My favorite piece of trivia is missing. While filming this moving the crew had an Easter egg hunt for their children at the castle where they were filming. Strangely one of the Easter eggs made it into the movie and you can very briefly see it under the throne as Riff Raff lounges in it. It is thought that the term Easter egg being used to describe something hidden in movies/video games actually comes from this scene in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
that is exactly how it was for me Halloween night 1986. I had absolutely no clue what was happening but I was having so much fun it was unreal! I have now seen it in a theater with a live cast probably over 200 times. I have also been a member of several casts and performed several of the male roles.
@@flirtyguy34 love that! totally jealous. i saw it in bed alone or at least, just me and a good fat bowl. which made it all the better for me. that being said, i have seen it done live once and it was a blast.
When I first saw it at 18, like most of us in the audience, we left the theatre 🎭 thinking....”WTF did I just watch???” After several years and trying to figure out what the movie was really about, and the fact that Time Warp song getting major classic rock play, the movie was a whole lot more fun to watch and I hav seen it at least once a year since the 80’s !
Saw at 7 years old. Biggest mistake of my parents lol I remember strutting around the corner to "Sweet Transvestite" and my parents lost it lmao good times
It was our second date. My guy said I should think of something to do. So I thought if he can live through Rocky, he’s a keeper. We went to Williams Pub in Minneapolis had a few drinks, crossed the street to Uptown Theater five minutes before 12:00 and got in line for the midnight show. I grabbed a copy of the City Pages. He looked at me weird. I said, “We’re gonna need this.” The water sprayed on cue and us under the paper the cards being scattered about, people dressed in the characters getting on stage and dancing. It wasn’t just a show, it was an experience! 38 years later and we’re still together and married 37 years.
I knew my wife was a keeper early on. She came over to my place to hangout and watch movie. She's 5' 11" and wears women's size 8 shoes. Proportionally, she has very tiny feet. I noticed this when she sat on my couch after taking her shoes off. As a joke, I asked her if she's ever been to China while looking at her feet. She rolled her eyes at me and said "No, I don't practice foot binding." I laughed my ass off. I was shocked she got my joke. The fact she knew about that obscure reference was a big reason I pursued her so hard. She's spent 8+ years rolling her eyes at my jokes.
RandomApril hahaha, that’s exactly where my mind went. I agree that the song is just okay, and better left out for pacing, but it would have been a great contrast in the film to see those two very different reactions
The usually unspoken of influence of this show hit home to me when my son graduated from primary school. A big party was arranged for all the kids in his class, complete with a DJ. At one time during the night, the DJ played The Time Warp and there was a stampede of kids and teachers onto the dance floor. Not one of those kids were even born when the movie came out, yet they all knew the lyrics to the song *and* they knew all of the dance steps! It was truly a WTF moment for most of the parents there!
Yes, unfortunately, by the time Freddie Mercury had died, Tim was a bit passed his prime for sizzling roles and was doing more(The Hunt for Red October) and animations (Ferngully).
I remember in high school going to see this at the midnight showing. In 1980 a group of us from the 11th grade went on a class trip to the United Kingdom for a week. Playing in a theater at Piccadilly Circus was The Rocky Horror Picture Show live on stage. 4 of the British main characters from the movie were reprising their rolls live. I got to see Tim Curry, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, and Nell Campbell. That was the biggest highlight of the entire trip and both my junior and senior year of high school. The only thing that was missing was the props we would bring to the movie theater every weekend.
How awesome is that!? I bet that was Absolutely incredible to see live!! Lucky you! One of my highschool besties who actually introduced me to Rocky was the head of the Seattle cast for a lot of the Naughties. (We were born in 1980, so we didn't even graduate until 1998) but at one of the Rocky Cons Richard O'Brien came right up to her and interacted with her, which sounds like it was a died and gone to heaven moment for her.
You didn't just watch this movie, you actually experienced it. Everyone in RHPS was nothing short of brilliant, not just Tim Curry, though I think it's safe to say that only Curry could have pulled off the Frank-N-Furter role to such an astounding degree. No way Jagger could have. LOL
Tim Curry is legendary in this role, made it his own.... just like he's made the Devil role in Legend his own and the Clown his own... his iconic.... not gonna forget this guy and that amazing voice....
The first time I started watching it, I was not stoned. It took me about ten seconds of watching the intro to decide not to spoil the experience and wait until I could get high off my mind to properly lose my Rocky Horror virginity. Which, of course, I did. All I can say is, your mom was right.
I went as girl, and took my 60 year old dad and the dad of friend ( the moms would not be talked into such). There I was with the 2 oldest "virgins" on record for our location in Atlanta. The old guys had a really good sense of humor about the whole thing.
@@dgeneeknapp3168 You're right. I just went to my high school's production of it and we gave out prop boxes with gloves, glow sticks, cards, newspaper, and a bubble wand (instead of rice), so I forgot about those two. I've never seen the movie (don't kill me please), but I was aware of those two things, I just forgot them.
Tim Curry was originally slated to do the voice of The Joker in the animated Batman series, but it turned out he seriously frightened kids so Mark Hamill did the voice.
Boy, THIS comment makes me feel old!! But at least I got to experience it, WAY back when everyone participated, actors played it out and we trashed the theater with rice and toast!!
Saw it in high school and it was the first time in my life that I realized, if someone could write this, then somewhere out there in the world were people as weird as me. Haven’t met them yet in the real world in any significant way besides a t-shirt on a youngster that made me smile or a passing conversation on a bus in a town I don’t live in. But it’s nice that we’re out there and have things like this to help us find each other in those rare brief meetings.
Around Halloween where I live, they do a live showing with actors at an old cinema. It’s amazing. I went when I was only 15 with my mom. So many people were in costume.
I grew up on this movie, I didn't realize for years it went back as far as the 70s it was way ahead of it's time. My home town also has a Riff Raff statue in the city center.
Rebekkah, your comment made me chortle and chuckle! Sheesh, "as far back as the 70s"! But I chuckle and chortle not AT you, but with you. I saw the movie in 1976; I was 28. I'm 74 now, and have watched TRHPS innumerable times. Sheer delight! I'd love to see the statue.
I cannot picture my life without the Rocky horror picture show in it. No matter how much shit I have been through in my life, and I’ve been through more than anybody could ever possibly imagine, including 30 years of hospitalizations, 37 surgeries that removed 95% of my G.I. tract, for relapses of intestinal cancer, +9 other chronic diseases, Yep no matter how down I get, all I have to do is think of the time when this movie came out, and how much fun I had with my friends watching it over and over and over, and then over again. It came to be a contest to whom ever had the most tickets stubs, I won! I saw yes in the theatre when it first came out the grand total of 185 times, that doesn’t include all the times I have been back to theatres that are still showing it, where I always come is Frankenfritter, and damn I look good in those heels! It’s incredible the power of music, entertainment, and good memories, they can get you through some of the most difficult times of your life. It takes me back to a happy time, before there we’re any problems, and I wish I could just stay there for an eternity.
If you want to hear a GREAT usage of his voice, try watching "Fergully: The Last Rainforest". It's a kids' animation movie, but his voice is so rich, smooth and gorgeous you just want to keep watching once his character appears. I wont tell you which is his character, but you'll know it the moment you hear him. His singing is GREAT!!.
When I was just a teenager (16 & 17) in just a little over 2 short years, I saw this movie a little over 220 times!! My friends and I went almost every Friday and Saturday nights at this little theater in Berkeley California!! Some of us would even stay after to help the theater crew clean up all the mess!! I actually got my momma to go with us once, and she even liked it!! I still love this movie. I actually miss going with a group of friends on the weekend to, not only see this movie, but also to participate!! Would love to see it in a theater again!
Would that be the UC Theater on University Ave? I used to go there in the mid-80's and, ironically, I took my mom to see it too. It think it was a little too much for her though she played it off nicely. I just looked it up on Google Earth and found out the UC Theater is still there and back in business. I could have sworn it closed down years ago! Better yet, they still play RHPS there!!! I live in Arizona now but I may have to go back sometime to relive the magic...
hendrsb33 hendrsb33 OMG!! Yes it was!! I can’t believe they’re back in business! I thought they closed back in the late 90’s. I may also have to go back and see if I can relive some of the magic!! I live in St. Louis now.
@@felondawinters7834 UC Theater was...err... IS the best! They used to have movie marathons back in the day where you could stay in the theater for hours watching movies back to back to back. Makes me feel old sometimes to think that back then you could see several movies for what you have to pay to see just one movie in the present day.
I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it. We use to go to the midnight showing @ Birdcage Walk Cinema (so miss that place). Participating was the best!! We threw EVERYTHING we could get our hands on. With that being said, just know that, along with Hocus Pocus, Rocky Horror Picture Show, are the movies that I watch all day, everyday during the month of October 💋💗💋💗💋💗💋
Another piece of trivia: there is a little cinema in Munich, Germany called "museum lichtspiele" playing the movie in midnight shows every Friday and Saturday... since it got released in the seventies (except for the break last year due to miss Corona). In fact the room, where it is being played recreates the Time Warp room. If you are Rocky Horror hardcore fan, it is a must do, specially because it is played in original version, and there is always some audience participation.
