Let's do the time warp: Looking back on 50 years of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'

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Published September 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM EDT

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(L-R) Adam Gibbs, Linus O'Brien, Avner Shiloah, Sydney Said, Brett M and Garret Price. (Robby Klein/Getty)

It’s been 50 years since “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” released to an uncertain future. Now, half a century later, it’s a smash hit and a cult favorite.

Host Scott Tong looks at the story behind the phenomenon with Linus O’Brien. He directs the new documentary “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror,” And his father, Richard O’Brien, created, wrote and starred in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

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