Rumor: The opening number, "Science Fiction Double Feature," contains references to many classic science fiction films. Originally, the credits rolled over a montage from these films, but audience reaction was poor.
The Truth: True
Rumor: David Bowie sang for Peter Hinwood in Rocky Horror
The Truth: FalseJim Sharman and Brian Thompson both said that the guys name was Trevor Horn.
Rumor: During Columbia's solo in "The Floor Show," both of her nipples stick out from her bustier. Later, in the swimming pool, her breasts fall out of the bustier completely.
The Truth: True
Rumor: Many of the guests at the wedding are Transylvanians.
The Truth: Few of them are, but I wouldn't say many.
Rumor: An extended final number appears in some American prints and the British tape release.
The Truth: Yes, it is Superheroes, now most new copies of the film made have it.
Rumor: It is rumoured that one country replaced the deleted "Once In A While" number by using lookalikes for Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon.
The Truth: False
Rumor: The set builders forgot to put an extra door in the lab set, thus Dr. Scott had to crash through the wall for his entrance.
The Truth: True, Brian Thompson, forgot to build a door into the lab.
Rumor: The crew had an easter egg hunt one day on the set, and three eggs can be seen in the film: under Frank's throne, one instead of a light in the main room, one as the group goes up in the elevator to the lab.
The Truth: This is still unproven.
Rumor: The set used for Frank-N-Furter's castle was not heated during filming, and Sarandon caught a cold after the pool scene.
The Truth: She actually caught Pneumonia.
Rumor: Richard O'Brien broke his thumb during the making of Rocky Horror, hence the callback "Follow the bouncing thumb"
The Truth: Untrue
Rumor: My cast is the oldest cast in the country.
The Truth: Probably Untrue, unless you are in Allentown, PA. They are the longest running cast. Every weekend, no breaks, since early 1975 (From what I am told). Same movie house, same physical theater. They do it every weekend. And have never missed a weekend.
Rumor: My cast is the 2nd oldest.
The Truth: Who cares.
Rumor: I can't show Rocky in my city because another cast has it within 100 miles.
The Truth: Untrue, it is all based on distributors.
Rumor: Only Sal Piro can get me a new prin

(Note: What follows are the original press notes which
accompanied the release of Shock Treatment in 1981.)

All the world's a TV sound stage in "Shock Treatment." An outrageous new musical from the creators of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," 20th Century-Fox's "Shock Treatment" is set in Denton, USA, a mythical suburban community that shares with its real-life counterparts perhaps the single most over-riding characteristic of American cultural life - an obsession with television.

To lampoon our love affair with the tube, the filmmakers have come up with a unique structural and stylistic device. The entire film takes place inside a television studio. In fact, the entire town of Denton is a television studio, and its residents act like running characters in TV series that have gone wildly out of control.

Our guides through the madness of Denton are Brad and Janet Majors. The perfect young couple of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" visit the station as innocent participants in a daytime marriage-counseling show, "Marriage Maze." It's an apt title. Unbeknownst to Brad and Janet, they're unwitting pawns in a twisted scheme concocted by the station's sponsor, a fast food tycoon named Farley Flavors, who has an old score to settle.

What happens to Brad and Janet?

What strange secret links Brad and Farley Flavors?

Will Brad and Janet survive Farley's evil plot?

Will they live happily ever after?

For the answers to these and other cliff-hanging questions, tune in "Shock Treatment." The film propels Brad and Janet through a whirlwind of soap operas, quiz shows and medical serials, telling us the couple's story in the context of the kinds of programs that have addicted America to television.

The musical score is fast and raunchy, a lively mix of rock and Broadway pop. The characters are crazed comic creations. The satire is wildly impudent. The film, in short, is a true original. Nothing like it has ever been seen before - except, perhaps, in the deranged imagination of someone who's spent the last ten years glued to a TV screen.

"It's not a sequel... it's not a prequel... it's an equal," comments producer John Goldstone, comparing the new film to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." "The real relationship between 'Rocky Horror' and 'Shock Treatment' is the consistent involvement of the same creative team," adds Jim Sharman.