My kids have known and appreciated this line since toddlerhood. And we're taught the time warp as soon as they could walk😂. To this day I can text my younger one...antici.....and make him laugh 😂✨🖤✨
The audience participation shows made me totally unable to enjoy watching RHPS on tape (yes. Tape) or disk. My experience was in the days when you could get into the theatre armed with squirt guns, rice, toast, and lighters.
I grew up with a parent who was on cast when she was in school so growing up on the movie I got alot of the audience participation at home. What Sucked was none of my friends did, and when I would try to watch with them and participate along, I would be getting shushed for "Ruining the movie".
I had an early Christmas dinner at my supervisor's house. His teenaged daughter (!) wanted to see a movie at a "midnight showing," and asked if it'd be OK if I and my girlfriend of the time would be OK to take her. He said "OK," and we did ... only to find ourselves at a Midnight Showing of Rocky Horror ... with other people with toast, newspapers, squirt guns, rice, et al. ... WOW I had _NO IDEA_ what we were in for! Sadly I couldn't _really_ enjoy the show since I was _soooo_ worried if the boss found out what I'd taken his daughter to!
@@josephgaviota A few years ago my gf and I took her 16 year old daughter to see it for Halloween. I warned her (daughter) that she was going to hear a lot of things coming from my mouth. "Coming" say Frankenfurter. "So is Brad!" I say in response. The look on her face when I said that was priceless!
i thought you would mention the scene at the wedding in the beginning that riff raff, Columbia, magenta and frankenfurter all made appearances before being in the castle. that is a great moment
"Shock Treatment" was what would've happened had Brad and Janet taken the other fork mentioned when they are in the car before they head to Frankenfurter's castle. According to Richard O'brian.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker I dont know...Mick has some really thin lips. As a gal, I can tell you, I never saw that mouth as very enticing. The lips for the movie are really full. They are more lady mouth. Mick has really thin man lips.
@@dgeneeknapp3168 What on earth are you talking about? Mick Jaggers lips have never been thin. Google his 1970's images. And if you compare them to Tim Curry in the 70's his are even thicker then Curry's. But I still wouldn't have like him in this show. I never cared for Jagger.
Wow blast from the past! Back in my day, when you went to the movie theater to watch Rocky Horror Picture Show, they had actors on stage in front of the movie screen acting out the scenes. AND ALSo, the audience dressed up as their favorite character & brought along with them: *A newspaper *A water gun pistol (to create rain) *An umbrella *Toasted bread Those were the good old days 🤗😀
Same here, fell in love with him in Clue. And I was watching it with some friends who were trying to get me to go said "Hey, that's Dr. Frank N Furter!" and pointed at Tim Curry, so I was in, and not too many years later (once I was 18) I was playing Columbia. Changed my Life for the better.
Draven gal same i saw clue and i saw tim curry was in it and i became fascinated with him so i looked up his movies and i saw this was one which i heard of before
This film is deliciously deviant. Having been to a "Midnight" showing, I was pulled up on stage prior to the movie for a trivia contest after being "volunteered" as a RHPS "virgin". Having toast thrown at me is a cinema experience I will never forget.
you left out one of my favorite bits of trivia. in the dinner scene brad gets angry and slams his hand on the table. unfortunately janet's hand was in the way and we see susan sarandon jump as barry bostwick hits her hand instead of the table. for the next few seconds susan's face is frowning as she tries to hold back the pain. it should have been an outtake but it was left in. once you see it knowing what happened you can't not see it.
Oh hey, I didn't know this one! The trivia I know from the dinner scene is that no one in the cast except for Frank knew "Eddie" was under the glass in the table, so their looks of shock and surprise were the real thing, lol
Saw it as a “virgin” in 1977 my college freshman year in College Park, MD. Overall, I’ve seen it at midnight showings 20+ times. Hard to watch on DVD without the comeback lines, but also couldn’t even hear the film the last time I went because the audience would recite the entire thing.
Im still not familiar with " all the comeback lines" and necessaralies insofaras the the " theater props of toilie and toast..etc". A vid could be done on this stuff..love movie enough to have it on vhs and dvd..
@@michaelotten2724 What a great idea! Someone should do a whole catalog of all the props, lines, when to do/say them, etc.! A guide for the virgins (and those of us who didn't see it that many times)....
There was a second tagline used on the posters....it showed the lips with the line : "A Different Set Of Jaws" And another song was cut from the film "Super Heroes "
Fun fact: I was part of a midnight shadowcast that still had the song in the film. I was so thrilled about that when I went the first time (as a virgin) and found out!
@@victorianbarbie correct! I hate the edited version of Super Heroes. It's one of the best songs on the soundtrack and it shows Brad and Janet's full trajectory.
I think I know why Rocky Horror is such an underdog movie. The year was 1978 by this time Rocky Horror was already a classic in late night showing. My older brother (who smoked a lot of things.) invited me to come with him to see the mid night showing of the movie. At first I didn't understand what I was getting into with my brother or what he might be into seeing guys in drag and girls looking like cheap hookers. But I wasn't one that would shy away from anything I didn't understand. so we grabbed our seat toward the back as the movie started. I was laughing to myself as people pulled out squirt guns and prayed it above their heads, (Well I thought this is really different, are these people just drunk or high.) As the movie progressed I realized it was a group participation with the movie as the back drop and the audience was more like the main feature. Sure the movie has a lot of classic line which anyone who sees it will instantly recognize. I loved the movie so much that it will always be a part of my collection of movies. Every character in this movie was worth watching again and again. But the whole thing about this movie and the people so addicted to it's appeal are the same people who would want to celebrate Halloween all year round. Just brings out the kid in all of us. Go watch it again today if you get the chance, allow the kid in you to come out and Time Warp.
I remember by dad showing me this movie when I was around 13-14, I just found it weird, strange, and “dumb” but going back and watching it now, I FREAKING LOVE IT
@@dgeneeknapp3168 Yes. Never!! It's hard to unsee his bad acting in the 2 movies I watched. Even he calls Ned Kelly a forgettable piece of crap. (He was the crap!)
Remember that this movie came out at a time when the discussion of transvestites was not socially acceptable. That may be why it didn't do well at the box office especially in the Midwest.
It didn't have anything to do with how well it did. It never even got to most rural communities. I never even heard of this till I left home for college a number of years after it was released.
@@GlassOnionXray I live in rural Oklahoma and a lot of award winning movies don't even get heard about in this corner of the world. I think some are too "cultured" for the general taste of movie goers around here. Whenever the awards are announced for best picture, etc. many of them are totally unfamiliar to me.
Not as popular a song in Western KY lol. The fire dept I was on there would throw together a Christmas party every year. The first half was a formal event that consisted of us in dress uniform, awards/gifts (which was usually really nice dept attire like t-shirts and hoodies and stuff like that), speeches, formal dinner, and pictures. The public was invited to attend this half. The second half however was held after the last public guest had left. We would all change into regular clothes and hold an ACTUAL PARTY that involved drinking, dancing, and mingling. This half was ONLY allowed for city/county officials, and invited family/friends. One year, my parents were there and asked the DJ to play Time Warp. Up til now, EVERYONE is all over the dance floor. When the music went off, everyone sat down to take a break from dancing until the next song came on. As it turned out, the next song was Time Warp. Now, it was just me and my parents on the dance floor doing the Time Warp (again lol) while everyone in the room just stared at us like we escaped from the nut house or something lol.
@@thedopest Ever ride a motorcycle on a 3 ft ramped surface going slow? While dodging people? Didn't think so. They weigh a ton, and are easily tipped. Learn something before you talk out your ass.
My husband and I met doing RHPS in Sparks, NV 26 years ago. We've been married 24 years now. :) He was playing Rocky and I was Magenta. And yes... I did step on his toes in my high heels, LOL!!
No, you want the full experience? How about playing Columbia and having a "wardrobe malfunction" your first night during floor show! It was at the exact point Nell's boob popped out on screen as well. Talk about realism! LOL! I always had to wear a fitted corset underneath the costume one after that.
The only man who I want to see in lingerie Tim Curry and sexy as hell while doing it. I am such a fan of the great Meat Loaf. He was wonderful in this. Loved this Minty. Great Job.
I've been a fan of Mr. Loaf (as the NY Times calls him) since "Bat Out of Hell." I really got into Rocky Horror in college in the late 70s-early 80s and listened to the soundtrack constantly. You can really hear Meat Loaf's voice above all the rest in the chorus of "The Time Warp."
