If FOLE would like to expand on the category of 'Weird and Out There'. A couple of suggestions, 'Naked Lunch' (1991) starring Peter Weller(RoboCop) and directed by David Cronenberg, and 'Brazil' (1985) directed by Terry Gilliam(Monty Python cast member) and had an all star cast that included Bob Hoskins, and Robert De Niro!
I have no memory of this movie in theatres, the first movie I saw was JAWS on the big screen when I was 3 and then I was terrified of the ocean for a while after that. XOXO ♥️🧡🙂💯✅️
A lot of reaction channels that watch the RHPS often don't like it or get the hype. Theaters used to play the movie and the audience (who were fans and knew all the lines) participated with the movie, sort of mad movies type of thing. The crowd also had a cast that dresses up as the cast and acted the movie out in the front of the movie theater while the movie played. Certain characters were given certain titles. For instance, whenever Brad came on the screen, everyone on the theater said "as-hole" and whenever Janet came on the screen everyone said "slut". Also some theaters also allowed certain things like when Brad and Janet are in the rain, people would bring squirt guns and shoot water, and whenever Dr. Frankenfurter was mentioned people threw hot dogs. So there's so much to WHY this movie is so loved that can't be seen or experienced just by watching the movie. People basically had fun making fun of the movie and partying in the theater. Those were good times. I used to play Frankenfurter back in the late 80s at a theater in Pasadena in California. My friends and I had to drive almost two hours every weekend just to get there. And I had to dress full custom and makeup, it was great. The movie has great music and some great dancing. But the movie is actually not very good. But that's what made it fun people made fun of the movie outloud while watching it.
The music of this show was very good, it is not the regular songs you would expect but they grow on you, especially the final songs. But the big thing people dont expect is that this movie was played at midnight theaters all over the country for decades, the audience would dress up like the characters and would react to parts of the movie. Imagine a whole theater crowd, hundreds of people all dressed like this prancing in the isles and sometimes on the stage all yelling Popcorn in unison at certain part. THAT is an experience.
Totally agree, had the video but whenever I planned to watch it. Had to have a party, with flashlights, dry rice, lighters, toast. To hand out before we started the watch party! 🤣
Some 25 years ago a friend of mine went from Bournemouth to Salisbury to watch a performance dressed as Frank - corset, stockings the lot. He went by bus!
1st time I got laid in highschool was the girl convinced me to watch this, and I later met a wife with the movie Clue. So Tim Curry is my ultimate wingman.
As a sheltered kid I saw it in early 1979 while in high school in FL and it stunned me then I went to Atlanta my college freshman year and that theater dialed it way above 11. The full experience back then was to get hit in the head with toast during the on-screen 'toast' as well as getting sprayed with water when Brad & Janet were caught out in the rain. When they revealed Eddie's body everyone screamed 'what Meatloaf again?!!'. Wild but good times.
Several larger theatres used to have a midnight showing on Friday And Saturday nights. Late night on a party night, went a few times, the audience used to participate in the sceens, water, newspaper, tp, and singing along, some even acting the scenes, on stage in front of the screens. Loved the 80's.
I was very fortunate to see this in the late 70's in London with the original cast including Tim Curry and Meatloaf. It was so different to anything anyone had ever seen before. A true classic.
This was an entire generation's protest movie for everyone who felt different or felt like an outcast. You could dress in anything and nobody would say a word although many people dressed as the cast members. There was dialog added by the fans that fit in the dead spaces between the movie's dialog. It was also an audience participation movie. Most people brought props to use at various points in the movie... squirt guns and newspapers for the rain scene, toilet paper (Scott toilet paper) for when they introduced Dr. Scott, etc. If you came dressed as one of the characters you might even find yourself up on the stage, acting out the part. It was a big party.
There was a guy at our local theater who used to come in after the movie and collect the toilet paper. He wasn't an employee. They just let him in to do that. Of course that was far from the weirdest thing that went on during those shows.
It's still being showed at the Midnight movie shows. It's truly an experience to see it live. The crowd dresses in costume and shouts at the screen as the movie is acted live on stage I'm front of the movie screen.
The movie is based on the musical The Rocky Horror Show the premiered on The West End in 1973. The music,book,and,lyrics were written by Richard O'Brien(Riff Raff).
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment You have no idea... I used to go regularly as well. Didn't dress up, but did all of the audience participation (something the movie lacks, unless you have the DVD which shows audience participation in subtitles). If you want to see some of it, watch the movie "Fame", as there's a scene where they go to it and you see the audience joining in.
When I was a Senior in high school, I took a young woman to the prom. I wore a black tux and she wore a white dress. As we arrived at the restaurant, the staff said congratulations on your wedding! They offer you a free bottle of champagne so we sat there talking for hours. Suddenly we realized that we had to get going to the prom. We got there just as the band was packing up. Some friends wanting to go to the midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. As we approached the ticket stall, they said we could go in for free as costumed guests!
When they were filming Meat Loaf's part singing "Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul". The director told Meat Loaf that he's not going to be able to sing the song in one take because it's such a fast song. Meat Loaf surprised everyone and knocked it out in one take.
Due to an horrendous accident whilst in the military, I was sent to Hedley Court Rehabilitation Centre. The warm up sessions each morning the Rehabilitation Instructors occasionally dressed up in the dress from this and did The Time Warp routine dance. It was brilliant way to loosen the body for the pain that would follow.
The lips at the beginning are Magenta’s and the writer is the butler Riff Raff , Richard o’ Brien who did the original stage show and this screenplay. Tim Curry played the role on stage it is his voice
That is correct, Richard O'Brien wrote it. He also identifies as non-binary (or more accurately using his words, third gender, still using he/him pronouns) and usually dresses feminine.
I saw this film in 1975 when I was around 11 years old. It was in its infancy as a cult midnight movie, and the audience participation was intelligent, funny, and relatively minimal compared to the bombardment of audience interaction that extended over the years. One could still hear the film's own dialogue. The experience was a beautiful awakening for me. It validated those of us who were social misfits and outcasts. And I am forever grateful!!!
This is a totally different experience seen in a theater than reacting to it on the internet. People would see this dozens of times in order to memorize the dialog. For example Janet's last name was Weiss so when anybody said her last name you were suppose to say "did you say Rice" and throw a handful of rice in the theater! During the Eddie song you were to hold up a teddy bear and shine a flashlight at it so it put a shadow on the ceiling. etc.My fav scene was when Dr.F discovered Janet and Rocky after then just had sex. Everybody says everybody's name multiple times its great. And there is a scene when Colombia? tugs on her pajama top and show's her nipple! Don't know if you burled that out for YT LOL
Seeing it in a theatre, the audience participation stuff needed. Being a Rocky virgin is a thing. First time without prior knowledge is not always easy. It is a group adventure
Originally written and produced as a stage musical by Richard O'Brian - incorporating nostalgic 1950's sci-fi, horror, film and music trends. I saw it on stage in London around 1973 - with the original cast including Tim Curry. The auditorium was created to look like some kind of derelict theatre - with audience conducted to their seats by creepy zombie-style characters (who often lingered disturbingly to stare at them). Some parts of the action spread into the auditorium - occasionally engaging audience members.
