I WASN'T READY FOR THIS... The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) REACTION

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[@vandergrad]

From "I'm totally confused" to "I could do this dance" to "I wanna join their gang!" to "Yes! Slay!" to "I feel so filthy watching this but I kinda like it." ..... Welcome to Rocky Horror Picture Show fandom, Trixy Blue!! --- Also, just like when reading Shakespeare, if a line in this movie can be taken in a sexual way, you should assume it was absolutely meant in a sexual way.

[@kerryjacoby9438]

Sorry to say, but she doesn't seem to have even tried to understand this movie. She's like one of those people that looks at an abstract painting and asks "is it upside down?"

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

My Pop and I used to go to every "monster" movie ever made. One day in June of 1978, I was 14, and Pop took me to see RHPS at midnight at the Falls Theatre. I have no idea how he reacted to the film-he was in back with the virgins. I was in the front row having my life changed. Within a month I was in the stage show and even toured with a local production. Was in the cast for five years. That movie literally gave my life a framework. Long live RHPS.

[@egrffin8534]

@@kerryjacoby9438 relax that's how everyone got to know the movie, most of them took 20 yrs to become fans of this movie.!

[@robertkramer2271]

I'm a purist. You can watch it at home but you're still a "virgin" until you see it in a theater with a crowd.

[@pamela74h]

I lost my Rocky horror show virginity in the 95

[@theoneandonlyoni]

I don’t think anyone’s really ready for their first Rocky Horror experience...😉

[@procrastinator99]

Yeah, there really isn't any way to get ready, you just have to experience it.

[@theoneandonlyoni]

My sister worked at Blockbuster Video in the 90s, and came home with a copy of Rocky Horror when I was like 10 or 11. I’m thinking, I like Rocky, good Boxing film.. I’m into Horror, Halloween, Jason, Freddy, and such.. Tim Curry, classic, Legend, Clue, Pennywise... No F#€King Idea what I had in store for 11 year old me.. I’m super glad I watched it now, I get all the references and everything.. It’s kinda like watching the WHO’s TOMMY for the first time, it just washes over you, and you’re along for a crazy ride...

[@johnplaysgames3120]

ikr? Going to RHPS for the first time and seeing Mr. Bungle live for the first time (knowing nothing about their music beyond the fact that FNM's Mike Patton was their singer) were the two most jarring first experiences I've ever had with entertainment. And I instantly (and forever) fell in love with both of them.

[@Dingydoughnut]

My first experience with no prior knowledge of it was a theater production and I was so confused when audience member were barking n meowing n howling n interacting with the Performance. I thought maybe there were actors in the audience as well because more than a few people were dressed up. It was absolutely fantastic! Found out its a movie n have rewatched it so many times. I wasn't ready.

[@Gerilyn2003]

Can't really get it sitting alone though.

[@paulobrien9572]

Blue this movie had a HUGE cult following for years and is easily the most famous midnight movie event of all time. People would dress up their favorite character and bring props like rice (not sand), or dance like the Time Warp. Audience members would take turns acting out the scenes when their character had an important scene in the movie. This went on for years and still has midnight showings all over the U.S. to this day.

[@patmolinie2529]

in Paris too ;)

[@253NYCWEST]

A toast - and throwing toast, newspapers over head during the rain scene, anticip. “Say it, say it” ation. Throwing toilet paper… oh the memories.

[@paulobrien9572]

@@253NYCWEST I know too many to possibly list I chose ones Blue mentioned

[@jeremygilbert7989]

Indeed. Portland, OR has one that's been going on every Saturday for decades. Even during Covid, when everything was shut down, they still did private performances with and for the actors and their families every Saturday during lockdown to keep the trend alive. Some dedicated folks; I hope to be able to make it to one myself someday.

[@andrewcharles459]

It ran at the Roxy Theatre in Toronto for seven years straight from '76 to '83.

[@Logan-ed4pu]

3:57 "why does he have a pitchfork?" It's a take on the painting entitled "American Gothic." 29:46 "I don't want to know what the consistency of this water's going to be like." And I'm on the floor laughing. 30:35 Yep, if you go back you'll see him, Frank N. Furter, and Magenta all standing in the back of the picture. 34:35 Meatloaf is actually a rock music legend, and had a lot of great music up until his death earlier this year.

[@vandergrad]

"A graveyard? Next to a wedding?" -- Many old, rural churches in America had a graveyard right next to them where the local residents would be buried. It not only made logistical sense, but it was considered "hallowed ground". And yes, churches also book back-to-back events over the weekend so you might have a wedding, then a funeral service next. I never thought it sounded weird until now, lol.

[@Logan-ed4pu]

@@vandergrad I grew up in rural Kansas, and I'm in the same boat. Never sounded weird until she brought it up lol.

[@okccuster]

One more: 'Rice' is what's being thrown at the wedding.

