J. Gabriel Ware writes on SlashFilm that Tim Curry Felt ‘Sick’ When Watching The Original Rocky Horror Picture Show.
He quotes a March 1976 Interview Magazine interview of Tim Curry in which he says:
“I can’t really relate to the film very well. I still feel sick when I see it.“
The film he’s referring to is, of course, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Quoting further:
“For the movie, the producers hired Pierre Laroche, the makeup artist who worked for David Bowie and Mick Jagger and helped pioneer the androgynous glam rock look, to transform Curry into the future horror/musical icon. ‘He kind of adapted the makeup that was already in my case and did a very kind of high fashion version of it,’ Tim Curry told Interview Magazine. Even today, he was not sold on the glam version of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. ‘He got a little more high fashion,’ the actor elaborated. ‘I don’t know whether I like that or not.‘”
He concludes his article with a Bruce Campbell tweet:
While filming Congo, I sat on top of a Volcano talking to Tim Curry about that movie. He said one of the coolest things was that it saved a number of small indie theaters from going under, because they knew that two nights a week Rocky was going to do big business. https://t.co/dvtd6sYm4G
— Bruce Campbell (@GroovyBruce) September 26, 2022
One of those small indie theatres is Victoria’s Vic Theatre, which is playing TRHPS on October 28, 29 and 31, 2022.
In fact, it’s playing in hundreds of cinemas around the world.
Dig into all the B-Movie references in Rocky Horror.
And see how it’s appeared in other movies and TV.
My take: The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of my favourite cult films. The Big Lebowski is another. Oh, and The Room, of course.
p.s. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is currently on Disney+. Huh?