A local night club, 'Bull in Mouth,' of Riverside, California, featured a reenactment of the 'Rocky Horror' song, 'Time Warp.' This reenactment included actors/actresses in full costume dancing on top of the bar itself! This club, 'Bull in Mouth,' was known for its over the top decor, and was such a fitting place for 'Time Warp!' Those were the 80s.
This movie is basically a satire of old sci-fi and horror movies using all the tropes. Mad scientist, aliens hiding in plain sight, stoic male lead, damsel in distress leading lady, human experimentation, etc. RKO was a big movie producer years ago. The movie makes sense, and is easily understood. Riff Raff, the bald guy is the writer and wrote the songs. He wrote it as he was wrestling with his own sexuality, which is why cross dressing and bisexuality is in the film so much. Even the lines about Fay Ray's dress in one of the songs. This was based on the stage show, The Rocky Horror Show, which I'm pretty sure Meatloaf was in. Apparently a really low budget affair, where in the scene of Brad and Janet driving in the rain the actors were using their arms as the wind screen wipers. I knew you weren't getting it when you sat quietly through the songs. Don't forget this was the early 70's, it's not like trans anything was mainstream.
I think "homage" is better word than 'satire'. Richard O'Brien apparently found much comfort in the old 50s flicks himself being... unusual for the UK/NZ at the time
My experience was in 1986, the small theater in the next town over played it midnight on Friday and Saturday for an entire summer, myself, my older brother and a friend went to almost every showing. We had a blast, everybody there were fans, there were no issues. When the bigger in-town theater tried it once, it was a disaster, when anyone tried the audience participation parts, people would tell them to stop talking over the movie. You're supposed to throw rice for the wedding scene, someone brought in a 50 lb bag, threw some of it around, and threw the whole bag with at least half the contents still in it. People were throwing drinks and other things because they didn't understand or really care one way or the other. When Dr. Scott busts through the wall, and Brad yells "Great Scott!", you're supposed to throw a roll of toilet paper, somebody lit one on fire. The theater shut it down after that. Of course, now my friends who I encouraged to go think the whole thing was awful and think I'm strange for liking it, and it comes down to, because of some people, we can't have nice things.
Like it or don't like it Rocky Horror is a phenomenon. It is the longest running film in history, having been in continuous release since it's production. It also has records by fans, such as the Time Warp dance that included over 8,000 people. You have to involve yourself in the experience to truly see how much fun in can be. Just remember, don't wear stripes or you'll get booed out of the theater.
Still plays in theaters, midnight shows. I went to the movie in 1982 & was like WTH? soo loud, couldn't hear the narrator, audience members shouting "shut up, you got no Fn neck", water from squirt bottles we didn't know to bering newspaper, toast flying when somebody in the movie said, I'd like to make a toast. Dr Scott! TP rolls went flying
I remember way back in the day, there were theaters who did midnight showings of this. Everyone came dressed as their favorite character, brought props and played out the scenes in the rows of the theater. If you were lucky the theater would have a stage and people got up on that too. Don't forget your water pistol and either newspaper or umbrella. 😉 If you know, you know. Every showing was packed to the limit
This movie was originally a play in London, people started viewing it in theaters; they would see it again& again, dressing up as their favorite character. The audience was encouraged to get up & sing/ dance. It was an event! Some theaters have midnight shows.
When this came out, it was the height of Glam Rock. Think Kiss, David Bowie, Marc Bolan and T.Rex, Elton John and so many other bands. This film just fir like a glove. None of the subject matter bothered anyone. We would go along to late night screenings dressed as our favourite characters. There were props we all took. Especially rice. Everytime Janet Weiss' name was mentioned, everyone in the audience yelled out rice and threw it in the air. Then everyone would get up and dance to the songs.in the aisles or sometimes jump on stage then run back to your seats. It was not hard to find people who saw this every week. It was an event. Not unusual to see at least 20 people of various shapes and sizes all dressed as Frankie. And the women looked amazing as well. Ah to go back to the 70's just for a month or two. No uptight people. You just went out and had a good time and no one cared because so many others were doing the same thing. I was in my mid 20's and we had a ball.
I live here in NYC and when I was a teenager (in the 80's) going to the 8th Street Playhouse in "The village" a.k.a. Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan was a sort of right of passage. The label today is "outcast", but in my day we were "New Wavers", "Head Bangers", "Punk Rockers" etc. We all had out little circles but events like Rocky Horror brought everyone together, (even the "Normies") for a weird little movie that has since become a cult classic. Watching this movie with the crowd in the movie theater is an experience :) I kinda had an idea of what was going to happen, but being there and seeing it is another thing. Especially if you're a newbie. Most of the crowd that are regulars (i.e. they go to see the movie anywhere from every weekend to once a month and dress up as the characters and have umbrellas and squirt guns) have the dialogue memorized and the crowd adds some colorful commentary at certain parts of the movie :) ... in unison. The more daring people get up on the stage in front of the screen and play the characters of the movie. It was a crazy experience and I loved it. I've watched the movie on video a few times over the years and it will never be the same as actually being there. IF you have a quirky little theater that shows this movie regularly in your area and has "The Crowd" of regulars... GO SEE IT! You'll have a lot of fun!
As likely already noted in some other comments, while you can watch TRHPS at home as you two are doing it really is the proper "cult" experience to see it at the theater with a full-on Rocky Horror audience. There are innumerable callbacks to the screen for various things from the audience, people dressed up in various outfits, and often members of the audience acting out the scenes as they play out on the screen while in front of it, etc and et al. It's a whole thing! lol... Also, though still weird for many viewers today, it was absolutely freaky for most audiences back when it first premiered in 1975. 9:30 That is absolutely Tim Curry's voice! lol -- he originated the role on stage in London. He had a fantastic theatrical singing voice.
Fun Fact: Riff Raff plays the dad on Phineas and Ferb. There's an episode where he watches a horror movie and says, "Well, this isn't right? Where are all the rock 'n' roll musical numbers?" I died and no one understood why. Also, Tim Curry was so good at this role because he’s been playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in musical theaters for years.