[@johnnehrich9601]

@@vandergrad Yes, for centuries, you got buried next to a church. However, you had to be a member of that church. In fact, the very wealthy nobility were buried IN the church, often under the floor. As cities grew in size and crowding during the Industrial Revolution, church property became too valuable for graveyards. In the 19th century, the "rural cemetery" concept arose, a large area of land just outside the city, where anyone could be buried no matter what religion they practiced, if at all. In Victorian times, with the rise of street cars, families were often take picnic lunches and stroll around the rural cemetery - seems ghoulish to us to day but with limited transportation, the cemetery was a practical trip within range to escape the city confines for a day.

[@Card1974]

19:49 Why does Riff-Raff torment Rocky with the candelabrum? Because that's what the sadistic henchman did in the original Frankenstein (1931). 32:11 This is obviously a callback to King Kong (1933) as Rocky climbs the RKO mast with the damsel. Also, Rocky is mute and can sing only during his intro, "The Sword of Damocles" and "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me". Poor Peter Hinwood, he only agreed to this role as he needed some cash and nobody was going to see this weird low-budget film anyway...

[@RLKmedic0315]

In order to fully experience "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" you have to go to a real theater with a live cast acting out and spoofing the movie while it is playing on screen. The audience participation, the responses you yell at the screen, throwing rice at the wedding, throwing hotdogs... and so much more. It is an experience, not just a movie.

[@Hardrock1a]

Yeah, blows a lot of virgins minds! 😂squirt guns and newspapers for the 🌧 😅

[@felixfungle-bung4688]

Landmark Denver

[@toastnjam7384]

I was going to say these were the first Cosplay events, but I found the first was the early World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcon) beginning at the first in 1939.

[@RLKmedic0315]

@@toastnjam7384 many many moons ago (I'm 50, this was when I was 21-22) I was part of a Rocky Horror cast in Charlotte NC, we did the show every Friday night at midnight. I played Rocky. My costume consisted of gold lame' boxer shorts, later supplemented with a bustier and feather boa. To this day I am shocked at how many dates I got because of that show, lol.

[@paulquatieri5624]

I saw this at the Harvard Theatre (midnight show) in 1985. The drama students from Harvard acted out the entire movie on stage in isles while the audience threw stuff and yelled stuff at the screen, audience and actors. It was a memorable experience lots of fun!! Thank you for your review keep them coming your comments are fun. thank you for growing out that blue hair (it made you look like a crazy person)

[@tfe1788]

Tim Curry, no matter the film, gives it he's all. Home Alone, It, Annie, Clue, Legend and Rocky Horror

[@islandseeker1260]

Meatloaf playing the character Eddie, and then being eaten as meatloaf at the dinner party, was my favourite gag in this Picture Show.

[@puppyash9656]

"That's a rather tender subject. Another slice anyone?"

[@lambowolf]

Also, keep in mind, this movie represents many things. A throw back to the Sci-Fi/Horror movies of the 50s, rock and roll musicals, and the change of sexual attitudes within the culture. The first song makes so many references to classic movies. The basic plot is aliens are creating a Frankenstein monster movie as a rock and roll musical with very pushing sexual themes for its time. However, if you ever do see it in a theater with a live audience, you have to. A fan cast going through the motions, everyone going down towards the front of the theater to dance to the Time Warp, throwing rice at the wedding scene.. shooting water pistols during the Brad/Janet rain scene.. The audience yelling particular dialogue at various moments of the movie.

[@markadams3976]

and Rocky's death harks back to King Kong being shot on the Empire State building - which was an RKO movie release.

[@logandarklighter]

@@markadams3976 Thus the RKO lettering on the tower, of course. 😃 (Edit - Damned auto-complete - changed "lettering" to "letting" before I looked at it again. :P )

[@markadams3976]

@@logandarklighter Yes the transmission tower and lettering was the RKO logo which appeared at the start of every RKO movie

[@Lucien86]

TRHPS did push the barrier but wasn't pushing that hard. Came from the 70's. There was an incredibly liberal sexual culture at the time.. Hippies, communal living, group sex, free love, psychedelics, transcendental religion. Long before the fundamentalists started reinfecting everyone with puritanism. Rocky Horror gets a lot from the New York 'scene' - which is a big part of why it has a weird reality & feels so different to anything else.

[@wyterabitt2149]

@@Lucien86 I must have missed all the massive amounts of mainstream films where this was normal back then.

[@mcbeezee2120]

47 years, and this flick still entertains.

