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==Sequel== O'Brien drafted a [[sequel]] titled ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' in 1979. This script featured the return of all of the characters from the original film, and O'Brien wished to reunite the original production team. But Sharman did not wish to revisit the original concept so directly, nor did Tim Curry wish to reprise his role.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} Instead, Sharman reunited with O'Brien to film ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' in 1981, a stand-alone feature with little continuity from the original film.<ref name=Armstrong2007/> Initially conceived and scripted in 1980 as ''The Brad and Janet Show'', the film repurposed several songs from the earlier ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' project with lyrical adjustments, and depicting the characters' continuing adventures in the town of Denton. Production was forced to adjust amidst the [[1980 actors strike|Screen Actors Guild strike]]; eventually the entire film was shot on a single sound stage. ''Shock Treatment'' was poorly received by critics and audiences upon release (largely due to the absence of Curry, Sarandon, and Bostwick) but over time has built its own niche following.<ref name="Cettl2010">{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Cettl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FPsyxjUxYIAC&pg=PA94 |title=Film Tales |date=12 December 2010 |publisher=Wider Screenings TM |isbn=978-0-9870500-0-7 |page=94}}</ref> O'Brien revisited the notion for a direct ''RHPS'' sequel in 1991, writing ''Revenge of the Old Queen''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Revenge of the Old Queen |url=http://www.rockymusic.org/showdoc/revenge-of-the-old-queen.php |access-date=17 November 2021 |website=RockyMusic}}</ref> Producer Michael White had hoped to begin work on the production and described the script as being "in the same style as the other one. It has reflections of the past in it."<ref>{{cite news |last=Van Gelder |first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=13 September 1991 |title='Rocky Horror' to 'Queen' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/13/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> ''Revenge of the Old Queen'' commenced pre-production; however, after studio head [[Joe Roth]] was ousted from Fox in 1993, the project was shelved indefinitely. Although the script went unpublished, [[Bootleg recording|bootleg copies]] have leaked online, and a song from the original demo tape circulates among fans. The script remains the property of Fox, producer of the two prior films, and remains unlikely to be revived.<ref>{{cite web |last=Drees |first=Rich |date=27 September 2010 |title=Script Review: Revenge of the Old Queen |url=http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2010/09/27/script-review-revenge-of-the-old-queen/ |access-date=30 July 2013 |website=Film Buff Online}}</ref> Between 1999 and 2001, O'Brien was working on a third attempted sequel project with the working title ''Rocky Horror: The Second Coming'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Megan |date=23 September 1999 |title='ROCKY' II: With A Sequel to His Last "Picture Show," Creator Richard O'Brien Does The Time Warp, Again |url=https://nypost.com/1999/09/23/rocky-ii-with-a-sequel-to-his-last-picture-show-creator-richard-obrien-does-the-time-warp-again/ |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> intended as a stage production, with an option to adapt to film if met with success. This script integrated plot elements from ''Rocky Horror Shows His Heels'' paired with all-new songs. O'Brien completed a first draft of this script (which was read by [[Terry Jones]]<ref>{{cite web |title=News on Rocky Horror 2 from THE MAN Himself! |first=Martin A. |last=Fairgrieve |website=Google Groups |url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror/%22rocky$20horror$202%22%7Csort:date/alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror/1pLTfdggwMI/7Zw8LUEXhrIJ |date=23 October 2001 |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>) but had difficulties finalising anything beyond the first act, and development went dormant.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} O'Brien produced ''Shock Treatment'' for the theatrical stage with a premiere at the [[King's Head Theatre]] in [[Islington]], London in spring 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Alberge |first=Dalya |date=30 November 2014 |title=As Rocky Horror sequel comes to stage, it seems creator was far ahead of his time |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/30/rocky-horror-musical-shock-treatment-obrien |access-date=2 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Shock Treatment, Kings Head Theatre, review: infectious">{{cite news |last=Allfree |first=Claire |date=22 April 2015 |title=Shock Treatment, King's Head Theatre, review: 'infectious' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11551615/Shock-Treatment-Kings-Head-Theatre-review-infectious.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/11551615/Shock-Treatment-Kings-Head-Theatre-review-infectious.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=17 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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