The movie was quite a shocker when it was released, but the theaters started playing it at midnight every weekend... sometimes on the weekday, depending on the season and stuff. I was born in 65 in Denver, and I graduated high school in 83. I started going to the midnight showings when I was a sophomore.. so, in 80. It was running 5 years already by then. 5 years. Crazy thought. But ya, I used to go, not just for the crazy movie... but for the people who dressed in character and would act every scene under the movie screen... also, there were lines the audience would shout out during parts of the movie, and would throw things.. like the marriage scene, everyone would throw rice over everyone... when the car broke down in the rain, people would spray water bottles on everyone for the rain... on and on and on... it was truly one of those rare and never again things where everyone in the theater was actively participating in... and of course, to this day, when the time warp starts, everyone gets up and dances along...lol... Great reaction. Great memories.
saw this at midnight in the theater a few years ago -- everyone was dressed in costume, half were smoking pot, everyone knew all the lines and were saying them throughout the movie -- during the "time warp" people got up and danced in the aisles, they threw rolls of toilet paper in the air at "Great Scott" (scott toilet rolls) -- threw toast in the air during the dinner toast -- weird time, but fun
watched it in 1975 many times they only showed it at midnight and people would dress up like the actors and act out the scenes, all in all a great experience
You haven’t seen Rocky Horror until you’re in a theater full of fans reciting lines and acting out the film! So much fun, used to go to the midnight screenings for a while in high school, do they still do that?
The only way to watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show is at a Midnight screening in a cinema.... full audience participation with cast and call backs.... I did it for years back in the early 90's in Sydney, I played Brad
It's always hilarious to watch someone react to Rocky Horror who has absolutely no idea what they're getting into. That was my first time. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it.
This movie has been running in theaters non-stop since it's release in 1975. Except during that little pause in 2020 when nothing was in the theaters. But still this makes it the longest running film in movie history. It plays in every major city across the planet on the weekends the most. And it has given a voice to the down trodden and different for generations. Lots of young actors cut their musical teeth early in their careers doing the original stage production "The Rocky Horror Show" the films based on. Russell Crowe starred as Eddy most notably back in Australia when he was just starting out.
I agree with most of the comments - to really experience this, it must be in a theater with major audience participation. Being a little altered doesn't hurt.
This was a phenomenon that happened as a teenager into my 20's & was a cult classic. We used to smoke Cannibis & go to the midnight showing every weekend in the 1970. It was shown in theaters & people used to dress up as the characters as well as there are lines the audience adds between speaking scenes. It launched Meat loaf. For example when they are walking to the Frankenstein Place in the rain. The audience would put newspaper over there head because other people would bring water guns & actually squirt the audience & you would get soaked. I can't give all the examples of it except one other when the guy with the British Accent wore the tux with the collar with no neck we would every time he appeared we'd yell " Hey A**wholes got no neck. Total audience participation. This was like a huge phenomenon. An event. You hadda be there.
I first saw this movie in 1979...at the base theater, Fort Hood Texas. It just showed up one Friday night as "Mystery Midnight Show!" About half of the audience left before the Floor Show...I stayed until the end. Magical!
Excellent first watch. The cast is hilarious. I am curious if both of you would go to the sing-along interactive cinema experience. If so be sure to say yes when asked if you already seen the film' otherwise the organizers will ask you to come to the front of the screen and single along throughout the singing segments. They do that in Canada. Hail Ladies!
This film, I can safely say, helped shape and liberate my personality at a very young age. I’m so glad there are creative, talented, funny, quirky people in the world who appreciate sexy whimsy. I’ve been going to see this movie around the world since 1979. Richard O’Brien is crazy gifted and Tim Curry is Tim Curry is Tim Curry is Tim Curry. Love!
I used to be a live stage actor during midnight showings (I played Eddie) there is a reason this movie is the longest running movie in cinema history. You don't just watch the show, but are part of it. The audience participation makes this a truly must experience show.
The Music and the Play was written by Richard O'Brein who played rif raf. The film is more fun in a crowd. The film is based on the play that started in 1973.
This movie is iconic. For many years into the late 1980s local movie theaters would show this movie at midnight on Friday and Saturday night. I personally do not rewatch the movie, it is not one of my favorites, but it is a legendary movie. Two Hoots for me but I respect the movie and how groundbreaking it was back in the day
Funny, 1975 when I was in high school, my sister and I went to see this at the movie theatre in Cape town S Africa, not what we expected but it was different and fun, there were complaints from the church and it was banned a few weeks later.
for me it was the orange mall cinema on tustin avenue. we all had our places to congregate back then. i used to go with my best friend who died 10 years ago this month. i watch the movie at home on halloween every year now. when frank says," a toast to absent friends" i raise my glass for jim RIP.
This film definitely must be experienced in an amenable theater among a seasoned audience that can teach the cheery viewer the ropes, proper cues, and responses.
It might help to know that The Rocky Horror Show was a stage musical before it was adapted to the silver screen. It's also a love letter to 1950s "B" movies. You're also missing out of much of the charm if you don't get the audience participation experience from a theatrical midnight showing.
I can't say how it was in the 70s. But in the late 80s I saw it for the first time as a teen. I went to a late night screening of it with my girlfriend who hadn't seen it before either. We ended up near the back row with all the seasoned fans and had a wonderful time.
What made this a cult classic was that they would show this on Friday and Saturday nights at a theater and people were encouraged to dress as their favorite characters and participate with the movie and the songs. And don’t forget the toast. Unfortunately I was too young to go to any of the showings. They showed it for about ten years or so . I think it holds a record for being the longest running movie in theaters.
I can testify to their being a midnight showing in my town as late as 1995. The same theater did a midnight showing of possibly my favorite movie, "The Holy Grail", that I went to instead.
32:33 The film actually bombed when it was released. It didn't become popular until theaters started playing it at midnight, and people kept coming back to see it again. This is how "callbacks" were born. When you see the same film over and over, it is easy to come up with clever and humorous lines to shout out during the film.
Audience participation was the best part at midnight showings at Oak Park Mall. My daughter took me to a recent showing but it wasn't as fun because actors with mics doing the lines were narrating the movie.
Meatloaf's character was Eddie. Eddie was an old flame of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. Eddie fell in love with the girl in gold and the Dr. became jealous and ended up using him for parts to make Rocky (part of his brain). When Dr. Scott shows up (the guy in the wheelchair) it is because he is looking for his nephew... Eddie.
Eddie is the embodiment of the arts and creativity using rock and roll as his identity. He passes the torch (Sax) to Brad in an effort to keep it alive in the face of - we know the rest.
I can't remember the last time I watched this. I wasn't part of the "scene" in the 70s-80s, but it was on heavy rotation at midnight movies and I saw it at least twice in theaters and another couple times on cable-probably 1985 last time? I can't say I liked it the first time, but I went with the flow, and it grew on me. You were uncool if you didn't "get" it. It was a huge part of pop culture for a long time.