[@FeaturingRob]

This was a stage musical first, and Tim Curry (Frank N. Furter) and Meat Loaf (Eddie) were both in the first American cast. This was Tim's real big break and he went on to have an amazing career in film, television, and theater. Among his roles: Cardinal Richelieu in 'The Three Musketeers' (1993), Dr. Petrov in 'The Hunt For Red October', Rooster in 'Annie', Wadsworth in 'Clue: the Movie', and Darkness in 'Legend' in films. He also originated Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opposite Ian McKellen as Antonio Sallieri in the Broadway production of 'Amadeus', and King Arthur in 'Spamalot', the musical version of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. A couple of years ago, Tim suffered a stroke and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Meat Loaf (real name Marvin Lee Adday) created Eddie AND Dr. Scott in the stage version. While Meat Loaf continued to make movies (Fight Club being one of the biggest), he was mainly known for his music with songwriter Jim Steinman with the huge-selling rock albums Bat Out Of Hell', ' Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell', and 'Bat Out Of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose', which combined have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Among his hits "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)", "Paradise by The Dashboard Light", 'Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad", "Life Is A Lemon (And I Want My Money Back)", "Rock And Roll Dreams Come True", "Heaven Can Wait", and "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste" (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Steinman). Meat Loaf passed away in January of this year.

[@candidshadowcollections6670]

I mean, all of this is true, but we all know Tim Curry is really famous for his role as Premier Anatoly Cherdenko in C&C: Red Alert 3

[@xminusone1]

I've seen Meat loaf live somewhere in the 90's. He was with the singer who is working with him and I don't remember her name as he was referring to her as "Ms loud" it was an amazingly good show. Uber singer and very theatrical too. He seems to live his songs. The late 80's and the 90's was a very busy time for me. I still have the ticket for all the shows I've saw in a scrapbook somewhere. I still wonder how I ended up passing my finals in engineering.

[@xminusone1]

@@candidshadowcollections6670 Red alert (the movie) was a very good movie too.

[@ingobordewick6480]

You forgot Stephen Kings "IT" where he plays Pennywise the clown. (The first movie adaptation)

[@brentderamus8373]

@@candidshadowcollections6670 and Muppet Treasure Island…

[@dracoargentum9783]

Rocky Horror Picture Show is an audience participation movie; There is an entire production the audience does in response, I wonder if somewhere there is a youtube of an example.

[@jimglenn6972]

The first time I saw this was after my high school prom. I wore a black tuxedo and my date had on a white dress and we were admitted free of charge because (unknown to us) we were dressed and a Bride & Groom. Great time.

[@markwilliams6394]

What's for dinner?.....Meatloaf!!

[@sagebushlarry]

I remember going to it in 1978. It was an experience. The audience was more entertaining than the movie by far.

[@jamesu1540]

@@markwilliams6394 rather a tender subject.....another slice anyone?

[@markwilliams6394]

@@sagebushlarry Me too. I saw it in 1978 also (midnight movie) when I was 13 and yes being there with audience participation is far more entertaining than the actual movie.

[@jimglenn6972]

Great movie! Yes, Meatloaf is well-known. He died within the past year and he was a musician and performer and was well loved. You should check out his music video “Paradise by the Dashboard Lights”. It is hilarious! Luv ya…

[@marcusthrun3887]

Let me sleep on it, 😂😂😂

[@xminusone1]

It's a pretty good song too.

[@kerryjacoby9438]

Meatloaf was a Boss. "Now I'm praying for the end of time, it's all that I can do. Praying for the end of time so I can end...my time...with you!" One of the best lyrics of all time.

[@glennallen239]

I am 58 years old. This movie was iconic! In the 1980's this movie played at my college in a large room in the Student Union. It was shown on a projector Screen that was a portable one. The College provided props that were used and thrown at the Screen at the appropriate time. It was a popular audience participation Movie. It was great seeing Meatloaf in the Movie!

[@jacobvardy]

We did it as a high school (yr 12) musical in the late '90s. I got to play Rocky and the Narrator. So much fun.

[@GroovingPict]

Tim Curry, who plays Frank-N-Furter here, also played Pennywise the clown in the original movie adaptation of Stephen King's "It". Which is also a movie that fits this month's theme if you havent seen it already :) fun fact: in the opening song, the mouth/lips is of the actress who played Magenta, but the voice singing is actually that of Richard O'Brien (who played Riff-Raff), and he's also the creator behind this. This was a stage production before becoming a movie, and in the stage production Magenta sang the opening song, so she was pretty miffed when she wasnt allowed to sing it for the movie adaptation. But what can you do when the author of the work insists on singing it himself :p Here he is singing an acoustic version of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp3cqKmOj7h2fKs I believe that's from the extra material on the original dvd release of this in the 90s. It's also nice because it shows clips from all the classic horror movies referenced in the song :)

[@boki1693]

Tim Curry was also one of the thieves in Home Alone. He also had a one hit wonder song. "I do the Rock."

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

@@boki1693 He was not a thief. He was the Hotel manager in Home Alone 2. He was however The Devil in "Legend" with Tom Cruise and Mia Sara.