@@tygrkhat4087 Too bad Meatloaf is now a weird Republican jerk now. Never thought I’d see him turn that way. Like none of the people he used to write & record with are like that. I’m friends with one of the session singers guys who Jim Steinman was still friends with up until he just passed away. He was shocked as well at Meatloaf because he was completely opposite most of his adult life. The session singer by the way is Rory Dodd, he has the most beautiful voice ever!! He sang backup with Bonnie Tyler on Total Eclipse of the Heart. I’m sure you’ve heard his angelic voice singing the “Turn around bright eyes” part.
I remember sneaking away from my sister's engagement party with two bottles of champagne and going for my first viewing of this movie. I don't remember leaving, or the next day either.
I bit you missed....Susan Sarandon actually denied being in it, in an interview because she was embarrassed about it possibly ruining her career at the time.
Really? Hmm that's interesting, but she turned around eventually. Heck, I read years ago that she took her daughter and Natalie Portman (who is her daughter's best friend) to see a midnight showing and the local stage show's Janet was sick, so they asked Susan to stand in, and she did. Haha. Now the person I've heard really really hates it, is Peter Hinwood who played Rocky. From what a friend of mine said, he now runs an antique shop in the UK and if you mention RHPS to him he'll kick you out of his shop. Also, while he's better about it now, there was for a time where Barry Bostwick was drinking a lot and he went to an RHPS convention and basically railed on the fans as being losers and such. LIke I said, he's much more on board now since he's sober though.
@@ragabashmoon1551 Cheers that is interesting. I found this... Peter Hinwood  BORN May 17, 1946 (age 72) OCCUPATION Actor, antiques dealer Peter Hinwood (born 17 May 1946) is an English actor and antiques dealer. Biography "Hinwood worked as both a photographer and a professional model while he was pursuing his acting career. Hinwood is mostly noted for his film appearance as the well-oiled, muscular and mostly mute creation Rocky in the 1975 cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Rocky's singing voice was dubbed in post-production by Australian singer Trevor White. Both Hinwood and White were interviewed by Scott Michaels for his 2002 book Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult. His portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter's "creation" was the most significant role of Hinwood's limited acting career. Hinwood had played the Greek god Hermes in the Adventures of Ulysses mini-series on British television in the late 1960s. He performed in one other horror film before Rocky Horror, as "Guy" in Roddy McDowall's macabre Tam Lin. After Rocky Horror, he capped his cinematic career with a bit role in Paul Humfress and Derek Jarman's homoerotic Roman historical drama, Sebastiane. Hinwood is now an antiques dealer in London and lives most of the time in Tangiers. He told People magazine in 2000 that there were three reasons why he chose not to continue to milk his Horror moment. "One, I can't act. Two, I cringe with embarrassment every time I see myself on film. Three, I relish a quiet, peaceful life." Hinwood revealed that in 1994 he had rediscovered the gold hot pants he wore in the film and sold them through an auction house for nearly $1,000. "
@@kazabushy Yea, I read that too, which in a way I kind of understand if my friend is right, he wants a quiet peaceful life, you come in all "omgarhrd you're Rocky! I loooove that movie can I have your autograph!!!" and you aren't there to buy antiques, I think that would rightly piss him off.
@@ragabashmoon1551 True but he changed his looks and it wasn't known then he was an antiques dealer. I think it's an odd story that he actually kicked people out of his store.
@@kazabushy Maybe he was just having a bad day when my friend was there? I mean sure, my friend could be lying, but one shouldn't automatically assume that he is.
My favorite facts: It wasn't until partway through shooting that they realized the lab has no door, which is why Dr.Scott charges through the wall. This also creates a great error i how all the guests got up to the lab. Don't say the lift, as it is too slow/small. It might have escaped some people's notice, but all the members of the wedding party and the photographers all play the Transylvanians in the movie. This is subtly pointed out in the painting of the caretakers and the church next to the clock at the beginning of "the Time Warp", since Richard and Patricia had played those parts as well. The statue of Columbia still stands in one of the producers(?) gardens. There was an error somewhere in shooting, so for the closeup of where Dr. Frankenfurter tells Rocky "Don't be upset, it was a mercy killing..." that part of the set had to be reconstructed for that one shot.
About 5 years ago I was going through the DVD cutout bin at Walmart and came across a copy of Rocky Horror. There happened to be two girls in their late teens/early twenties going through the same bin. I held up the DVD and asked them if the movie was still a cult favorite with the younger crowd. They told me they'd never heard of it before. How very sad. I'm 64 years old and I still dance the Time Warp every time I play the soundtrack. It's just a jump to the left....
I was in the Army the first time I saw it in a theater. Even counting some places I served in wartime I have never been in a closed place with so many crazy people at one time. This should be on you bucket list. Go to a Halloween midnight showing in a fair sized city.
When I was 15 in 1995 I remember the 20th anniversary of this was announced and it was all over the television and it was like a major event. I remember even all the kids at school talking about it. About 20 of us gathered at a friends house and watched it all together. We where all crowded and laying and sitting everywhere. There was a little alcohol and green stuff involved also that made it a lot more fun. What a great movie and great memories of my lady friends and being a teenager. I watch it every Halloween and the soundtrack is awesome!
I saw the movie for the first time on DVD. I never went to a midnight screening, but the DVD did offer optional audience responses. I did see the Rocky Horror Show on Broadway twice. In late 2001, Broadway was having a hard time because of 9/11. I got tickets for the Rocky Horror Show the night before it closed. It was really awesome. Dick Cavett played the narrator and he was hysterical. After it closed, they announced they were bringing it back for a limited run with a different person as the narrator each week. Having already seen it with Dick Cavett, my girl friend and I decided to see it with Jerry Springer. He was OK in the role. In retrospect we regretted not seeing it with Cavett again. But it was memorable for other reasons. This time we had front row seats. Also, Rif Raf was played by Sebastian Bach. During the final number he literally lifted me out of my seat to dance with me. I would definitely see it again.
Whenever my two sisters say "Dammit" I always make fun like replying "Janet!" 🤣😂🤣 And then they are like "What?? We don't understand you!! Watch ur humour!!" And I was like "Ok they don't have any idea 'bout the Rocky Horror thing/stuff.
Lmao I say dammit Janet all the time but I don’t know anyone by that name , it helps me not cuss , and get puzzles my kids , cause they keep asking me , who is Janet lol
What kid in the 80’s didn’t dress up like one of these characters for Halloween? I went one year as Magenta, I think 1982. Rocky Horror was so great! We acted out with the toilet paper, newspaper
When i visited Perth back in 1986 one of my highlights was being taken to a screening by a couple of young ladies i had met. Had a blast seeing how you Aussies did your audience partici...... pation. I have seen the movie over 400 times, on 3 different continents and in 5 different countries.
I saw an interview with Richard O'Brien and he said that none of the cast were aware that Eddie's body was under the tablecloth In the dinner scene, and so the when Frank n Furter pulls the cloth off, the casts shocked reactions are real.
I'm a bit surprised you didn't note the part where Susan Sarandon denied her part in the movie for many years. I mean, outright denied being in it. Not just the old "I was young and needed the money" excuse... but an outright denial. Anyway... I'm fortunate enough to have lived during the "heyday" of the Midnight showings. While I have it on both DVD and Blu-Ray(I keep both because both have different Bonus features), there's really nothing like going to a Midnight showing in a theater, with a few hundred other weirdos and pretty much trashing the place.... without risking arrest. =D
John Linde.... Actually, it was a bit different - Susan Sarandon refused to talk about the movie, because she hates the fact that none of the cast members get royalties from the DVD sales. She has never been 'ashamed' of being in this flick (which would stand in absolute contrast to her personality, she might be 72 but she's no goody two-shoes).
The last showing I went to I was told to keep quite by the manager. My wife and I got up and left, I'm still angry about it. The person complaining had literally never heard of audience participation, yet considered themselves an aficionado. Our little group used to travel far and wide to take part, oh how things have changed.
One of our local theaters still has a showing a couple times a year. But we have a Big 10 college near by too. It's still a lot of fun! 😍 And i remember doing it during the hay day too. Every weekend
I remember watching this when I was in fifth grade while in the midst of staying home due to flu I was too young to understand the masterpiece of such a film but it was worth it
My dad bless him introduced me to the love of Rocky Horror Picture Show. When I was 13 when my parents let me stay up late on Halloween to watch it, it was love at first sight for me.
I first saw “the rocky horror picture show” when I was 11 and my mom got it for me for Christmas that same year cause she showed it to me in the first place... I love my mother 🤣
Apart from the four you mention, the actor playing Dr Scott, Jonathan Adams, was in the original theatre performance as the narrator, and its his voice on the original album. I saw it on the Kings Road London in 73 with all five of them. The thunder in the play was a tea tray that was accidently dropped during one performance. Every performance after that featured the tray being 'accidently' dropped as a sound effect. As it is in the film.
