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  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show was filmed at The Oakley Court in Windsor, England
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show was filmed over six weeks with a budget of $1.4 million

The Rocky Horror Picture Show was released on VHS for the first time in the United States in 1990. It originally retailed for $89.95.

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  • The actor who played rocky did not sing or speak his own lines.
  • Steve Martin auditioned for the role of Brad.

Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell reprise the same roles here that they’d played in the original stage production. Rocky Horror Picture Show was Tim Curry's feature film debut. In order to save money, O'Brien cast either actors from the original production (Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, and himself) or unknowns (Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon, Peter Hinwood, and a pre-Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf)


RICHARD O’BRIEN, ACTOR AND SCREENWRITER ON ROCKY HORROR, FIRST SAW THE FILM’S ICONIC LINE, “DON’T DREAM IT BE IT,” ON THE BACK OF A MAGAZINE.