Cast
Dr. Frank-N-Furter (a scientist)
Tim Curry
Janet Weiss (a heroine)
Susan Sarandon
Brad Majors (a hero)
Barry Bostwick
Riff Raff (a handyman)
Richard O'Brien
Magenta (a domestic)
Patricia Quinn
Columbia (a groupie)
Little Nell
Dr. Everett V. Scott (a rival scientist)
Jonathan Adams
Rocky Horror (a creation)
Peter Hinwood
Eddie (ex delivery boy)
Meat Loaf
The Criminologist (an expert)
Charles Gray
Ralph Hapschatt Jeremy Newson
Betty Munroe Hilary Labow
The Transylvanians Perry Bedden
Christopher Biggins
Gaye Brown
Ishaq Bux
Stephen Calcutt
Hugh Cecil
Imogen Claire
Rufus Collins
Sadie Corre
Tony Cowan
Fran Fullenwider
Lindsay Ingram
Peggy Ledger
Annabelle Leventon
Anthony Milner
Pamela Obermeyer
Tony Then
Kimi Wong
Henry Woolf
Crew
Original Musical Play, Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien
Screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien
Musical Direction and Arrangements by Richard Hartley
Associate Producer John Goldstone
Executive Producer Lou Adler
Produced by Michael White
Directed by Jim Sharman

by J. Alan Pfaff
There really aren't too many more errors in editing than there are in most other films, it's just that since RHPS has been viewed so many times, they're more obvious. Just to give a couple of examples, Die Hard II is supposed to take place in Washington, D.C., yet the telephones say Pacific Bell on them; also, Ash does not have his shotgun with him during the pit scene in Army of Darkness, yet he starts shooting people with it when he comes out (of course, this could have been intentional)* There are plenty more. Ask around on alt.cult-movies or some such newsgroup if you're truly interested.

Here's a list of a few from RHPS, in chronological order. If you have any more, please send feedback.

??? Ralph's mother (a brunette woman) and father (a bald man with a white tuxedo) run up to be in the wedding picture twice.

??? The chalk heart that Brad draws on the church changes shape in different shots.

??? Janet's purse in 'Dammit, Janet', moves places when she puts it on the ground.

??? The Transylvanian with the Hors D'oeuvres during Time Warp puts it down in one shot, and in another shot suddenly has it again.

??? Columbia's hat is on the ground immediately before her tap-dance, but when she starts dancing, it's on her head.

??? The red carpet mysteriously disappears for Columbia's tap-dance.

??? When Janet faints at the beginning of Sweet Transvestite, a different hand is raised to her head in different shots. Also, she continues to scream even after she has supposedly fainted.

??? Brad's shirt is unbuttoned in one shot, and then buttoned again when Magenta is undressing him.

??? The position of Rocky's arms and the types of moves he's doing change in different shots during Charles Atlas Song.

??? Eddie's bracers disappear at one point while he is rolling around on the floor with Columbia.

??? There is blood in the freezer before Frank attacks Eddie with the pick.

??? While he's activating the magnet, Frank starts to raise his left leg, but when the camera shot changes, his right leg is lifted.

??? The first shot of Dr. Scott going up the stairs shows a piece of carpet turned over by the wire pulling the wheelchair.

??? While Rocky is proposing a toast to Janet, Riff's hand can be seen pulling the napkin out of Dr. Scott's glass

"It Was Great When It All Began"
Reprinted from "Creatures of the Night" by Sal Piro

The first time I saw the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW was at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village, late in January, 1977. ROCKY had already been playing there for nine months, but I did not know much about it. Some girls I met at a party who'd seen the show on Broadway told me of it, and so did my friend, Michael Kester. He had seen the film nineteen times and could not stop raving about it. It didn't seem unusual to me that Michael had seen a movie so often. After all, I had seen many of my favorites more than twenty times. But that Michael, with whom I shared a passion for music and film, had seen the RHPS so very many times impressed me, and I began to be curious about it. I still never dreamed that I would go to this film - any film - more than 1300 times.