Little Known: Patricia Quinn thought she was singing the introduction song, and was surprised and angry to find Richard OBrien''s voice singing it. In the stage production, she sang this song.
I loved going to midnight showings and re-runs of RHPS in the late 70s and they brought it back to local theatres in the 80s, just for shits and giggles at Halloween. Umbrellas, costumes, airborn slices of toast and whatever food or drink you had to throw when the guy in the wheelchair spoke made the umbrella mandatory. What a blast! There was no movie experience that could compare and nothing like it since. My wife and I will throw the vinyl on every now and then. The reaction when company hears it is always the same. The energy level in the room always hops up a bit and it always inspires some silly behavior. Classic movie and sound track Awsome! Man, I'm getting old. Were the 70s really that long ago?
Another masterpiece the public is still not ready for is Robin Williams' "Toys," a powerful antiwar statement that accurately predicted the modern usage of drones in warfare.
Went through that midnight showing phase in my late teens/early 20's. It played every Fri and Sat night where i lived for something like 10 years. Was a fun time
My favorite piece of trivia is missing. While filming this moving the crew had an Easter egg hunt for their children at the castle where they were filming. Strangely one of the Easter eggs made it into the movie and you can very briefly see it under the throne as Riff Raff lounges in it. It is thought that the term Easter egg being used to describe something hidden in movies/video games actually comes from this scene in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
There are actually 2 more easter eggs that can be found.
That's pretty interesting
@@denolizeb8664 who has Rocky’s original wardrobe and white boots as well as Columbia’s and Magenta’s outfits ?
@@denolizeb8664 yes correct there’s one by the elevator and idk where the other one is
The egg hunt was for the cast as well as their children and there were a lot of eggs that weren't found.
i will never forget my first viewing of this film. my thoughts were literally 'wtf is going on and why do i love it sososo much?'
that is exactly how it was for me Halloween night 1986. I had absolutely no clue what was happening but I was having so much fun it was unreal! I have now seen it in a theater with a live cast probably over 200 times. I have also been a member of several casts and performed several of the male roles.
@@flirtyguy34 love that! totally jealous. i saw it in bed alone or at least, just me and a good fat bowl. which made it all the better for me. that being said, i have seen it done live once and it was a blast.
yeah same here
When I first saw it at 18, like most of us in the audience, we left the theatre 🎭 thinking....”WTF did I just watch???” After several years and trying to figure out what the movie was really about, and the fact that Time Warp song getting major classic rock play, the movie was a whole lot more fun to watch and I hav seen it at least once a year since the 80’s !
Ditto, on thinking wtf am I watching....and growing up in Denton, Texas, this movie holds a special place with me.
Tim Curry's first entrance has got to be in the top five of cinema history.👍👍😁
With out a doubt ! I would put it in the top three
Oh, goodness yes! While he was supposed to be mennacing, boy! I thought he was beautiful and sexy! Does thar
When he pushes Brad out of the way with one arm
I wrote a theme paper about it in college. Got an A
This was too much when I was younger, but now can't stop looking at this one clip_ well I'm building a man with blonde hair and tan_
Saw at 7 years old. Biggest mistake of my parents lol I remember strutting around the corner to "Sweet Transvestite" and my parents lost it lmao good times
literally same!
me too!!!!
Thats too freaking funny i could just see it lol
Ya I let my son watch it at age 6 didn’t think much about it until he LOVED IT, but couldnt have him going to school saying “sweet transvestite” 😂😂😂
Holy shit I’m not the only one
Ahhh I love Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter, and his "WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT?"
...with antici........
😂✨🖤✨💋
It was our second date. My guy said I should think of something to do. So I thought if he can live through Rocky, he’s a keeper. We went to Williams Pub in Minneapolis had a few drinks, crossed the street to Uptown Theater five minutes before 12:00 and got in line for the midnight show. I grabbed a copy of the City Pages. He looked at me weird. I said, “We’re gonna need this.” The water sprayed on cue and us under the paper the cards being scattered about, people dressed in the characters getting on stage and dancing. It wasn’t just a show, it was an experience! 38 years later and we’re still together and married 37 years.
I knew my wife was a keeper early on. She came over to my place to hangout and watch movie. She's 5' 11" and wears women's size 8 shoes. Proportionally, she has very tiny feet. I noticed this when she sat on my couch after taking her shoes off. As a joke, I asked her if she's ever been to China while looking at her feet. She rolled her eyes at me and said "No, I don't practice foot binding." I laughed my ass off. I was shocked she got my joke. The fact she knew about that obscure reference was a big reason I pursued her so hard. She's spent 8+ years rolling her eyes at my jokes.
I have an original 1975 movie poster because the theatre where I worked in the 80s was throwing them away.
OMG I am so jealous!
@@Comfortdoll Me too!
Super jealous!
Brooo that’s so cool
And how much do you want for it?😮
Brad: what have I done:(
Janet: TOUchA TouChA tOuCha TOUCH mEEEE
RandomApril hahaha, that’s exactly where my mind went. I agree that the song is just okay, and better left out for pacing, but it would have been a great contrast in the film to see those two very different reactions
@@nikolademitri731 the song is great.it is the production of it that was weak.
The usually unspoken of influence of this show hit home to me when my son graduated from primary school. A big party was arranged for all the kids in his class, complete with a DJ. At one time during the night, the DJ played The Time Warp and there was a stampede of kids and teachers onto the dance floor. Not one of those kids were even born when the movie came out, yet they all knew the lyrics to the song *and* they knew all of the dance steps!
It was truly a WTF moment for most of the parents there!
Cool people beget cool people ❤
*Tim curry would've been a great choice for playing Freddie mercury in a movie*
Yes, unfortunately, by the time Freddie Mercury had died, Tim was a bit passed his prime for sizzling roles and was doing more(The Hunt for Red October) and animations (Ferngully).
Simranjeet Kaur yessss
Nope
Garry coleman would of been better
if he was younger, sure
I remember in high school going to see this at the midnight showing. In 1980 a group of us from the 11th grade went on a class trip to the United Kingdom for a week. Playing in a theater at Piccadilly Circus was The Rocky Horror Picture Show live on stage. 4 of the British main characters from the movie were reprising their rolls live. I got to see Tim Curry, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, and Nell Campbell. That was the biggest highlight of the entire trip and both my junior and senior year of high school. The only thing that was missing was the props we would bring to the movie theater every weekend.
Just to be really picky, Nell Campbell isn't British but Australian. She was born in Sydney. 🙂
I wanted to go with friends while I was in high school but the theatre was in a bad area of the nearest city so I didn't get to go.
How awesome is that!? I bet that was Absolutely incredible to see live!! Lucky you!
One of my highschool besties who actually introduced me to Rocky was the head of the Seattle cast for a lot of the Naughties. (We were born in 1980, so we didn't even graduate until 1998) but at one of the Rocky Cons Richard O'Brien came right up to her and interacted with her, which sounds like it was a died and gone to heaven moment for her.
JEALOUS!
Jealous you got to see Patricia
You didn't just watch this movie, you actually experienced it. Everyone in RHPS was nothing short of brilliant, not just Tim Curry, though I think it's safe to say that only Curry could have pulled off the Frank-N-Furter role to such an astounding degree. No way Jagger could have. LOL
***at a party*** the time warp plays
***every theater kid ever pops out of no where*** LETS DO THE TIME WARP AGAINNNNN!!!!
Noah Elliot ive been chillin with my friends once and they started playing time warp and baby-not-as-theatre-kid me didnt know what they were doing
Loved timewarp
And us hardcore fans knew the dance steps from the movie!
lisamaree258 you know we did
lisamaree258 scratch that u know we still do
Tim Curry is legendary in this role, made it his own.... just like he's made the Devil role in Legend his own and the Clown his own... his iconic.... not gonna forget this guy and that amazing voice....
Dawn Gilmour I LOVE HIS VOICE!!
He’s just so LUSCIOUS!
Dont forget Long John Silver in the Muppets Treasure Island movie 😁
And the Cardinal in the Three Musketeers
The weird manager at the plaza hotel in home alone 2
I put the movie on one time and my mom said "You can't really appreciate Rocky Horror unless you're stoned"
This is true 👏
She isn't wrong.
The first time I started watching it, I was not stoned. It took me about ten seconds of watching the intro to decide not to spoil the experience and wait until I could get high off my mind to properly lose my Rocky Horror virginity.
Which, of course, I did. All I can say is, your mom was right.
Thats a great idea!
Not true for everyone hehe. I saw it in high school and absolutely fell in love! That was decade and a half before I ever learned to enjoy weed
TIM CURRY IS A GENIUS
THAT IS ALL 🍺
Dilly dilly
Here here
Indubitably
@@os8057 cult status
Every celebrity is a GENIUS. We've completely forgotten the meaning of the word.
My wife used to go to Rocky when she was younger. Lets just say, watching it with her is an... interesting experience.
My husband says the same thing about me.