The overlooked part of the Rocky Horror experience was waiting in line on the street, in the dark, in costume, with a couple of hundred of your close, personal friends or complete strangers (same thing) until the theatre opened for the midnight show. ❤
This is a cult classic from the old days. It works best in a second run theater with everyone in the audience on board. People would sing along and dance in the theater. This was often a midnight show back in the day. It has not aged well because people and times have changed. I went once in the ‘70s but I did not like it that much, it was just too weird for me as a typical high school student more interested in sports and girls than transvestites. It was a movie that oddballs and eccentrics liked back in the 70s and 80s.
I think they were really trying hard to make this movie as close to the Stage play/musical as possible. So a lot of things like Frank N Furter (Tim Curry) talking to the camera or when he sings to the (EMPTY) audience at the end was in a way trying to Mirror the Actors performing to a live audience. Audiences back in the 70's surely didn't realize what they were trying to do in this movie. Ironically it's like youtube creators recording videos for their audience making them feel part of the experience. 😎
I saw this Movie in College in the 1980's. The Student Union Had a Projector screen and the Audience participated by singing along and Toasted Bread. The Audience had a bunch of props to use when it got to that part of the Movie
Such fun times back then I want to go back, can’t believe it’s nearly 50! Still holds up for what it is, thankful for your reactions it’s too bad you can’t experience all these great movies in a packed theater, they were all a fun experience whether the movie was good or bad, thanks yall!
The "butler" who answered the door, played by Richard O'Brian, is the one who wrote the play/musical and all the songs for this. I went to the midnight showings of this movie all throughout High School in the mid-late 80s. Tons of fun.
This was fun. A million years ago. It was in theatres, special theaters that often ran it Saturdays at midnight, the famous midnight screenings that invited everyone to dress weirdly and behave weirdly, the adult show that was somehow silly and cartoonish enough and “monster movie” enough to somehow be accessible for teenagers. The geeks and weirdos came out and put on their own shows. It was a theatrical invitation.
Funny story - for a long time this movie wasn't available on video because it was still playing in theaters, here in the US. But, if you knew the right people you could get the Japanese VHS, complete with Kanji subtitles. These illegally smuggled tapes were like gold among the fans.
Good Reaction! 🖒 Saw this movie a while back. Think my mother picked it up from the library when it was on VHS and told me to check it out. For sure, everyone can agree that Tim Curry is really good at being weird. Tim Curry is one of my top picks for actors and Susan Sarandon is awesome too. Even though this film is not my bag can respect the creativity behind it.
I'm into this film from the beginning up to the "Time Warp" song, which is my favorite, then it completely loses me and I'm bored to tears. Half the cultish nature of the film is it's a participation experience where the audience talks back to the movie, and sometimes audience members even run to the front of the theater to act out the film as it plays. My wife and I discovered it with the movie "Fame" (the original, not the lame remake) where a couple attends a screening of it. In the movie, the audience seems to have canonical scripted lines they shout back. We went and saw "Rocky Horror" at the theater in Salt Lake City, and it was nothing like in "Fame." It was basically a free-for-all where the audience shouted whatever the hell they felt like shouting. Except during the scenes of the professor explaining stuff where they'd all continually shout "Boring! Boring!" until the scene ended. By the way, I strongly recommend reacting to "Fame" (1980). It's one of the movies on my list of films I can watch over and over and never get tired of it. In fact, talking about it makes me want to pop in the disk and watch it again. It's a musical following the academic career of a handful of students at a New York City performing arts high school with an ensemble cast including Irene Cara who sang the theme song to "Flashdance" and who tragically died two years ago at age 63. I mourned that day.
Rubber glove, hotdogs, Scott toilet paper, squirt gun, rice, newspaper... These were a few of the items you had to bring to the theater when you went to watch this movie.
The original UK release features the song Super Heroes which does tie up a lot of the feelings about the show quite nicely (just before the end titles). However the US distributor thought that this song was too depressing and had it cut, a tradition which most current streaming services follow. The lament for a lost age of RKO serials is worth checking out (although I suspect most modern audiences would be generally unfamiliar with the source material that was listed in the opening credits). The play was quite successful, with multiple productions in London (at smaller converted cinema venues) and a New York production. leading to interest in making the film. The film was a sleeper hit until it developed an active cult following from repeated late night screenings in smaller cinemas, with active audience participation (which does vary by region) and cosplay elements. It's really the way it should be experienced (although performing it is great fun too). The "sequel," trying to cash in on this cult following, was less successful.
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If FOLE would like to expand on the category of 'Weird and Out There'. A couple of suggestions, 'Naked Lunch' (1991) starring Peter Weller(RoboCop) and directed by David Cronenberg, and 'Brazil' (1985) directed by Terry Gilliam(Monty Python cast member) and had an all star cast that included Bob Hoskins, and Robert De Niro!
I have no memory of this movie in theatres, the first movie I saw was JAWS on the big screen when I was 3 and then I was terrified of the ocean for a while after that. XOXO ♥️🧡🙂💯✅️
Yes, the actors actually did the singing to the songs in this movie.
A lot of reaction channels that watch the RHPS often don't like it or get the hype. Theaters used to play the movie and the audience (who were fans and knew all the lines) participated with the movie, sort of mad movies type of thing. The crowd also had a cast that dresses up as the cast and acted the movie out in the front of the movie theater while the movie played. Certain characters were given certain titles. For instance, whenever Brad came on the screen, everyone on the theater said "as-hole" and whenever Janet came on the screen everyone said "slut". Also some theaters also allowed certain things like when Brad and Janet are in the rain, people would bring squirt guns and shoot water, and whenever Dr. Frankenfurter was mentioned people threw hot dogs. So there's so much to WHY this movie is so loved that can't be seen or experienced just by watching the movie. People basically had fun making fun of the movie and partying in the theater. Those were good times. I used to play Frankenfurter back in the late 80s at a theater in Pasadena in California. My friends and I had to drive almost two hours every weekend just to get there. And I had to dress full custom and makeup, it was great.
The movie has great music and some great dancing. But the movie is actually not very good. But that's what made it fun people made fun of the movie outloud while watching it.
The music of this show was very good, it is not the regular songs you would expect but they grow on you, especially the final songs. But the big thing people dont expect is that this movie was played at midnight theaters all over the country for decades, the audience would dress up like the characters and would react to parts of the movie. Imagine a whole theater crowd, hundreds of people all dressed like this prancing in the isles and sometimes on the stage all yelling Popcorn in unison at certain part. THAT is an experience.
You can't just watch Rocky Horror, it's something you really need to experience at the theater.
Totally agree, had the video but whenever I planned to watch it. Had to have a party, with flashlights, dry rice, lighters, toast. To hand out before we started the watch party! 🤣
no it’s not. you think a queer kid in alabama has access to a theater that plays this film? so what? they should just be without? that’s dumb as hell.
