That’s just one of the horrific facts featured in the last installment of You Think You Know Movies! The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a flop on its initial release, but it quickly developed a cult audience, who invented the audience participation rules that have become part of midnight movie rituals ever since.
You Think You Know Movies? is a ScreenCrush original series that dives deep into the cinematic worlds of your favorite movies and freeze frames a few tidbits you might not have known.
If you‘ve seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show (or even just the poster for the movie) you’ve seen those famous disembodied lips, which sing the song over the film’s opening credits.
In fact, the voice you hear is that of Richard O’Brien, the creator of The Rocky Horror Show and the actor who plays Riff Raff.