[@boki1693]

@@Deathbird_Mitch Thanks I confused him with Joe Pesci for some reason.

[@alanholck7995]

He had a Stroke 2012; since then he has only done voice work.

[@Wyrmksc]

He also voices Hexxus, the smoke/pollution monster from FernGully: The Last Rainforest. Tim Curry and Robin Williams in the same movie! Tim Curry did play the Criminologist in the live TV remake of Rocky Horror a few years back.

[@kindredsoul79]

I watched this first when I was on a church trip. It was one of the in-bus DVDs. Changed my life.

[@glennsamson3050]

Written by the actor who played the Buttler originally as a stage play and in New Zealand during the 1990s a former prime minister was in the cast as the narrator. Loved watching your reaction. 😂

[@MontgomeryWenis]

•Rice used to be thrown on the wedding party after weddings. •The guy with the pitchfork is a reference to the very famous painting known as _American Gothic._ •Graveyards are found next to lots of churches, especially the older ones. Makes the trip from the funeral to the grave much quicker.

[@DylansPen]

This was shown at midnight viewings in theaters for years after it released. I remember going to one and half of the crowd were dressed as the characters, what today's gen would call cosplay. And it was a huge party in the theater, popcorn being throw everywhere, rice, and as loud as it gets, people sang along with it and reacted to it.

[@tkurz3071]

Still does, I have tickets for a showing this Friday at 11:59 p.m. I will be dressing as Eddie. I do it every year.

[@DylansPen]

@@tkurz3071 Really that is still happening today? Crazy, I remember this from way back. This film really strikes a nerve with many people that's cool.

[@mattmelis762]

Yeah, it still regularly screens in dozens of theaters across the country, many with shadowcasts.

[@nightthornkvala94132]

I've been seeing it advertised here in Sacramento, CA. I'd love to go but I'm saving for a rather expensive 65th birthday celebration next summer -- Amtrak, motel, VIP concert ticket -- and I'm determined to make up for my 60th, which was ruined by a broken ankle. I used to go to San Francisco's Strand Theater on Market Street. That's the main downtown street, with tall building lining the street, acting as a wind tunnel. I went as Janet, in bra, stockings, and half-slip, freezing in the wind whipping down the street at 11:30 at night, even with my dad's white button-down shirt. Once I got "hired" as unofficial security (simply keeping people downstairs, out of the balcony, until the pre-film cartoons started -- no pay but I got in for free whenever I wanted) I didn't have to stand in line anymore and I got to view the theater's widely varied genres of movies.

[@LadyBeyondTheWall]

@@DylansPen Absolutely! It's the longest running theatrical release in film history, since it's been playing in some theaters somewhere ever since 1975. It basically never stopped playing, so it's been in theaters for 47 years. 😂 It's an awesome record to hold, and it makes sense it would be the one to do it since there's an entire culture around going to see it at any point in the year, not even just around Halloween. Even my tiny town had Rocky Horror at midnight on Saturdays for a really long time until the entire theater shut down. I'm sure most cities have it playing at some theater on weekends.

[@donsample1002]

“Is that a turkey?” No, it’s Meatloaf.

[@BryanH63]

I used to go see this EVERY Saturday night at Midnight for years. I would jump up by the scream and trip Columbia during her dance on Time Warp. This is a MUST SEE with a crowd interacting and shouting at the screen... TOTALLY different experience

[@theAkildare]

Meat Loaf was his stage name. Sadly he past away this year. He is a rock legend.

[@wheelz8240]

RIP Michael Lee Aday.

[@valjean76]

his name was Robert Paulson.

[@markadams3976]

Charles Gray (the narrator) holds the unusual distinction of playing both a good guy (Henderson in You Only Live Twice) and a bad guy (Blofeld in Diamonds are Forever) in different James Bond movies.

[@daverhoden445]

I forgot that he played Henderson.

[@benmiller3252]

His portrayal of Blofeld was different to Donald Pleasence, Telly Savalas and Christoph Waltz

[@jannneumann5766]

Charles Gray was also great in the 1968 British horror movie "The Devil Rides Out" where he plays a character based on the occultist Aleister Crowley..

[@puppyash9656]

Diamonds are forever is a wonderfully camp outing in the Bond universe. It is more of a comedic romp, than a serious Bond movie. Highly recommended for a delightful and relaxed take on the Bond movies.

[@numberonefilmfan]

Not to mention Mycroft Holmes opposite Jeremy Brett on Tv.

[@samcrenshaw8171]

Your reaction to this was hilarious. Back in the 80s, we used to go every Friday night at midnight to see this and had so much fun, and met so many cool friends.