Indeed, should be seen in theaters with audience participation. I have many times
Nah, the theater is always full of asshole talking over the movie. It's just annoying.
Some 25 years ago a friend of mine went from Bournemouth to Salisbury to watch a performance dressed as Frank - corset, stockings the lot. He went by bus!
1st time I got laid in highschool was the girl convinced me to watch this, and I later met a wife with the movie Clue. So Tim Curry is my ultimate wingman.
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As a sheltered kid I saw it in early 1979 while in high school in FL and it stunned me then I went to Atlanta my college freshman year and that theater dialed it way above 11. The full experience back then was to get hit in the head with toast during the on-screen 'toast' as well as getting sprayed with water when Brad & Janet were caught out in the rain. When they revealed Eddie's body everyone screamed 'what Meatloaf again?!!'. Wild but good times.
This movie is a salute to horror, Sci-fi& Rock N Roll.
Several larger theatres used to have a midnight showing on Friday And Saturday nights. Late night on a party night, went a few times, the audience used to participate in the sceens, water, newspaper, tp, and singing along, some even acting the scenes, on stage in front of the screens.
Loved the 80's.
I was very fortunate to see this in the late 70's in London with the original cast including Tim Curry and Meatloaf. It was so different to anything anyone had ever seen before. A true classic.
This was an entire generation's protest movie for everyone who felt different or felt like an outcast. You could dress in anything and nobody would say a word although many people dressed as the cast members. There was dialog added by the fans that fit in the dead spaces between the movie's dialog. It was also an audience participation movie. Most people brought props to use at various points in the movie... squirt guns and newspapers for the rain scene, toilet paper (Scott toilet paper) for when they introduced Dr. Scott, etc. If you came dressed as one of the characters you might even find yourself up on the stage, acting out the part. It was a big party.
There was a guy at our local theater who used to come in after the movie and collect the toilet paper. He wasn't an employee. They just let him in to do that. Of course that was far from the weirdest thing that went on during those shows.
God bless the memory of Sal Piro. One of my friends had his cherry popped there.
It's still being showed at the
Midnight movie shows.
It's truly an experience to see it live.
The crowd dresses in costume and shouts at the screen as the movie is acted live on stage I'm front of the movie screen.
The movie is based on the musical The Rocky Horror Show the premiered on The West End in 1973. The music,book,and,lyrics were written by Richard O'Brien(Riff Raff).
Dressing up and going to the theater every Halloween to see Rocky horror picture show is my favorite tradition
@@tommywalker3746 that’s fun!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment You have no idea... I used to go regularly as well. Didn't dress up, but did all of the audience participation (something the movie lacks, unless you have the DVD which shows audience participation in subtitles).
If you want to see some of it, watch the movie "Fame", as there's a scene where they go to it and you see the audience joining in.
It was special in out little town.
When I was a Senior in high school, I took a young woman to the prom. I wore a black tux and she wore a white dress. As we arrived at the restaurant, the staff said congratulations on your wedding! They offer you a free bottle of champagne so we sat there talking for hours. Suddenly we realized that we had to get going to the prom. We got there just as the band was packing up. Some friends wanting to go to the midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. As we approached the ticket stall, they said we could go in for free as costumed guests!
In my day, the dressing up and audience participation were a weekly deal
When they were filming Meat Loaf's part singing "Hot Patootie - Bless My Soul". The director told Meat Loaf that he's not going to be able to sing the song in one take because it's such a fast song. Meat Loaf surprised everyone and knocked it out in one take.
Due to an horrendous accident whilst in the military, I was sent to Hedley Court Rehabilitation Centre. The warm up sessions each morning the Rehabilitation Instructors occasionally dressed up in the dress from this and did The Time Warp routine dance. It was brilliant way to loosen the body for the pain that would follow.
Brad is played here by Barry Bostwick who played the NYC Mayor in the Michael J Fox sitcom “Spin City”
The lips at the beginning are Magenta’s and the writer is the butler Riff Raff , Richard o’ Brien who did the original stage show and this screenplay. Tim Curry played the role on stage it is his voice
I believe Richard O’Brien, the guy who plays Riffraff, wrote the entire stage play and movie. Yes, that’s Tim Curry’s real voice.
I concur.
That is correct, Richard O'Brien wrote it. He also identifies as non-binary (or more accurately using his words, third gender, still using he/him pronouns) and usually dresses feminine.
@@ragabashmoon1551IIRC he wrote the script, the lyrics, and the musical score in just under seventeen hours, one sitting.
He also voiced Lawrence Fletcher, Phineas and Ferb's dad.
@ragabashmoon1551 weird that you felt the need to tell us that
I saw this film in 1975 when I was around 11 years old. It was in its infancy as a cult midnight movie, and the audience participation was intelligent, funny, and relatively minimal compared to the bombardment of audience interaction that extended over the years. One could still hear the film's own dialogue. The experience was a beautiful awakening for me. It validated those of us who were social misfits and outcasts. And I am forever grateful!!!
This is a totally different experience seen in a theater than reacting to it on the internet. People would see this dozens of times in order to memorize the dialog. For example Janet's last name was Weiss so when anybody said her last name you were suppose to say "did you say Rice" and throw a handful of rice in the theater! During the Eddie song you were to hold up a teddy bear and shine a flashlight at it so it put a shadow on the ceiling. etc.My fav scene was when Dr.F discovered Janet and Rocky after then just had sex. Everybody says everybody's name multiple times its great. And there is a scene when Colombia? tugs on her pajama top and show's her nipple! Don't know if you burled that out for YT LOL
Seeing it in a theatre, the audience participation stuff needed. Being a Rocky virgin is a thing. First time without prior knowledge is not always easy. It is a group adventure
Originally written and produced as a stage musical by Richard O'Brian - incorporating nostalgic 1950's sci-fi, horror, film and music trends. I saw it on stage in London around 1973 - with the original cast including Tim Curry. The auditorium was created to look like some kind of derelict theatre - with audience conducted to their seats by creepy zombie-style characters (who often lingered disturbingly to stare at them). Some parts of the action spread into the auditorium - occasionally engaging audience members.
A local night club, 'Bull in Mouth,' of Riverside, California, featured a reenactment of the 'Rocky Horror' song, 'Time Warp.' This reenactment included actors/actresses in full costume dancing on top of the bar itself! This club, 'Bull in Mouth,' was known for its over the top decor, and was such a fitting place for 'Time Warp!' Those were the 80s.
This movie is basically a satire of old sci-fi and horror movies using all the tropes.
Mad scientist, aliens hiding in plain sight, stoic male lead, damsel in distress leading lady, human experimentation, etc.
RKO was a big movie producer years ago.
The movie makes sense, and is easily understood.
Riff Raff, the bald guy is the writer and wrote the songs.