Let me guess, she knows all the call-outs and you end up with rice, playing cards, newspaper, and gloves all over the living room floor?
I went as girl, and took my 60 year old dad and the dad of friend ( the moms would not be talked into such). There I was with the 2 oldest "virgins" on record for our location in Atlanta. The old guys had a really good sense of humor about the whole thing.
@@trickytreyperfected1482 You forgot toast and water! LOL!!
@@dgeneeknapp3168 You're right. I just went to my high school's production of it and we gave out prop boxes with gloves, glow sticks, cards, newspaper, and a bubble wand (instead of rice), so I forgot about those two. I've never seen the movie (don't kill me please), but I was aware of those two things, I just forgot them.
He missed the perfect opportunity to use the line, "antici....pation"
YES
Yes, he did
One of my favorite movies of all time. Tim Curry is a Legend... Amazing amazing amazing
Haha interesting choice of words since curry was in legend.
Gary Abna I'm glad somebody caught that
Tim Curry was originally slated to do the voice of The Joker in the animated Batman series, but it turned out he seriously frightened kids so Mark Hamill did the voice.
He is Darkness
The guy who played Riff Raff WROTE this!?!?!?!????? That’s SOOOOOO COOL!!!
Richard O'brien
You didn't know that? You must have been living in a cave.
Oh my God, I thought everyone knew this.
Boy, THIS comment makes me feel old!! But at least I got to experience it, WAY back when everyone participated, actors played it out and we trashed the theater with rice and toast!!
You should see what Richard O'Brien looks NOW ! Look him up on TH-cam !
Saw it in high school and it was the first time in my life that I realized, if someone could write this, then somewhere out there in the world were people as weird as me. Haven’t met them yet in the real world in any significant way besides a t-shirt on a youngster that made me smile or a passing conversation on a bus in a town I don’t live in. But it’s nice that we’re out there and have things like this to help us find each other in those rare brief meetings.
Around Halloween where I live, they do a live showing with actors at an old cinema. It’s amazing. I went when I was only 15 with my mom. So many people were in costume.
🤗
I loved Magenta when I was a kid and continued for years to have a thing for wild red headed goth maids.
Peter Smith I love ginger fros
No Shit!!!
Peter Smith I’ve met and talked with her, she's nuts, and hilarious!
Me too! I am happy to report that I am married to one as well! Forty years of bliss this year!
I grew up on this movie, I didn't realize for years it went back as far as the 70s it was way ahead of it's time. My home town also has a Riff Raff statue in the city center.
The mid-70's was the height of the glam era in rock.
And where is your home town? I'd love to see that statue 😀
@@michellecasey6199 Might be Hamilton, New Zealand :)
@@michellecasey6199 you and me both. Please where is this
Rebekkah, your comment made me chortle and chuckle! Sheesh, "as far back as the 70s"! But I chuckle and chortle not AT you, but with you.
I saw the movie in 1976; I was 28. I'm 74 now, and have watched TRHPS innumerable times. Sheer delight!
I'd love to see the statue.
I cannot picture my life without the Rocky horror picture show in it. No matter how much shit I have been through in my life, and I’ve been through more than anybody could ever possibly imagine, including 30 years of hospitalizations, 37 surgeries that removed 95% of my G.I. tract, for relapses of intestinal cancer, +9 other chronic diseases, Yep no matter how down I get, all I have to do is think of the time when this movie came out, and how much fun I had with my friends watching it over and over and over, and then over again. It came to be a contest to whom ever had the most tickets stubs, I won! I saw yes in the theatre when it first came out the grand total of 185 times, that doesn’t include all the times I have been back to theatres that are still showing it, where I always come is Frankenfritter, and damn I look good in those heels! It’s incredible the power of music, entertainment, and good memories, they can get you through some of the most difficult times of your life. It takes me back to a happy time, before there we’re any problems, and I wish I could just stay there for an eternity.
Tim Curry is a legend, his voice is epic. Thanks minty
Is Minty a gay bald headed man with sunglasses?
😎😋🤩😍😍😍😗🤗
Hell yea
Tom rusingel
If you want to hear a GREAT usage of his voice, try watching "Fergully: The Last Rainforest". It's a kids' animation movie, but his voice is so rich, smooth and gorgeous you just want to keep watching once his character appears. I wont tell you which is his character, but you'll know it the moment you hear him. His singing is GREAT!!.
Loved the movie. nothing ever like Tim Curry he was born for that role.
True. But, I gotta agree with Minty, Mick Jagger would have made a very interesting Frank N. Furter.
@@tygrkhat4087 I just HOPE no1 EVER tries to remake this!
The movie and the music were awesome. Tim Curry is an incredible singer.
Check out Tim Curry's 1979 solo album... sounds like Dr. Frank N. Furter singing on a New York Dolls record!
When I was just a teenager (16 & 17) in just a little over 2 short years, I saw this movie a little over 220 times!! My friends and I went almost every Friday and Saturday nights at this little theater in Berkeley California!! Some of us would even stay after to help the theater crew clean up all the mess!! I actually got my momma to go with us once, and she even liked it!! I still love this movie. I actually miss going with a group of friends on the weekend to, not only see this movie, but also to participate!! Would love to see it in a theater again!
Would that be the UC Theater on University Ave? I used to go there in the mid-80's and, ironically, I took my mom to see it too. It think it was a little too much for her though she played it off nicely.
I just looked it up on Google Earth and found out the UC Theater is still there and back in business. I could have sworn it closed down years ago! Better yet, they still play RHPS there!!! I live in Arizona now but I may have to go back sometime to relive the magic...
hendrsb33 hendrsb33 OMG!! Yes it was!! I can’t believe they’re back in business! I thought they closed back in the late 90’s. I may also have to go back and see if I can relive some of the magic!! I live in St. Louis now.
@@felondawinters7834 UC Theater was...err... IS the best! They used to have movie marathons back in the day where you could stay in the theater for hours watching movies back to back to back. Makes me feel old sometimes to think that back then you could see several movies for what you have to pay to see just one movie in the present day.
Just got out of the theater seeing it last night lol. Absolutley amazing
I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it. We use to go to the midnight showing @ Birdcage Walk Cinema (so miss that place). Participating was the best!! We threw EVERYTHING we could get our hands on. With that being said, just know that, along with Hocus Pocus, Rocky Horror Picture Show, are the movies that I watch all day, everyday during the month of October 💋💗💋💗💋💗💋
I used to be super-into RHPS. I've met Richard O' Brien twice. He's a really nice, regal, and down-to-earth guy and such a gentleman.
So is Tim - I met him at the 2nd Convention and have a personally signed copy of his album "Read My Lips".
Another piece of trivia: there is a little cinema in Munich, Germany called "museum lichtspiele" playing the movie in midnight shows every Friday and Saturday... since it got released in the seventies (except for the break last year due to miss Corona). In fact the room, where it is being played recreates the Time Warp room. If you are Rocky Horror hardcore fan, it is a must do, specially because it is played in original version, and there is always some audience participation.
Oh yes! I've been shivering with antici...........................pation for Minty to cover this movie.
SAY IT
My kids have known and appreciated this line since toddlerhood. And we're taught the time warp as soon as they could walk😂. To this day I can text my younger one...antici.....and make him laugh 😂✨🖤✨
Richard O'Brien was a genius.
Was? Did he die, or go senile?
Alive and well living in NZ as far as I know !
He voices several characters in animation. Biggest being Lawrence, the dad in Disney’s Phineas and Ferb.
But is the States still.
Aye yes he was. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
The audience participation shows made me totally unable to enjoy watching RHPS on tape (yes. Tape) or disk. My experience was in the days when you could get into the theatre armed with squirt guns, rice, toast, and lighters.
I grew up with a parent who was on cast when she was in school so growing up on the movie I got alot of the audience participation at home. What Sucked was none of my friends did, and when I would try to watch with them and participate along, I would be getting shushed for "Ruining the movie".
Be part of the performance. Like Sports .
Anything more cringy and crunchy than audience participation for any movie? No 👎
Also you can miss me with this movie
Never got it and never will
I had an early Christmas dinner at my supervisor's house. His teenaged daughter (!) wanted to see a movie at a "midnight showing," and asked if it'd be OK if I and my girlfriend of the time would be OK to take her. He said "OK," and we did ... only to find ourselves at a Midnight Showing of Rocky Horror ... with other people with toast, newspapers, squirt guns, rice, et al. ... WOW I had _NO IDEA_ what we were in for!
Sadly I couldn't _really_ enjoy the show since I was _soooo_ worried if the boss found out what I'd taken his daughter to!
@@josephgaviota A few years ago my gf and I took her 16 year old daughter to see it for Halloween. I warned her (daughter) that she was going to hear a lot of things coming from my mouth. "Coming" say Frankenfurter. "So is Brad!" I say in response. The look on her face when I said that was priceless!
i thought you would mention the scene at the wedding in the beginning that riff raff, Columbia, magenta and frankenfurter all made appearances before being in the castle. that is a great moment
Yes it was i didnt notice it til i saw it a second tine each time you watch it you seem to get more
We have to translante the Screenplay and it mentioned it lol.