[@darrenl3289]

One of Tim Curry's legendary roles. It throws so many people off when they realize Pennywise from It, The Darkness from Legend, the butler from Clue, and Dr. Frankenfurter are the same guy lol

[@elizabethstrong6057]

And also the hotel concierge in Home Alone 2 :)

[@auricstorm]

And Hexxus from Fern Gully, and Nigel Thornberry

[@linus6443]

My Dad wrote and created The Rocky Horror Show. I have to say that your reaction was by far the best I've seen. It was so much fun to see your hilarious reactions to some of the scenes.

[@bradleyrogers8073]

If you like this movie, you have to experience it at the theater. There are usually midnight showings in most major cities especially in October. Do a search, grab some friends and then go have a great time. Get there early because it will probably be a sold out showing. Use to go every Saturday night. It was a ritual for a group of us.

[@kevincinnamontoast3669]

Its been playing in movie theaters since 1975. Still playing.

[@ThePorpoisepower]

29:20 Little Nell (Columbia) is actually wearing her corset upside down, which is why she popped out. She also made a very targeted hole in her pajamas for her to pop out during Eddy's Teddy. (Patricia Quinn's story).

[@crawdaddy2004]

Blue says, “I have so many questions.” My immediate thought, “And none of them will be answered.”

[@ghstdnsr]

One of Tim Curry's best roles but then again he can do any kind of role.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

He was perfect as Frank. He went right to the edge without going "over the top". Not too restrained, but not straying into silliness.

[@auricstorm]

Fern gully is always a niche gem

[@Notric]

Saw a live show of this with Tim Curry, it was the best bit of theatre I have ever seen. Many in the audience were in costume. I would go again.

[@jeremyortiz2927]

Back in the '90s, I acted in this show at a theater playing several parts over a few years. Always a fun time especially with full audience participation.

[@wolf9walker]

Btw Tim curry has had a lot of great movies in his career. You should check some out. My favorites is The Three Musketeers (1993), clue (1985) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996).

[@RonHeartsMe]

I’ve been going to see this live almost every year since I was 16 (I’m 32 now). There’s honestly nothing like experiencing the audience participation in this movie. Getting to throw props, yelling out lines (my favorite is ‘don’t lift up that curtain, there’s tacky music under there!’), dressing up….it’s just so much fun.

[@auricstorm]

Narrator mentions a thunderstorm Audience "tell us about your balls" Narrator "dark, heavy, and black"

[@quixote6942]

"In the Beginning, There were Lips... And they were Good!" YES... The Man and 2 Women working at the Church were Riff Raff, Columbia and Magenta. And the Pastor was DR. FRANKENFURTER! This was THE TOP TEN Reactions of the Year! Thank you, Trixie!

[@Kaylakaze]

If you want another really good horror musical, I recommend Repo: The Genetic Opera. There are some scenes in it that remind me a lot of Rocky Horror.

[@MrAitraining]

The album to this was gigantic. I asked for it for Christmas when I was a kid and if you saw the cover front and back, you'd understand why my parents were like WTF? Forget it when I actually put it on the stereo lol

[@astroworfcraig9164]

Good thing they didn't see the picture disc.

[@xminusone1]

@@astroworfcraig9164 😆

[@royfisher8556]

This is a great movie. Great cast, great songs, cult status. Love your reaction.

[@benmiller3252]

That's Charles Gray who was in two James Bond movies. He played Henderson in You Only Live Twice and Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever

[@martinperry5072]

You don't have to feel dirty watching this. The plot is straight from Classical Greek theatre, the theme being what happens when mortals, even aliens, dare to be like the Gods, with no limit or consequences to their behaviour. You can basically imagine yourself at the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, watching the latest play from Sophocles or Aristophanes.

[@terrylandess6072]

I saw quite a few 'deeper' meanings. Brad and Janet were engaged and on their way to speak with Dr. Scott for advice (science), but having a flat tire caused them to be stranded and philosophically it could be interpreted they 'never left the car' and began exploring their new options (nature) with Frankenfurter being the embodiment of several religious taboos. It just keeps getting crazier if one allows their inner self to associate all the actions on screen as pure symbolism. "I'll remove the cause, but not the symptom" is a strong commentary on the nature of reproduction and life in general.

[@jayman58016]

Tim Curry is an absolute legend!

[@hk43xx]

This should give Blue some interesting ideas for picture sets.

[@Erickson1971]

Rocky Horror is so awesome!! Thank you for posting such amazing Halloween content!! You’re literally the best!! ❤

[@duncanheron-brown4810]

Love love love this movie and your reaction, so happy to see you enjoyed it as some people do find it a little (very) strange. Have you ever seen Home Alone 2? Tim Curry played the hotel concierge, you won’t be able to watch Home Alone again now without imagining him wearing a lace corset 😂

[@MrDootDali]

I love your line: "and that's how kinks are born"!

[@ohauss]

"I enjoyed it because it kept me.... stimulated". Now there's a double entendre if ever there was one....