Some of the big questions back in the late 1970's, as ROCKY HORROR mania was spreading all over the world, were: "What would happen next?" "Will there be a sequel?" "Will Frank-N-Furter rise from the dead?" "Will Brad and Janet find their clothes?" "Will Dr. Scott walk again... in high heels?"

There was a lot of talk about a sequel. It was clear that Tim Curry would not reprise his role as Frank-N-Furter, so Richard O'Brien wrote a new adventure for Brad and Janet. This film was called SHOCK TREATMENT. In SHOCK TREATMENT, Brad and Janet enter a fast-paced world of quiz shows and media manipulation, surrounded by a new set of bizarre characters. The film takes place inside the "Denton Television Studios" (DTV), which is a society in itself. Plot complications develop when Brad and Janet are chosen as contestants on the "Marriage Maze," DTV's most popular game show. Bert Schnick, the blind host of "Marriage Maze" delights in having contestants committed to Dentonvale for treatment. Brad is committed and attended to by the Dentonvale staff of Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn) and Nurse Ansalong (Little Nell). Besides these three, the only other returning ROCKY stars were Charles Gray as Judge Oliver Wright and Ralph Hapschatt played by Jeremy Newson. The RHPS creative team of Director Jim Sharman, Set Designer Brian Thomson and Costume Designer Sue Blane also returned for SHOCK TREATMENT. This time around, Brad and Janet were played by Cliff DeYoung and Jessica Harper. Jessica Harper had a cult following of her own with her appearance in Phantom of the Paradise.

When this movie was being filmed, Twentieth Century Fox wanted to promote it by making use of me and the fan club. I was hired to host a documentary entitled "The ROCKY HORROR Treatment." This two-part film traced the development of the ROCKY HORROR cult in anticipation of the sequel, and the actual making of SHOCK TREATMENT. The biggest thrill for me was flying to London to shoot footage on the set of SHOCK TREATMENT. I interviewed the stars of the film and even made a cameo appearance. My "big" role was to stand talking on a telephone behind the staircase in the opening sequence. It was truly an "if you blink, you miss me" role, or "no, that wasn't a speck of dust in your eye, it was me." But I didn't care. That week was the time of my life.

As with ROCKY, this film was tested in a few markets. This was not a movie that could run we

(Note: What follows are the original press notes which accompanied
the release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975.)
From an experimental production in a small London theatre to a smash international stage hit to a major motion picture, all in the space of 18 months! That's the exciting history of "THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW," a Lou Adler / Michael White musical production for 20th Century-Fox.

"THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW" is an outrageous assemblage of the most stereotyped science fiction movies, Marvel comics, Frankie Avalon / Annette Funicello outings and rock 'n' roll of every vintage. Running through the story is the sexual confusion of two middle American "Ike Age" kids confronted by the complications of the decadent morality of the 70's, represented in the person of the mad "doctor" Frank N Furter, a transvestite from the planet Transexual in the galaxy of Transylvania.

Created by Richard O'Brien, who wrote the book, music and lyrics and calls it "something any ten-year old could enjoy," this homage to the horror film opened in London at the Royal Court's experimental Theatre Upstairs as a six-week workshop project in June, 1973. The show received such acclaim at this 60-seat theatre that it was quickly moved to larger quarters in a converted cinema in Chelsea. Following the movie theatre's demolition, the show found a permanent home at the 500-seat King's Road Theatre, where it is still playing to packed houses nightly. The play was named "Best Musical of 1973" in the London Evening Standard's annual poll of drama critics.

One of the most dynamic and creative forces of the American music industry, Lou Adler, who was in London, saw "The Rocky Horror Show" and promptly sewed up the American theatrical rights to the play within 36 hours. Long recognized as being involved in the success of some of the great milestone recording artists of the 60's and 70's, and it is a tribute to his persuasiveness and stature in music circles that he won out over many established New York "name" producers.

Adler has initiated many "firsts" in his 16-year career. In 1967 he produced the first contemporary music industry film, "Monterey Pop," filmed at the historic Monterey Pop Festival, which he produced with John Phillips of the "Mamas and Papas." Considered by music historians as possibly the most significant event in pop music history, the first manifestation of the importance and influenc