@BadKitty Mag and Colu were stalking them lol.
I thought I was imaging things when I noticed them, glad I'm not the only one who saw them!
Richard O'Brian was just really ahead of his time
Yep
"Shock Treatment" was what would've happened had Brad and Janet taken the other fork mentioned when they are in the car before they head to Frankenfurter's castle. According to Richard O'brian.
I love shock treatment
@@truthbetoldineverwasyours8576 same it’s rlly good when you don’t see it as a direct sequel. The songs are rlly good too. I loved Richard as Cosmo
Mick Jagger is not as pretty as Tim Curry.
Can you just IMAGINE those terrible, skinny legs of his in that outfit?
He could have played the lips
If I couldn't have Tim then David Bowie would have been okay especially in '75
@@Bigbadwhitecracker I dont know...Mick has some really thin lips. As a gal, I can tell you, I never saw that mouth as very enticing. The lips for the movie are really full. They are more lady mouth. Mick has really thin man lips.
@@dgeneeknapp3168 What on earth are you talking about? Mick Jaggers lips have never been thin. Google his 1970's images. And if you compare them to Tim Curry in the 70's his are even thicker then Curry's. But I still wouldn't have like him in this show. I never cared for Jagger.
Wow blast from the past!
Back in my day, when you went to the movie theater to watch Rocky Horror Picture Show, they had actors on stage in front of the movie screen acting out the scenes.
AND ALSo, the audience dressed up as their favorite character & brought along with them:
*A newspaper
*A water gun pistol (to create rain)
*An umbrella
*Toasted bread
Those were the good old days 🤗😀
Cards also. Cards of sorrow, cards of pain?
And rice...
Tim Curry played the role on a majestic level.
I cannot imagine anyone else playing Frank-N-Furter in the Film.............well, unless you can technically count that odd 2016 Remake.
The role was made for HIM and him alone.
Most Cult films flopped at the original release.
A cult film is literally a film that failed at the box office but has grown a large fan base. All cult films flopped at the original release.
If it was popular at release it would be a Religion film.
People fear creativity.
All cult films did thats what a cult film is
Blade Runner
And still nothing like this has ever been made again. A true one and only!!! Nice one Minty!!!
Repo: The Genetic Opera.
GalahadGregory seen Report and I don't think it's in the same league, it's ok but no Rocky.
Cthulhu 999 not heard of that, I'll have to check it out, thanks!!!
Cthulhu 999 and now I'm proper interested!!! How old is this film???
Cthulhu 999 thanks for the info mate, I'll have ta keep an eye out for it, you've got me intrigued.
My friend showed me her engagement ring and was flummoxed when I told her it was 'nicer than Betty Monroe had'
I honestly watched this film for Tim Curry and I ended up loving the film
It's a pretty good reason to watch any film as far as I'm concerned.
Same here, fell in love with him in Clue. And I was watching it with some friends who were trying to get me to go said "Hey, that's Dr. Frank N Furter!" and pointed at Tim Curry, so I was in, and not too many years later (once I was 18) I was playing Columbia. Changed my Life for the better.
Draven gal same i saw clue and i saw tim curry was in it and i became fascinated with him so i looked up his movies and i saw this was one which i heard of before
Same
This film is deliciously deviant.
Having been to a "Midnight" showing, I was pulled up on stage prior to the movie for a trivia contest after being "volunteered" as a RHPS "virgin". Having toast thrown at me is a cinema experience I will never forget.
you left out one of my favorite bits of trivia. in the dinner scene brad gets angry and slams his hand on the table. unfortunately janet's hand was in the way and we see susan sarandon jump as barry bostwick hits her hand instead of the table. for the next few seconds susan's face is frowning as she tries to hold back the pain. it should have been an outtake but it was left in. once you see it knowing what happened you can't not see it.
and when janet steps on brad’s foot while theyre in heels lol. you can see him make a face for a moment haha
@@ed9358 lol yeah payback is a bitch...especially in stilettos
Oh hey, I didn't know this one! The trivia I know from the dinner scene is that no one in the cast except for Frank knew "Eddie" was under the glass in the table, so their looks of shock and surprise were the real thing, lol
@@ed9358 which part in the floor show?
@@ed9358 yeah she got him back for that😂
Saw it as a “virgin” in 1977 my college freshman year in College Park, MD.
Overall, I’ve seen it at midnight showings 20+ times. Hard to watch on DVD without the comeback lines, but also couldn’t even hear the film the last time I went because the audience would recite the entire thing.
Im still not familiar with " all the comeback lines" and necessaralies insofaras the the " theater props of toilie and toast..etc". A vid could be done on this stuff..love movie enough to have it on vhs and dvd..
I used to go to the midnight showings at the Varsity in St. Louis, MO back in the late 70's! 20+ for me too!
I have yet to be to a midnight showing, close once, but I do have the DVD that has the participation track.
@@michaelotten2724 What a great idea! Someone should do a whole catalog of all the props, lines, when to do/say them, etc.! A guide for the virgins (and those of us who didn't see it that many times)....
There was a second tagline used on the posters....it showed the lips with the line : "A Different Set Of Jaws"
And another song was cut from the film "Super Heroes "
Actually it was in the movie and later cut out because of the run time for midnight shows. When I first started going, that song was in the movie.
Fun fact: I was part of a midnight shadowcast that still had the song in the film. I was so thrilled about that when I went the first time (as a virgin) and found out!
Superheroes is in the UK copies, I think it was taken out of the American version of the film
@@victorianbarbie correct! I hate the edited version of Super Heroes. It's one of the best songs on the soundtrack and it shows Brad and Janet's full trajectory.
I always loved that poster that referenced Jaws. Too funny
Another fun fact: The make up artist for David Bowie (from his ziggy stardust days) was the makeup designer for Frank-n-Furter.
Funny you should say that I was just thinking the music reminded me of Bowie and Ziggy Stardust.
So glad you posted this! I was going to ask if anyone knew who designed Tim Curry's makeup. It is _fab_ !
I think I know why Rocky Horror is such an underdog movie. The year was 1978 by this time Rocky Horror was already a classic in late night showing. My older brother (who smoked a lot of things.) invited me to come with him to see the mid night showing of the movie. At first I didn't understand what I was getting into with my brother or what he might be into seeing guys in drag and girls looking like cheap hookers. But I wasn't one that would shy away from anything I didn't understand. so we grabbed our seat toward the back as the movie started. I was laughing to myself as people pulled out squirt guns and prayed it above their heads, (Well I thought this is really different, are these people just drunk or high.) As the movie progressed I realized it was a group participation with the movie as the back drop and the audience was more like the main feature. Sure the movie has a lot of classic line which anyone who sees it will instantly recognize. I loved the movie so much that it will always be a part of my collection of movies. Every character in this movie was worth watching again and again. But the whole thing about this movie and the people so addicted to it's appeal are the same people who would want to celebrate Halloween all year round. Just brings out the kid in all of us. Go watch it again today if you get the chance, allow the kid in you to come out and Time Warp.
i haven't been able to look at Tim Curry in a "normal"way since.
Yeah even when he played Cardinal Richelieu in the Three Muskateers, I couldn't help but keep seeing a transvestite.
Over 40 years later, this is the most fun you can have at the theater! Everyone needs to experience it with full participation.
Particip.......ation!
I remember by dad showing me this movie when I was around 13-14, I just found it weird, strange, and “dumb” but going back and watching it now, I FREAKING LOVE IT
You're lucky! He's lucky! We're all lucky!
the banisters lucky!!
You forgot I'm. :)
Bryan Mcnamar ; and *STICKY!*
I would have hated Mick Jagger as Dr. Frankenfurter.
Rif Raf MAYBE....Frank? NEVER!! He doesnt have the legs or general build for the outfit.
@@dgeneeknapp3168 Yes. Never!! It's hard to unsee his bad acting in the 2 movies I watched. Even he calls Ned Kelly a forgettable piece of crap. (He was the crap!)
@@kazabushy Was good in Bent though
@@raymonddavis1370 There is a tiny snippet of him in the trailer but no mention of him in the plot. Looks like a good movie though.
He doesn't have Tim Curry's vocal chops...
*"WAIT! I can explain!"*
_"Better be good, they killed you in the last showing, Frank!"_
I love meatloaf in this film. He really put heart and fear into the character.
I had a shirt made for the midnight showings that says I'm here for eddie 🤣
If a motion picture remake for the theatre should ever be remade, Eddie - A Former Delivery Boy, will be very hard to cast.
