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O’Brien initially wanted the first 20 minutes of the movie to be black-and-white, like The Wizard of Oz, then switch to color when Frank-N-Furter enters. In the film’s DVD commentary, O’Brien reveals he and Patricia Quinn had smoked “something exotic” before filming the song “ Dammit Janet.”Ģ2. Writer, creator and star Richard O’Brien’s wife Kimi Wong makes a cameo in the wedding scene and as a Transylvanian.Ģ1. Tim Curry modeled Frank-N-Furter's voice after two women: Queen Elizabeth II and his mother.Ģ0. The creative team turned him down in favor of the musical’s original star, Tim Curry.ġ9. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger asked to play Frank-N-Furter in the film. Steve Martin auditioned to play Brad, but was passed over for Barry Bostwick, who had received a Tony nomination in 1972 for creating the role of Danny Zuko in Grease.ġ8. Scott had to crash through the wall to make his entrance.ġ7. Set builders forgot to put a door in the laboratory set, so Dr. Richard O’Brien borrowed the famous line “don’t dream it, be it” from the back of a magazine.ġ6. All of his speaking lines were cut, and his singing voice was dubbed by singer Trevor White.ġ5. Rocky, played by Peter Hinwood, was an underwear model with no acting experience. The clock featured in “The Time Warp” had a real skeleton inside-it sold for 35,000 pounds (about $54,000) at auction.ġ4. Although Quinn didn’t sing "Science Fiction Double Feature," her lips were used in the iconic opening number.ġ3. Patricia Quinn sang “Science Fiction Double Feature” in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show-and she threatened to drop out of the movie when she found out O’Brien would be singing it instead.ġ2. The famous floating red lips that sing the film’s opening song "Science Fiction Double Feature" were inspired by Man Ray’s 1936 painting " The Lovers."ġ1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show was filmed over six weeks with a budget of $1.4 million.ġ0. The film featured several performers who appeared in The Rocky Horror Show onstage, including Richard O’Brien (Riff-Raff), Nell Campbell (Columbia), Tim Curry (Frank-N-Furter), Patricia Quinn (Magenta), Meat Loaf (Eddie) and Jonathan Adams (Dr.
The hit song “The Time Warp” was written to fill up space, according to co-composer Richard Hartley.Ĩ. O’Brien’s original script for the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show was only 40 minutes long.
The Oakley Court was used in other horror movies, including The Brides of Dracula, And Now the Screaming Starts, The Old Dark House and Murder by Death.ħ. According to Bostwick, there was one designated “warm room” in the castle with space heaters that the cast would crowd into between takes…until it caught on fire.Ħ. “The castle where we shot was leaking,” Barry Bostwick (Brad) said in an interview. The film was shot October through December in England. Susan Sarandon (Janet) was sick with the flu (or according to some sources, pneumonia) during the filming-in the "floor show" scene, O’Brien said Sarandon was “shaking with fever.”Ĥ. The Oakley Court may look like fancy digs now, but when it was used as the filming location, it had no heat or bathrooms.ģ. The Rocky Horror Picture Show was filmed at The Oakley Court in Windsor, England, which has since been turned into a hotel. In honor of the movie’s birthday, check out 38 facts about Brad, Janet and our favorite aliens from transsexual Transylvania. Thirty-eight years later, more than 200 midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show are held worldwide, and the film has grossed more than $365 million. A box office flop at first, the movie soon became a cult classic, paving the way for a raucous midnight showing (complete with audience participation, props and costumes) at the Waverly Theatre in New York City. Based on the hit London musical The Rocky Horror Show, the film featured many of the production’s original stars, including Tim Curry and the show's writer, Richard O'Brien. Break out your fishnets and pink rubber gloves…and let’s do the Time Warp again! The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, England, on August 14, 1975.
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