Creepy and campy aren't always mutually exclusive, as 1975's cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show proved. It was your classic tale of a square couple whose car breaks down on a rainy night near a castle, so they go to the castle to try to use the phone. Turns out, the Annual Transylvanian Convention is happening that night at the castle. A transvestite doctor (in name, at least) is nearly done creating his own version of Frankenstein's monster, named Rocky. Meanwhile, various other strange friends and hangers on populate the castle, including Riff Raff (an igor-like henchman), Magenta (Riff Raff's vampiric sister), Columbia (a mousy-voiced groupie), and Eddie (an unfrozen motorcycle-riding guy played by Meat Loaf). Brad and Janet will never be the same!
Perhaps the most enduring song from the film is "The Time Warp," which was, like the film and its stage predecessor, written by Richard O'Brien, who plays Riff Raff and sings most of the verses. It's a glammy, Jim Stineman-esque send up of group dance songs, and it's a nice song to play come Halloween-time.
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