Richard Obrien went to school in New Zealand and there is a Riff Raff statue in Hamilton, New Zealand
I live in New Zealand #kiwi
Awesome he was also in flash gordon
Remember that this movie came out at a time when the discussion of transvestites was not socially acceptable. That may be why it didn't do well at the box office especially in the Midwest.
I doubt that it would do well in Midwest now. Although, I've never lived there. Thank God.
It didn't have anything to do with how well it did. It never even got to most rural communities. I never even heard of this till I left home for college a number of years after it was released.
@@elvinbrown6526 I'd rather live in the Midwest than in the twilight zone of the coast!
@@GlassOnionXray I live in rural Oklahoma and a lot of award winning movies don't even get heard about in this corner of the world. I think some are too "cultured" for the general taste of movie goers around here. Whenever the awards are announced for best picture, etc. many of them are totally unfamiliar to me.
@@roxismith6122 The Midwest and us south sucks unless you’re a heterosexual white Christian. I’d rather live in the “tWiLigHt ZoNE”
Let's do the Timewarp again.
It's just a jump to the left.
@@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf And a ste-e-e-ep to the right.
First name and Jammit said what I was going to type so a like for you and them.
@@therealjammit and First Name Last name, and our hands on our hips...lol
Not as popular a song in Western KY lol. The fire dept I was on there would throw together a Christmas party every year. The first half was a formal event that consisted of us in dress uniform, awards/gifts (which was usually really nice dept attire like t-shirts and hoodies and stuff like that), speeches, formal dinner, and pictures. The public was invited to attend this half. The second half however was held after the last public guest had left. We would all change into regular clothes and hold an ACTUAL PARTY that involved drinking, dancing, and mingling. This half was ONLY allowed for city/county officials, and invited family/friends. One year, my parents were there and asked the DJ to play Time Warp. Up til now, EVERYONE is all over the dance floor. When the music went off, everyone sat down to take a break from dancing until the next song came on. As it turned out, the next song was Time Warp. Now, it was just me and my parents on the dance floor doing the Time Warp (again lol) while everyone in the room just stared at us like we escaped from the nut house or something lol.
The stunt double for "Eddie" almost died while riding the motorbike around the set !
imagine being a STUNT double and not being able to control a bike going like...15 miles per hour lol
@@thedopest Ever ride a motorcycle on a 3 ft ramped surface going slow? While dodging people? Didn't think so. They weigh a ton, and are easily tipped. Learn something before you talk out your ass.
@@jcfra420 bike is 800 at the most but dodging people not fun
@@krispeashey3588 You say 800 like it's ounces...do you even ride?
There were actually many injuries throughout filming
The fact that it's Richard O'Brien not a woman singing the opening mind 💥
My husband and I met doing RHPS in Sparks, NV 26 years ago. We've been married 24 years now. :) He was playing Rocky and I was Magenta. And yes... I did step on his toes in my high heels, LOL!!
Your brother (Riff Raff) wasn't enough? LoL!
I'd take Riff Raff over Frank anytime!
No, you want the full experience? How about playing Columbia and having a "wardrobe malfunction" your first night during floor show! It was at the exact point Nell's boob popped out on screen as well. Talk about realism! LOL! I always had to wear a fitted corset underneath the costume one after that.
The only man who I want to see in lingerie Tim Curry and sexy as hell while doing it.
I am such a fan of the great Meat Loaf. He was wonderful in this.
Loved this Minty. Great Job.
Jennifer Tochi yeah he was great. Hot patootie is always on my iPod.
Paradise by the dashboard light☺️
I've been a fan of Mr. Loaf (as the NY Times calls him) since "Bat Out of Hell." I really got into Rocky Horror in college in the late 70s-early 80s and listened to the soundtrack constantly. You can really hear Meat Loaf's voice above all the rest in the chorus of "The Time Warp."
Turns out my Boyfriend played Dr Frankenfurter. In Germany in the 80's
:'( no photos.
I like his body Now. Would have lived to see him like this.
@@tygrkhat4087 Too bad Meatloaf is now a weird Republican jerk now. Never thought I’d see him turn that way. Like none of the people he used to write & record with are like that. I’m friends with one of the session singers guys who Jim Steinman was still friends with up until he just passed away. He was shocked as well at Meatloaf because he was completely opposite most of his adult life. The session singer by the way is Rory Dodd, he has the most beautiful voice ever!! He sang backup with Bonnie Tyler on Total Eclipse of the Heart. I’m sure you’ve heard his angelic voice singing the “Turn around bright eyes” part.
I fell in love with Tim Curry after watching this for the first time. Great soundtrack too!!!!
We had the band play Time Warp at my wedding and we all danced to it
I adore Tim Curry. I think he's brilliant, such talent!
I remember sneaking away from my sister's engagement party with two bottles of champagne and going for my first viewing of this movie. I don't remember leaving, or the next day either.
I bit you missed....Susan Sarandon actually denied being in it, in an interview because she was embarrassed about it possibly ruining her career at the time.
Really? Hmm that's interesting, but she turned around eventually. Heck, I read years ago that she took her daughter and Natalie Portman (who is her daughter's best friend) to see a midnight showing and the local stage show's Janet was sick, so they asked Susan to stand in, and she did. Haha.
Now the person I've heard really really hates it, is Peter Hinwood who played Rocky. From what a friend of mine said, he now runs an antique shop in the UK and if you mention RHPS to him he'll kick you out of his shop. Also, while he's better about it now, there was for a time where Barry Bostwick was drinking a lot and he went to an RHPS convention and basically railed on the fans as being losers and such. LIke I said, he's much more on board now since he's sober though.
@@ragabashmoon1551 Cheers that is interesting. I found this...
Peter Hinwood

BORN
May 17, 1946 (age 72)
OCCUPATION
Actor, antiques dealer
Peter Hinwood (born 17 May 1946) is an English actor and antiques dealer.
Biography
"Hinwood worked as both a photographer and a professional model while he was pursuing his acting career. Hinwood is mostly noted for his film appearance as the well-oiled, muscular and mostly mute creation Rocky in the 1975 cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Rocky's singing voice was dubbed in post-production by Australian singer Trevor White. Both Hinwood and White were interviewed by Scott Michaels for his 2002 book Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult.
His portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter's "creation" was the most significant role of Hinwood's limited acting career. Hinwood had played the Greek god Hermes in the Adventures of Ulysses mini-series on British television in the late 1960s. He performed in one other horror film before Rocky Horror, as "Guy" in Roddy McDowall's macabre Tam Lin. After Rocky Horror, he capped his cinematic career with a bit role in Paul Humfress and Derek Jarman's homoerotic Roman historical drama, Sebastiane.
Hinwood is now an antiques dealer in London and lives most of the time in Tangiers. He told People magazine in 2000 that there were three reasons why he chose not to continue to milk his Horror moment. "One, I can't act. Two, I cringe with embarrassment every time I see myself on film. Three, I relish a quiet, peaceful life." Hinwood revealed that in 1994 he had rediscovered the gold hot pants he wore in the film and sold them through an auction house for nearly $1,000. "
@@kazabushy Yea, I read that too, which in a way I kind of understand if my friend is right, he wants a quiet peaceful life, you come in all "omgarhrd you're Rocky! I loooove that movie can I have your autograph!!!" and you aren't there to buy antiques, I think that would rightly piss him off.
@@ragabashmoon1551 True but he changed his looks and it wasn't known then he was an antiques dealer. I think it's an odd story that he actually kicked people out of his store.
@@kazabushy Maybe he was just having a bad day when my friend was there? I mean sure, my friend could be lying, but one shouldn't automatically assume that he is.
My favorite facts:
It wasn't until partway through shooting that they realized the lab has no door, which is why Dr.Scott charges through the wall. This also creates a great error i how all the guests got up to the lab. Don't say the lift, as it is too slow/small.
It might have escaped some people's notice, but all the members of the wedding party and the photographers all play the Transylvanians in the movie. This is subtly pointed out in the painting of the caretakers and the church next to the clock at the beginning of "the Time Warp", since Richard and Patricia had played those parts as well.
The statue of Columbia still stands in one of the producers(?) gardens.
There was an error somewhere in shooting, so for the closeup of where Dr. Frankenfurter tells Rocky "Don't be upset, it was a mercy killing..." that part of the set had to be reconstructed for that one shot.
shikishinobi I NEVER NOTICED THE LAB HAD NO DOOR!! wtf
It was the lift.
shikishinobi, Hmm 🤔...Where did you find all that out? Maybe a book about the movie?
The second fact makes me wonder if the movie is about fear of monogamy
@@traekas7228 I listened to the audio commentary for most of it.
About 5 years ago I was going through the DVD cutout bin at Walmart and came across a copy of Rocky Horror. There happened to be two girls in their late teens/early twenties going through the same bin. I held up the DVD and asked them if the movie was still a cult favorite with the younger crowd. They told me they'd never heard of it before. How very sad. I'm 64 years old and I still dance the Time Warp every time I play the soundtrack.
