The cult archetype Rocky Horror Picture Show nearly got a sequel in 1979, simply Dr. Frank-N-Furter player Tim Curry rejected the idea. Based on the 1973 musical stage production of the same name, The Rocky Horror Film Show is a spooky classic following immature couple Janet and Brad equally they stumble onto alien mad scientist Dr. Frank-Northward-Furter's (futurityIt Pennywise actor Tim Curry) castle and laboratory. Throughout the night, Janet and Brad run into and become seduced by Frank, his creation Rocky, and baroque conflicting servants.

The idea of a Rocky Horror sequel is still intriguing, only it really doesn't need one. The movie is a cult archetype for how odd and bizarre it is as a product of its time, and that would be difficult to replicate to the aforementioned effect. Rocky Horror has besides never truly lost interest, with the film beingness introduced to new generations every Halloween as it retains a longevity for the classic interactive midnight screenings around the globe. Musicals that are already really campy with horror twists really don't need follow-ups unless they're modern remakes or live shows. Take Little Shop of Horrors' original moving-picture show, for example: the moving picture never had a sequel or movie revival (until now) and still holds its multi-generational cult status. Roger Ebert got it right when he reviewed Rocky Horror back in 1975, stating it's less a film and more of a "long-running social phenomenon."

Nonetheless, Rocky Horror's creators were set on making a sequel in 1979, four years after the original'south release and its e'er-growing cult following. Original Rocky Horror musical writer Richard O'Brien wrote the script entitled Rocky Horror Shows His Heels, which intended to bring back all of the characters from the original motion picture, including Susan Sarandon's Janet and Barry Bostwick'due south Brad. The movie would have followed Dr. Frank-N-Furter being revived from the dead by three of the original characters to discover that Susan Sarandon's character is pregnant and most to requite birth to his infant. Eventually, the revival potion wears off, and later receiving insufficient blood to go on him live, Frank decomposes equally Janet's rock 'n' roll gurgling baby confirms its true parentage. The Rocky Horror Picture Show sequel never came to fruition, largely because Tim Back-scratch wasn't interested in reprising his function and the executives were worried about post-obit the original motion picture's premise besides closely.

Although Dr. Frank-Due north-Furter remains Tim Curry's most famous office, he rejected the movie because he feared typecasting and had grown tired of beingness asked about Rocky Horror (via LA Times). When asked near the possibility of a Rocky Horror sequel after its release in 1975, Curry said if at that place was a sequel, information technology wouldn't be with him in it. This essentially trashed the thought of a legitimate sequel for Rocky Horror'due south original picture show, because it wouldn't be the aforementioned without Tim Curry in the pb role. Instead, the studio turned the scrapped sequel into the 1981 standalone follow-upwards Shock Treatment, which followed Janet and Brad Majors in a Truman Bear witness-type premise where their modest town consists of stars, crew, or audience members of a Television receiver show. Shock Treatment wasn't well-received, partly because Sarandon and Bostwick didn't reprise their roles, but too considering admission was extremely express past just releasing it on the midnight movie circuit.

An official Rocky Horror sequel has never happened, just there was a made-for-TV remake in 2016 starring Orangish Is The New Black'due south Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Tim Back-scratch declared he would never reprise his role, and while he kept that promise, he notwithstanding appeared in the 2016 Rocky Horror remake as the Narrator. In reality, four sequels to Rocky Horror Moving picture Show were pitched over the years, and none -- aside from the semi-follow-upward Stupor Handling-- came to fruition.

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