“And I think the energy and the joy of that period has reverberated and continues to reverberate through all these years.” Richard O’Brien at a media preview of 'The Rocky Horror Show' on February 27, 2026, in Auckland, New Zealand. Dave Simpson/WireImageTrue to his son’s word, Richard, whose protectiveness over Rocky Horror made him wary of doing a documentary in the past, talks about his work in less lofty terms. Counterintuitively, that part of the story begins with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 1975 film adaptation of the musical distributed by 20th Century Fox, nearly becoming a historic flop. Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, released by Magenta Light Studios, is currently showing in select theaters, with an expansion to follow.