It's just a jump to the left....
I was in the Army the first time I saw it in a theater. Even counting some places I served in wartime I have never been in a closed place with so many crazy people at one time. This should be on you bucket list. Go to a Halloween midnight showing in a fair sized city.
Minty would make the perfect neighbor. My wife would have to drag me out of his place. Lol
i watched this when it came out when was in college, the word associated with this movie was KINKY. loved that word...
Tim Curry is awesome and so are you Minty.
Rocky Horroe Picture Show is a classic!
Did not mention that both Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon got paid almost nothing, as in one time buyout...
When I was 15 in 1995 I remember the 20th anniversary of this was announced and it was all over the television and it was like a major event. I remember even all the kids at school talking about it.
About 20 of us gathered at a friends house and watched it all together. We where all crowded and laying and sitting everywhere. There was a little alcohol and green stuff involved also that made it a lot more fun. What a great movie and great memories of my lady friends and being a teenager. I watch it every Halloween and the soundtrack is awesome!
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My daughter and I used to watch it for our Christmas Special along with A Christmas Carol the Alistair Sim version. FUN TIMES !!! noisy, but FUN
@@melissalove2463 I totally agree you obviously have great taste in dudes....
I saw the movie for the first time on DVD. I never went to a midnight screening, but the DVD did offer optional audience responses. I did see the Rocky Horror Show on Broadway twice. In late 2001, Broadway was having a hard time because of 9/11. I got tickets for the Rocky Horror Show the night before it closed. It was really awesome. Dick Cavett played the narrator and he was hysterical. After it closed, they announced they were bringing it back for a limited run with a different person as the narrator each week. Having already seen it with Dick Cavett, my girl friend and I decided to see it with Jerry Springer. He was OK in the role. In retrospect we regretted not seeing it with Cavett again. But it was memorable for other reasons. This time we had front row seats. Also, Rif Raf was played by Sebastian Bach. During the final number he literally lifted me out of my seat to dance with me. I would definitely see it again.
Whenever my two sisters say "Dammit" I always make fun like replying "Janet!" 🤣😂🤣 And then they are like "What?? We don't understand you!! Watch ur humour!!" And I was like "Ok they don't have any idea 'bout the Rocky Horror thing/stuff.
My wife's name is Janet. I say that to her when she irritates me.
Lmao I say dammit Janet all the time but I don’t know anyone by that name , it helps me not cuss , and get puzzles my kids , cause they keep asking me , who is Janet lol
Lol me and my 2 sisters do the same thing everytime someone says dammit ..
“Watch your humor” that’s a strange thing to say in and of itself lol
My sister is Janet, dammit! I cannot unhear that phrase :-)
You omitted, entirely, the audience participation phenomenon built into the midnight movie showings!
Right?! That made it so much better and loads of fun
That was not "built in" to the show, that was all created by the fans at the midnight showings and it occurred over a period of several years.
Exactly! It wrecked more than one theater in NYC!
@@steerpike1359 years? Decades!!!
Ikr? Wth?
What kid in the 80’s didn’t dress up like one of these characters for Halloween? I went one year as Magenta, I think 1982. Rocky Horror was so great! We acted out with the toilet paper, newspaper
When i visited Perth back in 1986 one of my highlights was being taken to a screening by a couple of young ladies i had met. Had a blast seeing how you Aussies did your audience partici...... pation. I have seen the movie over 400 times, on 3 different continents and in 5 different countries.
My absolute favorite movie of all time! I am 57 years old, and I can do quote that movie line for line.
How many midnight shows did you see? I lost count...
Amy Epstein Could not even begin to count!
Stupid as fuck
Me too
@@sethberg8452 but that’s ok, because it’s not for everyone! 😘
I saw an interview with Richard O'Brien and he said that none of the cast were aware that Eddie's body was under the tablecloth In the dinner scene, and so the when Frank n Furter pulls the cloth off, the casts shocked reactions are real.
Remember Minty: Don't dream it, BE it.
...Tim Curry took it way too literally but then again!!
I'm a bit surprised you didn't note the part where Susan Sarandon denied her part in the movie for many years. I mean, outright denied being in it. Not just the old "I was young and needed the money" excuse... but an outright denial.
Anyway... I'm fortunate enough to have lived during the "heyday" of the Midnight showings. While I have it on both DVD and Blu-Ray(I keep both because both have different Bonus features), there's really nothing like going to a Midnight showing in a theater, with a few hundred other weirdos and pretty much trashing the place.... without risking arrest. =D
John Linde.... Actually, it was a bit different - Susan Sarandon refused to talk about the movie, because she hates the fact that none of the cast members get royalties from the DVD sales.
She has never been 'ashamed' of being in this flick (which would stand in absolute contrast to her personality, she might be 72 but she's no goody two-shoes).
It was the guy who played Rocky that tried to pretend it never happened.
@@MrNateSPF exactly. Peter Hinwood would kick you out of his antique shop for even mentioning the movie.
The last showing I went to I was told to keep quite by the manager. My wife and I got up and left, I'm still angry about it. The person complaining had literally never heard of audience participation, yet considered themselves an aficionado. Our little group used to travel far and wide to take part, oh how things have changed.
One of our local theaters still has a showing a couple times a year. But we have a Big 10 college near by too. It's still a lot of fun! 😍
And i remember doing it during the hay day too. Every weekend
I remember watching this when I was in fifth grade while in the midst of staying home due to flu
I was too young to understand the masterpiece of such a film but it was worth it
No, no, no. Its, "I see you shiver with antici....(wait for it).........pation!"
But MAAAYYYBEEEEE the rain...
Probably one of the best lines in the movie. Done with perfect camp delivery.
@@IO-zz2xy DAHHHLINK!
@@DMSProduktions Is partly ta blame
Just got goosebumps
Your videos are great man. They either inform me about the movies I love or make me REALLY interested in the ones I haven't seen. Awesome.
When I first watched this movie, I loved it. Tim Curry did a wonderful job. I couldn't wait to be able to watch it again and again.
Shock Treatment is an excellent stand-alone film that was ahead of its time. Worth a separate 10 things video
Can you do a 10 Things on the Little Shop of Horrors?
Yes!!!
Hell, yes!!
Fuck yes
The one with Jack Nicholson?
Esley Grier, the one with Rick Morranis
Saw this movie so many times with my 3 sisters we could recite every word and sing along with every song.
He says "Give yourself OVER to absolute pleasure." Just saying.
My dad bless him introduced me to the love of Rocky Horror Picture Show. When I was 13 when my parents let me stay up late on Halloween to watch it, it was love at first sight for me.
This masterpiece is the biggest cult on movie history
Omg I’m so excited for this , The Rocky Horror is my fav movie of aaaaaall time ❤️ thank you so much ❤️
Same I like both Rocky Horror and Shock Treatment.
I first saw “the rocky horror picture show” when I was 11 and my mom got it for me for Christmas that same year cause she showed it to me in the first place... I love my mother 🤣
Your mom is so cool!
I saw it when I was 12 with my dad and stepdad! They loved the movie and insisted I watch it! Cut to years later and it is my favorite movie ever!
Alexander Clark So.......................I guess she had to explain to you what a transvestite was?
@@davidl570 you say that like it’s a bad thing
@@PPear912 Not my intention. No doubt she had to explain it, though!
Apart from the four you mention, the actor playing Dr Scott, Jonathan Adams, was in the original theatre performance as the narrator, and its his voice on the original album. I saw it on the Kings Road London in 73 with all five of them. The thunder in the play was a tea tray that was accidently dropped during one performance. Every performance after that featured the tray being 'accidently' dropped as a sound effect. As it is in the film.
Little Known: Patricia Quinn thought she was singing the introduction song, and was surprised and angry to find Richard OBrien''s voice singing it. In the stage production, she sang this song.
I loved going to midnight showings and re-runs of RHPS in the late 70s and they brought it back to local theatres in the 80s, just for shits and giggles at Halloween.
Umbrellas, costumes, airborn slices of toast and whatever food or drink you had to throw when the guy in the wheelchair spoke made the umbrella mandatory.
What a blast!
There was no movie experience that could compare and nothing like it since.
My wife and I will throw the vinyl on every now and then. The reaction when company hears it is always the same. The energy level in the room always hops up a bit and it always inspires some silly behavior.
Classic movie and sound track
Awsome!
Man, I'm getting old.
Were the 70s really that long ago?
Another masterpiece the public is still not ready for is Robin Williams' "Toys," a powerful antiwar statement that accurately predicted the modern usage of drones in warfare.
I love that movie! Great cast...hard to believe that I get choked up at the battle scenes watching those toys go to battle.
Aside from the war bits, the whole vibe of that movie is so calming to me. I think I might like to vacation in that world.
Went through that midnight showing phase in my late teens/early 20's. It played every Fri and Sat night where i lived for something like 10 years. Was a fun time