Richard O’Brien
Richard O’Brien & Susan Sarandon & Barry Bostwick
Richard O’Brien & Richard O’Brien & Barry Bostwick & Susan Sarandon
Richard O’Brien & Patricia Quinn & Charles Gray & Little Nell
Richard O’Brien & Tim Curry
Richard O’Brien & Tim Curry
Richard O’Brien & Meat Loaf & Little Nell & Patricia Quinn & Richard O’Brien
Richard O’Brien & Susan Sarandon & Tim Curry
Richard O’Brien & Trevor White & Richard O’Brien & Barry Bostwick & Tim Curry & Patricia Quinn & Little Nell & Susan Sarandon
Richard O’Brien & Little Nell & Susan Sarandon & Jonathan Adams & Tim Curry
Richard O’Brien & Little Nell & Jonathan Adams & Tim Curry & Susan Sarandon & Barry Bostwick &
Richard O’Brien & Tim Curry
Barry Bostwick & Charles Gray & Susan Sarandon
Richard O’Brien
Richard O’Brien & Susan Sarandon & Tim Curry
Richard O’Brien & Barry Bostwick
Richard O’Brien &
“Science Fiction/Double Feature” opens the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a memorable title sequence featuring actress Patrica Quinn (who plays Magenta) lip-syncing the lyrics through Richard O'Brien’s voice.
The song pays homage to the science fiction genre in cinema and its then com...
[Verse 1]
Michael Rennie was ill
The day the earth stood still
But he told us where we stand
And Flash Gordon was there
In silver underwear
Claude Rains was the invisible man
Then something went wrong
For Fay Wray and King Kong,
They got caught in a celluloid jam
Then at a deadly pace
It came from outer space,
And this is how the message ran
[Chorus 1]
Science Fiction, Double Feature
Dr. X will build a creature.
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet,
At the late night, double feature picture show
[Verse 2]
I knew Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel
When Tarantula took to the hills
And I really got hot
When I saw Janette Scott
Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills
Dana Andrews said prunes
Gave him the runes
And passing them used lots of skills
But "When worlds collide"
Said George Pal to his bride
"I'm going to give you some terrible thrills"
Like a
[Chorus 2]
Science Fiction, Double Feature
Dr. X will build a creature
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
At the late night, double feature picture show
I want to go
To the late night double feature picture show
By RKO
To the late night, double feature picture show
In the back row
To the late night double feature picture show
Science Fiction/Double Feature was written by Richard O’Brien.
Science Fiction/Double Feature was produced by Lou Adler & Richard Hartley.
Richard O’Brien released Science Fiction/Double Feature on Thu Aug 14 1975.