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===Title sequence=== The film starts with the screen fading to black and oversized, disembodied female lips appear overdubbed with a [[Voice type|male voice]],<ref name="Riley2008" /><ref name="Laderman2010">{{cite book |first=David |last=Laderman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU8X_FH76uwC&pg=PA32 |title=Punk Slash! Musicals: Tracking Slip-Sync on Film |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-77791-0 |page=32}}</ref> establishing the theme of [[androgyny]] to be repeated as the film unfolds.<ref name="LancasterMikotowicz2001">{{cite book |first1=Kurt |last1=Lancaster |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B9fAl7lwtMEC&pg=PA128 |title=Performing the Force: Essays on Immersion Into Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Environments |first2=Thomas J. |last2=Mikotowicz |date=1 January 2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0895-5 |page=128}}</ref> The opening scene and song, "[[Science Fiction/Double Feature]]", consists of the lips of Patricia Quinn (who appears in the film later as the character Magenta and as 'Trixie the Usherette' in the original London production, where she also sings the song) but has the vocals of actor and ''Rocky Horror'' creator, Richard O'Brien (who appears as Magenta's brother Riff Raff). The lyrics refer to science fiction and horror films of the past and list several film titles from the 1930s to the 1960s, including ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1951), ''[[Flash Gordon (serial)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1936), ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933), ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' (1933), ''[[It Came from Outer Space]]'' (1953), ''[[Doctor X (film)|Doctor X]]'' (1932), ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' (1956), ''[[Tarantula (film)|Tarantula]]'' (1955), ''[[The Day of the Triffids (film)|The Day of the Triffids]]'' (1962), ''[[Curse of the Demon]]'' (1957), and ''[[When Worlds Collide (1951 film)|When Worlds Collide]]'' (1951).<ref name=Miller2011 />
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