He wrote it as he was wrestling with his own sexuality, which is why cross dressing and bisexuality is in the film so much. Even the lines about Fay Ray's dress in one of the songs.
This was based on the stage show, The Rocky Horror Show, which I'm pretty sure Meatloaf was in.
Apparently a really low budget affair, where in the scene of Brad and Janet driving in the rain the actors were using their arms as the wind screen wipers.
I knew you weren't getting it when you sat quietly through the songs.
Don't forget this was the early 70's, it's not like trans anything was mainstream.
I think "homage" is better word than 'satire'. Richard O'Brien apparently found much comfort in the old 50s flicks himself being... unusual for the UK/NZ at the time
My experience was in 1986, the small theater in the next town over played it midnight on Friday and Saturday for an entire summer, myself, my older brother and a friend went to almost every showing. We had a blast, everybody there were fans, there were no issues. When the bigger in-town theater tried it once, it was a disaster, when anyone tried the audience participation parts, people would tell them to stop talking over the movie. You're supposed to throw rice for the wedding scene, someone brought in a 50 lb bag, threw some of it around, and threw the whole bag with at least half the contents still in it. People were throwing drinks and other things because they didn't understand or really care one way or the other. When Dr. Scott busts through the wall, and Brad yells "Great Scott!", you're supposed to throw a roll of toilet paper, somebody lit one on fire. The theater shut it down after that. Of course, now my friends who I encouraged to go think the whole thing was awful and think I'm strange for liking it, and it comes down to, because of some people, we can't have nice things.
I'm pretty sure this is mandatory viewing in every preschool now.
@@sly_lock I hope not! 😳
Fox owns Rocky Horror Picture Show, Disney owns Fox, meet your new Disney princess.
Like it or don't like it Rocky Horror is a phenomenon. It is the longest running film in history, having been in continuous release since it's production. It also has records by fans, such as the Time Warp dance that included over 8,000 people. You have to involve yourself in the experience to truly see how much fun in can be. Just remember, don't wear stripes or you'll get booed out of the theater.
@kenpullig1652 false. It hasn't been in continuous release since 1975. That's a myth.
Still plays in theaters, midnight shows. I went to the movie in 1982 & was like WTH? soo loud, couldn't hear the narrator, audience members shouting "shut up, you got no Fn neck", water from squirt bottles we didn't know to bering newspaper, toast flying when somebody in the movie said, I'd like to make a toast. Dr Scott! TP rolls went flying
I remember way back in the day, there were theaters who did midnight showings of this. Everyone came dressed as their favorite character, brought props and played out the scenes in the rows of the theater. If you were lucky the theater would have a stage and people got up on that too. Don't forget your water pistol and either newspaper or umbrella. 😉
If you know, you know. Every showing was packed to the limit
We also brought toilet paper but I can't remember when we threw it?
Not just back in the day, there still is.
This movie was originally a play in London, people started viewing it in theaters; they would see it again& again, dressing up as their favorite character. The audience was encouraged to get up & sing/ dance. It was an event! Some theaters have midnight shows.
Fun fact, this is the only Rocky movie in the entire franchise not to star Sylvester Stallone 😂
To really enjoy it, you need to see it in a theater of fans. It was a midnight movie for years.
I love listening to your quizzical thoughts while I know all of it. Beautiful soundtrack. Thanks you two.
Thanks for watching!
Going to a midnight show of this is the best way to watch this. The audience shouts asshole at Brad and slut at Janet.😊
When this came out, it was the height of Glam Rock. Think Kiss, David Bowie, Marc Bolan and T.Rex, Elton John and so many other bands. This film just fir like a glove. None of the subject matter bothered anyone. We would go along to late night screenings dressed as our favourite characters. There were props we all took. Especially rice. Everytime Janet Weiss' name was mentioned, everyone in the audience yelled out rice and threw it in the air. Then everyone would get up and dance to the songs.in the aisles or sometimes jump on stage then run back to your seats. It was not hard to find people who saw this every week. It was an event. Not unusual to see at least 20 people of various shapes and sizes all dressed as Frankie. And the women looked amazing as well. Ah to go back to the 70's just for a month or two. No uptight people. You just went out and had a good time and no one cared because so many others were doing the same thing. I was in my mid 20's and we had a ball.
I live here in NYC and when I was a teenager (in the 80's) going to the 8th Street Playhouse in "The village" a.k.a. Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan was a sort of right of passage. The label today is "outcast", but in my day we were "New Wavers", "Head Bangers", "Punk Rockers" etc. We all had out little circles but events like Rocky Horror brought everyone together, (even the "Normies") for a weird little movie that has since become a cult classic.
Watching this movie with the crowd in the movie theater is an experience :) I kinda had an idea of what was going to happen, but being there and seeing it is another thing. Especially if you're a newbie.
Most of the crowd that are regulars (i.e. they go to see the movie anywhere from every weekend to once a month and dress up as the characters and have umbrellas and squirt guns) have the dialogue memorized and the crowd adds some colorful commentary at certain parts of the movie :) ... in unison. The more daring people get up on the stage in front of the screen and play the characters of the movie. It was a crazy experience and I loved it. I've watched the movie on video a few times over the years and it will never be the same as actually being there.
IF you have a quirky little theater that shows this movie regularly in your area and has "The Crowd" of regulars... GO SEE IT! You'll have a lot of fun!
many times I was a the midnight showings
As likely already noted in some other comments, while you can watch TRHPS at home as you two are doing it really is the proper "cult" experience to see it at the theater with a full-on Rocky Horror audience. There are innumerable callbacks to the screen for various things from the audience, people dressed up in various outfits, and often members of the audience acting out the scenes as they play out on the screen while in front of it, etc and et al. It's a whole thing! lol... Also, though still weird for many viewers today, it was absolutely freaky for most audiences back when it first premiered in 1975.
9:30 That is absolutely Tim Curry's voice! lol -- he originated the role on stage in London. He had a fantastic theatrical singing voice.
Didn't you realise this was initially a stage play? The film was only made because the play was so successful!
Fun Fact: Riff Raff plays the dad on Phineas and Ferb. There's an episode where he watches a horror movie and says, "Well, this isn't right? Where are all the rock 'n' roll musical numbers?" I died and no one understood why.
Also, Tim Curry was so good at this role because he’s been playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in musical theaters for years.
The movie was quite a shocker when it was released, but the theaters started playing it at midnight every weekend... sometimes on the weekday, depending on the season and stuff. I was born in 65 in Denver, and I graduated high school in 83. I started going to the midnight showings when I was a sophomore.. so, in 80. It was running 5 years already by then. 5 years. Crazy thought. But ya, I used to go, not just for the crazy movie... but for the people who dressed in character and would act every scene under the movie screen... also, there were lines the audience would shout out during parts of the movie, and would throw things.. like the marriage scene, everyone would throw rice over everyone... when the car broke down in the rain, people would spray water bottles on everyone for the rain... on and on and on... it was truly one of those rare and never again things where everyone in the theater was actively participating in... and of course, to this day, when the time warp starts, everyone gets up and dances along...lol... Great reaction. Great memories.