[@craigplatel813]

Frankfurter didn't like Eddie because he wanted him for himself but Eddie and little Nell had a fling so frankernfurter put him on ice. Background not shown in the movie.

[@Greenwood4727]

this film IS the definition of CULT Classic, glad to see you reacting

[@JDarksyteWD]

To answer another question about the wedding: they're throwing rice, which is a tradition at some weddings. Basically goes back to old wishes and hopes/blessings for good fortune for the newly-wedded couple.

[@rhwinner]

I remember being dragged to this by a girl that I was trying to date back in high school. It was actually quite fun. Everyone used to get dressed up like the characters back then, and scream out the line before it happened on the screen. It was very festive! 😄❤️

[@alejandrorivas4585]

We still do :)

[@terencecarroll1812]

The guy who opened the castle door actually wrote this

[@douglascampbell9809]

The fact that you don't know who Meatloaf was is crazy. He was an American rock singer/actor who has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The single of "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)".

[@colej.banning2419]

I don't think anyone's ever concluded the Criminologist was an alien before.

[@krispurdy78]

American tradition is to throw rice after the wedding. No clue why though. Also it's common for some churches to have graveyards right on their property. I went to a baptist church in the country and you had to drive through the graveyard to get to the church directly behind it.

[@JBWinter]

In some older churches around here, I've seen the graveyard outgrow it's plot til it half encircles the main building

[@daleclark2376]

Mid 80's, Knoxville, Tennessee, the Terrace Tap House Theater! Every Friday night for about two years. We could get cocktails and smoke and watch Rocky, complete with stage performances and audience participation; it was awesome! Thanks for this one, Blue. Great job, as always. Luv ya!✌️❤️

[@Tampahop]

Sometimes it feels like the whole world has become the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[@dansiegel995]

There was always a race to run to the screen at the theater, during the wedding church musical scene, for someone to stand where the pitchfork was thrown. The person would feign getting stabbed and fall dead. The cool thing is it was always respectful, if it looked like you wouldnt get there first, everyone else would back down to make sure the person who did, had a great performance. I went to see it in theaters about 20 times, and I tried for the pitchfork positions about 10....I made it once, and its was COOL AF!

[@logandarklighter]

Now that I've seen Men in Black again recently AND this - I remember that the first time I saw Men in Black and they meet Frank the Pug, J mistakes the guy NEXT to him as the alien they want to talk to. (He probably WAS an alien - just not the guy they wanted) And what I remember clearly was my reaction - "HEY!! It's RIFF RAFF!!! What's HE doing here?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@ichmeiner4531]

I saw it 4 times in my local theater, performed live by an amazing crew from London. Those evenings absolutely make it to my top ten best nights of my life. Most of the audience was dressed up in corsets, heels and with heavy makeup - yes, men, too, a lot were better dressed than their girls. People brought rice, paper plates, toilet paper, water balloons, little umbrellas and toast. And made good use of all of it, the theater was a mess (at the entrance was a huge tip jar for the cleaning staff, it got pretty full by the end of the night). The narrator was hilarious and engaged in ridiculous banter with the audience. During the intermission, some of the cast members sat on the edge of the stage, joked with the people, criticized outfits etc. If you ever get the chance to see it live, you have to go. Put on an outfit you'd usually wouldn't dare to wear, but always wanted to. It will be a night you'll remember forever.

[@bennyfactor1]

I went to one of the first performances of the stage play in 73 on the Kings Road in London. It was put on in a derelict cinema and the stage show portion is a near replica of the cinema, with all the action being the same as in the movie. The actors playing Rocky, the two girls, Riff Raff and Dr Scott were all in the play. It was a hot ticket at the time as nothing like this had been put on the stage before. This was in the days long before the responses became part of the show,

[@JustSir430]

If you can ever find one, go to a live performance. They used to show the movie at the Midnight Movie Express in Jacksonville Florida and there were always live actors which acted along with the movie. Lots of audience participation. It was a blast.

[@Vort317545]

Well Blue in the USA for the longest time we would go to the midnight showing dress as our favorite characters in the movie and re enacted the whole movie in the isles of the theater!! It was the highlight of being a teenager in the 70s and 80s. 🤪

[@KestralWolfe]

Tim Curry is everything. As someone who was on cast for four years, I can't help doing our old lines to everything. XD

[@irreverendian5581]

Your reactions to this were priceless, its a great blast and the references are clever and deep and keep on giving. I just would ask you to imagine yourself in the audience for the very first night of the original stage production... 19th June 1973, or even earlier at the two pre-run performances... imagine the mores and morals of society then... and now imagine what takes place in front of your eyes. If you are 30 on that first night, you were born during the second world war, a year before D-Day... WTF!!

[@Myndir]

"It will help me out with my experiment." Frank N Furter: "How lovely..."

