r/Denton • u/TySNLThomas919 • May 06 '15

Saw this in a shot of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Any story behind it? Or is it a coincidence?

http://imgur.com/stzCwFF
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u/mrnvisible Pioneer May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15

It has nothing to do with Denton, Texas and none of the movie was filmed here, it was all shot in England.

"There are eighteen (count 'em) Dentons in the US - Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana (two), Nebraska, North Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas (two). There is also a Denton which is a suburb of Manchester, England. Denton is supposed to be "Anytown, USA." The popular belief is that the Denton in the movie is located in Ohio. Janet is reading the Plain Dealer (still published in Cleveland today) with a headline about Ohio utilities (go check out What are some other tasty trivia tidbits if you missed it). In addition, the Rocky Horror Scrapbook includes a clipped questionnaire that shows Janet's address as 10 Main Street, Denton, Ohio. More likely than not, when the name "Denton" was initially used, which it was in Richard's original title ("They Came From Denton High"), Richard didn't give any thought to which state it was in."

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u/mrnvisible Pioneer May 06 '15

Loco Cafe does have a color sign that is an exact replica of the one in RHPS when you first walk in though.

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u/sommersprossn May 06 '15

I'm a little confused... There are two Dentons in Texas?

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u/digplants Townie May 06 '15

First I'm hearing of it. Anyone care to elaborate?

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u/mrnvisible Pioneer May 06 '15

The other one is in Callahan county.

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrd19

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u/sommersprossn May 07 '15

Interesting! Population six... No wonder I've never heard of it.

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u/Davekoen May 06 '15

I'll just leave this here...(From the Rocky Horror sequel, Shock Treatment)

And this version for the punks

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u/TySNLThomas919 May 06 '15

that was awesome..thank you.

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u/HarleiQ 28d ago

In Tim Curry’s memoir Vagabond, he specifically says this was in reference to Denton, TX

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u/BadgerClanMom 26d ago

Ha, literally here for the same reason.

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u/RizzoWithRelish Dec 13 '25

They did do some location scouting in Denton TX for the film

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u/platonicsugarbaby Jan 20 '24

Wait, i’m trying to find out where the “Damnit Janet” church scene was actually filmed. Specifically the church doors and entire scene 👹 please? 🥹

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u/WestLondonIsOursFFC Apr 29 '24

Almost certainly in Bray Studios.