It was even more shocking when it started as a theatre production in London before it was filmed as a movie!
@@pobstrelapparently Mick Jagger was famously turned away on the opening night.
saw this at midnight in the theater a few years ago -- everyone was dressed in costume, half were smoking pot, everyone knew all the lines and were saying them throughout the movie -- during the "time warp" people got up and danced in the aisles, they threw rolls of toilet paper in the air at "Great Scott" (scott toilet rolls) -- threw toast in the air during the dinner toast -- weird time, but fun
watched it in 1975 many times they only showed it at midnight and people would dress up like the actors and act out the scenes, all in all a great experience
You haven’t seen Rocky Horror until you’re in a theater full of fans reciting lines and acting out the film! So much fun, used to go to the midnight screenings for a while in high school, do they still do that?
The only way to watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show is at a Midnight screening in a cinema.... full audience participation with cast and call backs.... I did it for years back in the early 90's in Sydney, I played Brad
It's always hilarious to watch someone react to Rocky Horror who has absolutely no idea what they're getting into. That was my first time. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it.
This movie has been running in theaters non-stop since it's release in 1975. Except during that little pause in 2020 when nothing was in the theaters. But still this makes it the longest running film in movie history. It plays in every major city across the planet on the weekends the most. And it has given a voice to the down trodden and different for generations.
Lots of young actors cut their musical teeth early in their careers doing the original stage production "The Rocky Horror Show" the films based on. Russell Crowe starred as Eddy most notably back in Australia when he was just starting out.
with the exception of Rocky (I think), theyre all doing their own singing
1978 UC Theater, Berkeley, Ca. my sister took a 10 year old me...I will never forget it.
I agree with most of the comments - to really experience this, it must be in a theater with major audience participation. Being a little altered doesn't hurt.
This was a phenomenon that happened as a teenager into my 20's & was a cult classic. We used to smoke Cannibis & go to the midnight showing every weekend in the 1970. It was shown in theaters & people used to dress up as the characters as well as there are lines the audience adds between speaking scenes. It launched Meat loaf. For example when they are walking to the Frankenstein Place in the rain. The audience would put newspaper over there head because other people would bring water guns & actually squirt the audience & you would get soaked. I can't give all the examples of it except one other when the guy with the British Accent wore the tux with the collar with no neck we would every time he appeared we'd yell " Hey A**wholes got no neck. Total audience participation. This was like a huge phenomenon. An event. You hadda be there.
"One from the vaults" used to be said by radio deejays playing an older record.
I first saw this movie in 1979...at the base theater, Fort Hood Texas.
It just showed up one Friday night as "Mystery Midnight Show!"
About half of the audience left before the Floor Show...I stayed until the end.
Magical!
Excellent first watch. The cast is hilarious. I am curious if both of you would go to the sing-along interactive cinema experience. If so be sure to say yes when asked if you already seen the film' otherwise the organizers will ask you to come to the front of the screen and single along throughout the singing segments. They do that in Canada. Hail Ladies!
He killed Meatloaf to have Meatloaf, Brad got, Janet got it, Rocky doesn't care. Yummm
This film, I can safely say, helped shape and liberate my personality at a very young age. I’m so glad there are creative, talented, funny, quirky people in the world who appreciate sexy whimsy.
I’ve been going to see this movie around the world since 1979. Richard O’Brien is crazy gifted and Tim Curry is Tim Curry is Tim Curry is Tim Curry. Love!
I saw the Broadway production at the Belasco Theater 1972 also starting Tim Curry.Kind of changed my concept of theater.
I used to be a live stage actor during midnight showings (I played Eddie) there is a reason this movie is the longest running movie in cinema history. You don't just watch the show, but are part of it. The audience participation makes this a truly must experience show.
A fun note: Frankenfurter’s speech before revealing Rocky is taken verbatim from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Terrific fun film ladies. I actually saw a stage version of this on my 18 th birthday in a local theatre a lot of the audience were dressed up lol
The Music and the Play was written by Richard O'Brein who played rif raf. The film is more fun in a crowd. The film is based on the play that started in 1973.
This movie is iconic. For many years into the late 1980s local movie theaters would show this movie at midnight on Friday and Saturday night. I personally do not rewatch the movie, it is not one of my favorites, but it is a legendary movie. Two Hoots for me but I respect the movie and how groundbreaking it was back in the day
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That is actually a real skeleton. A woman had the clock custom made to hold her husband's skeleton.
It's all about the music and Tim Curry chewing up the scenery for me (and for my college roommates when we watched it in 1991).
Funny, 1975 when I was in high school, my sister and I went to see this at the movie theatre in Cape town S Africa, not what we expected but it was different and fun, there were complaints from the church and it was banned a few weeks later.
So sad we all can't travel back to 1979 and see this at the Midnight Movies at a crowded Bush River Rd. Cinemas on Friday night. Oh well...
for me it was the orange mall cinema on tustin avenue. we all had our places to congregate back then. i used to go with my best friend who died 10 years ago this month. i watch the movie at home on halloween every year now. when frank says," a toast to absent friends" i raise my glass for jim RIP.
This film definitely must be experienced in an amenable theater among a seasoned audience that can teach the cheery viewer the ropes, proper cues, and responses.
It might help to know that The Rocky Horror Show was a stage musical before it was adapted to the silver screen. It's also a love letter to 1950s "B" movies. You're also missing out of much of the charm if you don't get the audience participation experience from a theatrical midnight showing.
I can't say how it was in the 70s. But in the late 80s I saw it for the first time as a teen. I went to a late night screening of it with my girlfriend who hadn't seen it before either. We ended up near the back row with all the seasoned fans and had a wonderful time.
What made this a cult classic was that they would show this on Friday and Saturday nights at a theater and people were encouraged to dress as their favorite characters and participate with the movie and the songs. And don’t forget the toast. Unfortunately I was too young to go to any of the showings. They showed it for about ten years or so . I think it holds a record for being the longest running movie in theaters.
I can testify to their being a midnight showing in my town as late as 1995. The same theater did a midnight showing of possibly my favorite movie, "The Holy Grail", that I went to instead.
32:33 The film actually bombed when it was released.
It didn't become popular until theaters started playing it at midnight, and people kept coming back to see it again. This is how "callbacks" were born. When you see the same film over and over, it is easy to come up with clever and humorous lines to shout out during the film.
2 intelligent cutie pies! Who would've thunk it?!