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

"No one expects the Sexual Liberation!"

[@doctorteethomega]

I got a lot of joy from seeing your reaction. I played as a partygoer in a performance of this in the late 90's. It was exactly as crazy as you would think. One of my fondest memories.

[@billbabcock1833]

My brother and his wife went to a lot of midnight showings of this and did the audience participation. I went with them once. It was insane with all those people singing, dancing, throwing toast.

[@OronOfMontreal]

Trixy, as others have mentioned, you have NOT TRULY experienced the Rocky Horror Picture Show, until you have seen it at the local cinema, Midnight showing or not. There is a pre-movie costume contest. People bring props to throw around, umbrellas to open, they yell at the characters on-screen when it is time to do so. THAT is the real Rocky Horror Show. I am not a part of this culture but I was a kid in 1975, upon the movie's release. I finally saw it in 1984 or 85, in one of Montreal's largest cinema's, downtown. The Seville Festival Cinema had announced that it was closing down -- the landlord was turning the property into a mall, ugh. I sat at the back of the upstairs balcony. An elderly German couple made their way up toward where I sat, but they could not find seats together. They were dressed up just like it was still the elegant 1930s. Madame sat next to me, while Monsieur had to sit two or three rows in front of us. As the audience began to vocally and physically participate in the show, the old lady looked in dismay all around her, trying to avoid the flying rice and the thrown toast and water, muttering to herself in her accent, "Vat eez zees? Vhy are zey srowing theengs in ze air, like zat?" As the audience participation grew stronger, she muttered words like "Aneemals" and looked fearful for her well-being. Between songs, I took it upon myself to lean in and ask her how she and her husband had known to come see this movie. She wasn't sure what I meant, so I prodded, "Did you and your husband hear about this film, on the News, perhaps?" They had, she admitted. "Well", I went on, "the reason this movie is famous for decades and on the News, is because of how the audience participates with the characters and the story, as it progresses." The next song began, the audience sang along, kept enjoying itself, and I didn't know if I had helped the poor old woman. After about the fifth song, the woman's husband came stomping up the steps to our row, and proclaimed, "Come on, ve arrre goink. Zees eez crrrazy and I cannot stand to be herre one more moment!" I thought she would be relieved, but instead, my explanation had had a wonderful, loosening effect upon her. Not only did Madame disagree with Monsieur, but she actually pleaded, "Oh, nooo, I vant to stay! Pleeease, eet eez so much fun!" "NO! Ve are goink! "Pleeeeease, please let us stay." "Come on, enough... Now!" And the poor old lady had to get up and drearily follow her husband down the steps of the Seville's balcony, to the upstairs lobby and out of that magnificent movie palace forever. A few weeks later the Seville was demolished. TMy first apartment was only a few blocks away and across the street, so the Seville had become my living room, not having a living room in my apartment. The only other movie that we all got to enjoy during those final weeks was Jonathan Demme's new concert film, "Talking Heads Stop Making Sense". That is an equally wonderful memory, with its own tale to tell. Trixy, if you react to "Stop Making Sense", I shall relate to you that story, if you like.

[@jasonremy1627]

The Eddie part is a bit confusing because they cut a few bits from the play that didn't make the movie. Eddie was Frank's first experiment, but he rejected Frank for Columbia. Frank froze Eddie in the freezer, which he breaks out of in the party. That's not really clear in the movie why he was in the freezer.

[@AntiWokeOne]

He also used half of Eddie's brain in making Rocky.

[@memnarch129]

The LEGENDARY Tim Curry in the LEGENDARY role of Dr Frankenfurter. The movie was first a stage show and the creator is the guy that plays Riff Raff. This is THE Cult Classic Movie. Every year at Halloween small theatres around the worl will play Rocky Horror. And there is Audience Participation. People come dressed as characters, and sing along and do certain things, like throw bread at the screen during a certain scene. Rocky Horror is an expereience as much as it is a movie.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

You need to see Meat Loaf's psrformance of "Paradise By The Dashboard Light". I know you don't really do music reactions, but his performance is very theatrical and the song is like a mini-movie.

[@RussellStClair-cy1vu]

Lol I used to play Rocky at the Sunrise Midnight Movies back in the mid 80's ......I not old !

[@charliemac64]

This was one of the most fun reactions I've watched in quite a while. I thoroughly enjoyed you wondering WTF was going on and how cheesy everything was. The cultural significance of this movie cannot be understated.

[@tileux]

When i was young Rocky Horror had cult status - it started as a stage show. For decades the movie used to show every night at midnight in my city with the audience dressed as the characters and everyone would dance in the cinema. So watching your reaction - and knowing the story - was hysterical.

[@sawyer33]

“Don’t eat the Meatloaf!”

[@CoastalNomad]

Wedding: they were thowing Rice, it is an old tradition...... Most Churches have a Graveyard/Cemetary next to them.......

