The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A 50th Anniversary Celebration!

Here’s the latest from Cinema Scholars

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a film that turned a cult classic into an eternal midnight tradition, a social experiment, and a sartorial revolution all in one. The original stage show has been performed in twenty different languages and seen by thirty million people globally. It’s been five decades since a bizarre blend of science fiction, horror, and musical theater stormed onto the silver screen. And that’s just the plot.

Behind the glittering corsets, Transylvanian lips, and the unmistakable echo of “Dammit, Janet!” was a crew of brilliant (and sometimes slightly baffled) minds who brought the definitive cult film to life. Cinema Scholars takes a trip back in time to celebrate the making of the film that made the world ask, “Is it a Rocky Horror Show…or just an average Wednesday night?”…

…Read the Full Article @ Cinema Scholars