Audience participation was the best part at midnight showings at Oak Park Mall. My daughter took me to a recent showing but it wasn't as fun because actors with mics doing the lines were narrating the movie.
I saw Rocky Horror 152 times from 1980 to 84. Mostly 80 through 82. It was at the Alabama theater in Houston!! I miss those days!!😢😢
Meatloaf's character was Eddie. Eddie was an old flame of Dr. Frank-n-Furter. Eddie fell in love with the girl in gold and the Dr. became jealous and ended up using him for parts to make Rocky (part of his brain). When Dr. Scott shows up (the guy in the wheelchair) it is because he is looking for his nephew... Eddie.
Eddie is the embodiment of the arts and creativity using rock and roll as his identity. He passes the torch (Sax) to Brad in an effort to keep it alive in the face of - we know the rest.
Hi F.O.LE. Brad was played by Barry Bostwick. You may have recognized him as the Mayor from the TV show ‘Spin City’ starring Michael J Fox.
I can't remember the last time I watched this. I wasn't part of the "scene" in the 70s-80s, but it was on heavy rotation at midnight movies and I saw it at least twice in theaters and another couple times on cable-probably 1985 last time? I can't say I liked it the first time, but I went with the flow, and it grew on me. You were uncool if you didn't "get" it. It was a huge part of pop culture for a long time.
The overlooked part of the Rocky Horror experience was waiting in line on the street, in the dark, in costume, with a couple of hundred of your close, personal friends or complete strangers (same thing) until the theatre opened for the midnight show. ❤
Oh yeah!
This is a cult classic from the old days. It works best in a second run theater with everyone in the audience on board. People would sing along and dance in the theater. This was often a midnight show back in the day. It has not aged well because people and times have changed. I went once in the ‘70s but I did not like it that much, it was just too weird for me as a typical high school student more interested in sports and girls than transvestites. It was a movie that oddballs and eccentrics liked back in the 70s and 80s.
I think they were really trying hard to make this movie as close to the Stage play/musical as possible. So a lot of things like Frank N Furter (Tim Curry) talking to the camera or when he sings to the (EMPTY) audience at the end was in a way trying to Mirror the Actors performing to a live audience. Audiences back in the 70's surely didn't realize what they were trying to do in this movie. Ironically it's like youtube creators recording videos for their audience making them feel part of the experience. 😎
I saw this Movie in College in the 1980's. The Student Union Had a Projector screen and the Audience participated by singing along and Toasted Bread. The Audience had a bunch of props to use when it got to that part of the Movie
Such fun times back then I want to go back, can’t believe it’s nearly 50! Still holds up for what it is, thankful for your reactions it’s too bad you can’t experience all these great movies in a packed theater, they were all a fun experience whether the movie was good or bad, thanks yall!
Magenta's hair style at the end is based on the 1940's Bride of Frankenstein a hair style that has popped up in several movies
The "butler" who answered the door, played by Richard O'Brian, is the one who wrote the play/musical and all the songs for this.
I went to the midnight showings of this movie all throughout High School in the mid-late 80s. Tons of fun.
At least we see him again in Flash Gordon. :)
The tank and dummy are the same props used in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958).
"Damn it Janet"
all songs were written by Richard O'Brian who played Riff the Butler.
This was fun. A million years ago. It was in theatres, special theaters that often ran it Saturdays at midnight, the famous midnight screenings that invited everyone to dress weirdly and behave weirdly, the adult show that was somehow silly and cartoonish enough and “monster movie” enough to somehow be accessible for teenagers. The geeks and weirdos came out and put on their own shows. It was a theatrical invitation.
It's still in theatres and has the same thing happening.
Funny story - for a long time this movie wasn't available on video because it was still playing in theaters, here in the US. But, if you knew the right people you could get the Japanese VHS, complete with Kanji subtitles. These illegally smuggled tapes were like gold among the fans.
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Saw this movie a while back. Think my mother picked it up from the library when it was on VHS and told me to check it out. For sure, everyone can agree that Tim Curry is really good at being weird. Tim Curry is one of my top picks for actors and Susan Sarandon is awesome too. Even though this film is not my bag can respect the creativity behind it.
I'm into this film from the beginning up to the "Time Warp" song, which is my favorite, then it completely loses me and I'm bored to tears. Half the cultish nature of the film is it's a participation experience where the audience talks back to the movie, and sometimes audience members even run to the front of the theater to act out the film as it plays.
My wife and I discovered it with the movie "Fame" (the original, not the lame remake) where a couple attends a screening of it. In the movie, the audience seems to have canonical scripted lines they shout back. We went and saw "Rocky Horror" at the theater in Salt Lake City, and it was nothing like in "Fame." It was basically a free-for-all where the audience shouted whatever the hell they felt like shouting. Except during the scenes of the professor explaining stuff where they'd all continually shout "Boring! Boring!" until the scene ended.
By the way, I strongly recommend reacting to "Fame" (1980). It's one of the movies on my list of films I can watch over and over and never get tired of it. In fact, talking about it makes me want to pop in the disk and watch it again. It's a musical following the academic career of a handful of students at a New York City performing arts high school with an ensemble cast including Irene Cara who sang the theme song to "Flashdance" and who tragically died two years ago at age 63. I mourned that day.
I don't know how many times I saw this movie back in the day. I lost count at about 200
Rubber glove, hotdogs, Scott toilet paper, squirt gun, rice, newspaper... These were a few of the items you had to bring to the theater when you went to watch this movie.
Don't forget the toast 🍞🍞🍞😂😂😂
Cards for sorrow, cards for paaaaaaain...
It was playing in the theaters every halloween before I was old enough to go. People dressed up and repeated the lines etc
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You MUST see this in a theatre where the cult performs in the theatre!!!
The original UK release features the song Super Heroes which does tie up a lot of the feelings about the show quite nicely (just before the end titles). However the US distributor thought that this song was too depressing and had it cut, a tradition which most current streaming services follow. The lament for a lost age of RKO serials is worth checking out (although I suspect most modern audiences would be generally unfamiliar with the source material that was listed in the opening credits).
The play was quite successful, with multiple productions in London (at smaller converted cinema venues) and a New York production. leading to interest in making the film. The film was a sleeper hit until it developed an active cult following from repeated late night screenings in smaller cinemas, with active audience participation (which does vary by region) and cosplay elements. It's really the way it should be experienced (although performing it is great fun too). The "sequel," trying to cash in on this cult following, was less successful.
Rocky Horror was originally written as a 'B' grade parody , of early 'B' grade movies ... It has references to many early movies...
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it is Tim singing; he did the play before the movie.
There is a scene in the movie FAME, which gives a good sense of what it was like to see with an experienced crowd back in the day.
Actor Tim Curry was also a hit music artist, listen to "I do the rock".
The mouth at the start is the french maid in the time warp song.