[@CrocodilePile]

Trixy needs to learn HER parts and watch this one again. Preferably with lots of friends.

[@ephennell4ever]

I'd watch that!

[@imthewolf1]

Get all the Homies together and they could watch it together and participate

[@CrocodilePile]

@@imthewolf1 RIGHT?! I'd even write their parts out for them if they did. "Castles don't have phones, A-hole!"

[@dennisdrozdov1424]

What about Magic Magy and Laura?

[@BigMike246]

This movie is so much fun in person. We used to go to a midnight show where fans come every week, dressed as their favorite characters. The show is acted out below the screen by Rocky Horror Adeptus and the audience all yell at the screen. For instance, when Frakenfurter says: "I see you shiver with..." The audience yells: "Say it!" Frankenfurter: "...Pation." It was a. lot of fun.

[@somthingbrutal]

the (sequel) Shock treatment is also well worth a watch

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

So funny seeing people watch this without knowing any of the shoutbacks.

[@johnnehrich9601]

I had friends in Philadelphia who invited me to see this movie when it first came out. The audience was "normal." Not sure how long it took to become such a cult movie, playing at midnight on a weekend night, so the management could get the place cleaned up for the next day.

[@terrylandess6072]

When I use to go, the audience was quite fluent in the vocal shenanigan's, but there were no cosplayers yet. I'll never forget during the dinner scene when the line "a toast' was spoken and the audience tossed toast into the air, some guy up front yelled 'A biscuit? Who said anything about a biscuit?' - I was rolling with laughter - good times!

[@alshicke]

When i first saw this the audience was normal. I when to see it about six months later it was a diffrent film been hooked for 50 years

[@randolphfriend8260]

You were SO good! 💙 By now, you have enjoyed a late night live viewing of the show. 🎉

[@dan2007kohn]

Now you’re ready for a John Waters movie!

[@matthewchambers-sinclair8772]

I discovered RHPS through the soundtrack first - so many great songs. It wasn't until I was a teen that I went to the movie and all the references and jokes became clear. We all dressed up and had ourselves some frenetic fun. Ah, that pre-COVID world still seems far away.

[@thomasjacques5286]

This has been on our annual Halloween Horror Movie schedule for decades...have even attended a few midnight audience participant showings. A cult movie is an understatement.

[@scottmurdock6301]

That was honestly the most fun and enjoyable reaction I have ever seen. Thank you!

[@biggie9817]

Beyond words, only poetry could describe this woman's stunning looks and expressiveness

[@brettpeacock9116]

Riff-Raff (The Butler) is played by NZer, Richard O'Brien. He WROTE the original stage play the movie is based on and often played Riff-Raff in productions in NZ, Australia and the UK.

[@krisfrederick5001]

Tim Curry is a gem. You'll never see Home Alone 2: Lost in New York the same way again. You should absolutely bother to look for older movies. They're better. I may be biased but I'm also right.

[@thomasgorman9615]

I have lost count a long time ago on how many times I have watched Rocky horror picture show, it always makes me smile and brightens my day and I can't stop singing songs from it after I watch it lol

[@RatelRegalement]

When you realise Frank was completely upfront about them being aliens in his introduction song.. :D (also yes, Frank Furter, a hotdog xD )

[@athanatic]

Riff Raff _is_ the origin of "Heroin Chic!" Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi from Star Trek TNG) played Magenta on the original UK road show of "The Rocky Horror Show" which was the musical upon which this movie is based.

[@emurphy42]

I just now realized that the ones who started the audience participation tradition are sort of the forerunners of all reaction videos

[@geoffstrickler]

Myself and a group of singers are going to be performing many of the songs from this movie on Halloween this year. I’ve been singing “Time Warp” for years, but in preparation for Halloween, I’ve now performed 3 more songs, and other singers have planned some others. And, yes, we’re dressing as characters from the movie.

[@JetScreamer_YT]

Columbia had it right. He is a vampire. An emotional vampire. "He takes takes takes and drains others of their love and emotion".

[@hollywoodguy70]

This is best enjoyed with a crowd. The shout outs at the screen helps the camp go down so much better ;)

[@1thomson]

I first saw this film in the old Varsity Theater in Palo Alto, California, with a few hundred young people in attendance, many of them dressed as characters from the film. Turned out, they knew all the dialogue and would shout it out loud at the most amusing moments. They also knew all the songs, and when the music came on, some of them would run up on the stage in front of the screen and perform the songs with the movie running behind them. It was hilarious. Of course, I was drunk. So, that helped. When I left, I sang "Let's Do The Time Warp Again" all the way home. I'm sure the neighbors didn't appreciate my effort. 😏

[@darrenhoskins8382]

This IS a recent film! It’s in colour and they’re mostly still alive !