"It was great when it all began!" 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

[thewayne]

My, my, how time flies! But fly it does, and October will see the release of a 4K HDR box set of the newly-restored movie that will have TWO documentaries!

A lot of the movie cast is still with us, though we lost Meatloaf a few years back. Interestingly, the movie was not a success in its initial run, it wasn't until the midnight circuit picked it up and the shadow casting and other fun started and it took on a life of its own that it really became a success. According to the article, RHPS may be the origin of cos-play!

I'll definitely be ordering this when it comes out. As it happens, I listened to the soundtrack just a week or so ago.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/celebrating-50-years-of-the-rocky-horror-picture-show/

Comments

[disneydream06]

Thanks for this heads up.
I will have to watch for that box set. 😃
Hugs, Jon

[silveradept]

That'll be lovely to have, especially for the documentaries, because I feel like Rocky Horror is a very unique experience, and that somehow, even though the things on the screen stay the same, where you go to see it profoundly influences how you feel about it and what the best parts are.