The American premiere of the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW was at the Westwood Theater in Los Angeles, in late September of 1975. Even though it played in a few test market cities, the film was considered a failure and did not get a wide release and was shelved.

Then, on April Fools' Day, 1976, Tim Deegan, a young advertising executive at 20th Century Fox, persuaded Bill Quigley of the Walter Reade Organization to replace the midnight show at the Waverly Theater with the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. The Waverly had already been a mecca for midnight movies and had had two very successful runs, of El Topo and Night of The Living Dead. The manager of the Waverly, Denise Borden, was fascinated with the film and she began her own personal hype campaign, with photos in the box office window and a theater telephone recording that stated, "This is a film not to be missed."

Denise would play the record album of the RHPS sound track before the showing of the film to warm up the audience, and a party atmosphere was generated as a result. The audiences naturally began to respond, by booing the villain and cheering the heroes, and as Jim Sharman, the director of ROCKY HORROR, has said, "With typical Saturday morning serial stuff." This spawned a whole group of regulars who weekly reserved the same seats in the first row of the balcony. These pioneers of audience participation from the balcony included two young ladies named Amy and Theresa; Bill O'Brien, the first person to dress as Dr. Frank-N-Furter; Lori Davis, who wrote the Ten Commandments of ROCKY HORROR; and Louis Fa

Below is a list of important dates in Rocky Horror history. This page is, and always will be, a "work in progress". If there are errors, or important missed additions, please drop us a line using our E-mail form.

1970s ??? 1980s ??? 1990s ??? 2000s ??? 2010s

1973
Jun 16, 1973:
The Rocky Horror Show, originally written by Richard O'Brien, has its first preview showings at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, Sloane Square, London, England. The show plays later that year at the Classic Cinema followed by the King's Road Theatre. 2,960 performances, and various other locations in England later, the show closes on Sep 13, 1980.

1974
Mar 19, 1974:
The Rocky Horror Show has its first US preview showings at the Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. The show ends up having a successful 9 month run.

Oct 23, 1974:
Filming begins on The Rocky Horror Picture Show, at Oakley Court / Bray Studios near Windsor, England.

Dec 21, 1974:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show wraps up principal photography.

1975
Mar 10, 1975:
The Rocky Horror Show starts its run on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, New York, NY. The run ends on Apr 5, 1975, after only 3 previews and 45 showings.

Aug 1975:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has its worldwide premiere in London, England.

Sep 26, 1975:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show has its US premiere at the UA Westwood Theater (now called Mann Festival Theater), Los Angeles, CA.

Sep 29, 1975:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show's general US release date.

1976
Apr 2, 1976:
RHPS has its first midnight showing around April Fool's Day at the Waverly Theater (now called IFC Center), New York, NY - the start of Rocky Horror's "audience participation" phenomenon.

Sep 1976:
RHPS audience members start to talk back and yell things at the screen.

1977
Apr 1977:
Audience members start throwing things at certain points with the film, the first "props".

Spring 1977:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club is created by Sal Piro and other fans of the film.

1978
As RHPS grows in popularity, creator Richard O'Brien works on a script for a sequel, Rocky Horror Shows His Heels. This script was later re-worked into The Brad and Janet Show, which eventually became Shock Treatment.

1979
The R

1. (It's just a) JUMP TO THE LEFT, with hands UP.

2. A STEP TO THE RIGHT (Time-Warper ANNETTE FUNICELLO suggests a very WIDE step.)

3.* (With your hands on your HIPS) YOU BRING YOUR KNEES IN TIGHT.

4. (Then) THE PELVIC THRUST (if repeated FIVE times, it nearly drives you insa-a-ane)

5. HIPSWIVEL (if not driven insa-a-ane by step four)

6. LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!


* Those with LIMB DISABILITIES may find it necessary to ALTER or DELETE this action, but NO EXCUSES for alterations to steps four and five.