‘Everybody was fondling underwater!’: an oral history of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at 50

The Rocky Horror Picture Show turns 50, and the cast spills the wild, behind-the-scenes tales—think Mick Jagger almost starring, Susan Sarandon battling pneumonia, and a perpetually soggy, half-dressed ensemble. This oral history dives into how a raunchy, rebellious B-movie parody became the ultimate midnight movie cult phenomenon, defying its rocky start to charm audiences for decades.