Rocky horror picture show hidden messages

(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

original rocky horror picture show poster

original rocky horror picture show characters