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TIL-On Halloween 1974, 20th Century Fox released 'Phantom of the Paradise', a campy musical comedy lampooning the tropes and conventions of the horror genre. A year later, the same studio released 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', another campy musical comedy lampooning the same tropes & conventions.

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