Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show. The film is a parody of science fiction and B-movie horror films. Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the screenplay with Richard O’Brien, who wrote both the book and lyrics for the stage. The film introduces Tim Curry and features Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick along with cast members from the original Kings Road production presented at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973.

The story takes your typical pair of ‘50s science-fiction flick “teenagers” Brad and Janet (Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon) and traps them in a mansion full of hypersexual aliens. Running the show is Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry’s most popular performance), a mad bisexual scientist who is assisted by his faithful (?) incestuous servants, Riff-Raff (Rocky Horror creator Richard O’Brien) and Magenta (Patricia Quinn). Brad and Janet’s arrival couldn’t be any more serendipitous for Dr. Furter: it’s the night that his muscle-bound Aryan plaything, Rocky (Peter Hinwood), is to be born, much to the dismay of former playthings Columbia (Nell Campbell) and Eddie (Meat Loaf) — the latter of whom unwillingly donated half of his brain so that the crazed scientist’s creature could be brought to life.

Rocky Horror is the first film from a major Hollywood studio to be in the midnight movie market. The motion picture has a large international following and is one of the most well known and financially successful midnight movies of all time. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.