Cinefantastique Online

Of course, we’re talking about THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, not the Sylvester Stallone movie. Actor Barry Bostwick, who played Brad in the 1975 musical-comedy spoof of sci-fi films and ’50s mores, has expressed some dismay about a proposed remake by MTV. The National Ledger quotes him thus:

“It’s of its time. It’s brilliant for what it was. To make it specifically for MTV or television, it loses its energy, its audience participation,” Bostwick continues. “We made it in 1975. I just think there’s something about the morals of it that are a bit old fashioned now. It was a bit salacious for the time, but when you look back on it, it’s pretty tame. You’d have to keep it as a period piece, but then why? It’s already been done. If you can’t update it, then you’d have to turn it into something really different. I don’t know how they’d do it. Maybe they can come up with something.”