The Rocky Horror Glee Show The Rocky Horror Glee Show "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American television series "Glee", and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It was written by Ryan Murphy, from a story by Murphy and Tim Wollaston, directed by Adam Shankman, and premiered on Fox on October 26, 2010. The episode features the glee club paying tribute to the 1973 musical "The Rocky Horror Show", with elements of its 1975 film adaptation "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", by staging it as a school musical. While cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) attempts to sabotage
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Horror: From Concept to Cult", designer Sue Blane discusses the "Rocky Horror" costumes' influence on punk music style, opining "[It was a] big part of the build-up [to punk]." She states that ripped fishnet stockings, glitter, and coloured hair were directly attributable to "Rocky Horror". Some of the costumes from the film had been originally used in the stage production. Props and set pieces were reused from old Hammer Horror productions and others. The tank and dummy used for Rocky's birth originally appeared in "The Revenge of Frankenstein" (1958). These references to earlier productions, in addition to cutting costs, enhanced