It started as a quirky art-house film that was panned by critics - but grew to be one of the most-loved cult phenomenons of our time.

And cast of the The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie got together for the first time in 25 years to celebrate the 1975 camp classics' 40th anniversary for a special issue of Entertainment Weekly.

And the stars reminisced about being part of the musical comedy horror classic in an interview with NBC's Today on Tuesday.

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Camp classic: Dr Frank-N-Furter, played by Tim Curry, greets Susan Sarandon's Janet and Barry Bostwick's Brad in The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary

The film follows a naive couple Janet and Brad who stumble across a castle, where mad scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter (played by Tim Curry) is holding a Annual Transylvanian Convention with a group of outlandish, over-sexed friends.

Susan Sarandon played Janet, who quickly embraces her sexuality and joins in on the musical numbers.

Even though her impressive career also spans Thelma and Louise and an Oscar win for Dead Man Walking - Susan said she still gets fans approaching her about Rocky Horror.

'I've had so many people come up to me and say that film helped them through a dark time', she told The Today Show.

Time Warp: The film's stars, front row from left, Brad Bostwick, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry; back row, Meat Loaf and Patricia Quinn were reunited as they chatted about the cult film's 40th anniversary with NBC's The Today Show on Tuesday

Damn it, Janet: Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick starred as naive couple Brad and Janet, who are quickly seduced by alien transvestite scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter after their car breaks down

Susan also said filming the cult classic - which cost just $1.4 million to make and has grossed $139.9 million - was challenging as she fell ill thanks to the cold and damp conditions in the 'castle'.

'I got pneumonia,' she told EW.

'The house itself had been used for other classic horror films, but they hadn't put the roof back on. That was leaking and open. And it was December, January. It was winter,' she added.

The 69-year-old actress joked that she is also still haunted by The Time Warp, the film's classic sing-and-dance along number.

Time is fleeting: The film was one of Susan Sarandon's first major roles, but the Oscar-winner revealed she got pneumonia during filming in the damp and cold 'castle'

Yes Brad? Actor Barry Bostwick said the film's message of 'don't dream it, be it' is the reason it's been embraced by audiences

'I've had to do it numerous times,' she explained of the iconic dance, which involves putting your hands in the air, then on your hips and making a raunchy pelvic thrust.

'So often it rears its head', she said.

Her co-star Barry Bostwick - who played fiance Brad - said the film's inspirational message is as beloved by fans as the quirky story and over-the-top costumes.

'The thing that resonated for me was "don't dream it - be it", which was a really good slogan', he told the Today Show.

Together again: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf reunited for the first time in 25 years to chat about the beloved horror-comedy with The Today Show on Tuesday

Drives you insane: Susan joked she's still haunted by requests to do the film's classic song-and-dance number The Timewarp

Also there was rocker Meat Loaf, who played delivery boy Eddie - who makes more of an impression than your average UPS guy.

'I weighed about 315 pounds,' the 68-year-old Bat Out Of Hell singer said of starring in the original Rocky Horror stage play.

'I had on a garter belt with fishnet stockings and high-heel shoes', he added.

Bless his soul: Rocker Meat Loaf also starred in the original Rocky Horror stage play

Hot patootie: Rocker Meat Loaf played biker delivery boy Eddie, who meets an unfortunate end in the cult film

And Rocky Horror star Tim Curry revealed that his cross-dressing mad scientist Dr Frank-N-Furter was very nearly played as a German.

But the actor said he changed his mind after overhearing a woman speak with a plummy English accent on public transport.

'One day I was on a London bus and I heard a woman say, "Do you have a house in town or a house in the country?" And I thought, "That's it. That's what he should sound like: the queen,"' he recalled of his gender-bending character.

'It changed everything.'

Sweet: The mad scientist, Dr Frank-N-Furter, was very nearly played as a German, explained Tim Curry, who changed his mind after over-hearing a woman with a posh English accent on a bus ride

Out of this world: Curry played a 'sweet transvestite' mad scientist who is building a new muscle man, Rocky, in his lab

While most of the cast reunited, actor Richard O'Brien, who played Riff-Raff and also wrote the music, book and lyrics for the original Rocky Horror play and film, was absent from the gathering.

However, he will star as The Narrator in a special two-hour performance of the show which will be broadcast on BBC America from London’s Playhouse Theatre, in honor of the show's 40th anniversary later this month.

The production will premiere on BBC America October 18 at midnight, reports EW.

The cult Rocky Horror movie is often shown at midnight screenings, where devoted audience members dress-up like the campy, over-sexed characters and sing along to the movie.

Flashback: Actress Patricia Quinn starred as French maid Magenta

Pretty groovy: Tim Curry stole the show as an alien transvestite mad scientist

Popular: Fans have been dressing up as the over-the-top characters and attending sing-alongs at midnight screenings of Rocky Horror for decades

No doubt keen to cash in on its popularity, EW also reported that Fox will broadcast a remake of the classic film

The two-hour event will not be live, but will be directed, produced and choreographed by Kenny Ortega who also directed Hocus Pocus and the High School Musical trilogy.

Fox reportedly plans to stick to the text of the original 1973 play by Jim Sharman and Richard O’Brien.

The innuendo-laden film - which includes such classic songs as Sweet Transvestite and Hot Patootie - is, however, unlikely to receive the same original R rating by today’s standards.