We Watched Rocky Horror Picture Show For The First Time…

[@Patrick-jd1ku]

You know, I'm shocked that Jack Black has never (to my knowledge) played Eddie in a version of Rocky Horror. It seems like such a natural fit.

[@BeyondBlue22]

He did cover Time Warp though!

[@NotInTheFace111]

Meat Loaf played JB's dad in Tenacious D the POD, too. There's def a resemblance.

[@AwkwardKyle]

I want Jack Black to cover the whole soundtrack. Imagine him hitting those high notes in touch-a touch-a touch me

[@5foot2eyesofblue13]

I hadn't thought of it before, but you're exactly right. It's like the perfect role for him. Especially since Meatloaf played his dad in The Pick of Destiny.

[@r.f.switch5847]

@@AwkwardKyle NOW I WANT THAT! FATE FUCKING HELP ME!

[@DanTheLPMan]

Fun fact: The Rocky Horror Picture Show was added to the National Film Registry in 2005 for preservation.

[@corm7538]

Did you know that TRHPS has a sequel? It is called, Shock Treatment, it's not as well known as TRHPS.

[@inferlynx737]

Fun fact Tim actually stared as dr Franken Furter in musical theater for years so when he was approached to be in the movie it was just perfect *chef kiss*

[@0okamino]

Also, Meatloaf was Eddie and Dr. Scott in the 1974 Roxy cast.

[@vampg8r]

Tim came back in the 2016 version as well but played the narrator.

[@ACinemafanatic]

They were actually considering mick jagger and David Bowie to play frank as well

[@inferlynx737]

@@ACinemafanatic THE GOBLIN KING!!! and his vary nice pants!

[@augustarpg8035]

17:30 you're absolutely correct about the pink triangle and the reclaiming it. Its paired with the phrase "Silence = Death". I got a pink triangle pin at pride some years ago, still have it on my hat.

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

Back in the eighties, I dont know if there was a lot of right side up or upside down meaning, but I went through college with a pink triangle pin on my jacket - it was the pride symbol along with the lower case lambda before rainbow flag became a big national thing.

[@TabbyQ.9563]

​@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh I remember "freedom rings" were the big thing with my friends in '92. I actually passed mine down to my daughter for her first Pride festival 22 years later.

[@em01455]

Frank also has a number tattooed on his thigh that looks similar to the numbers used at concentration camps. This combined with his hatred for Dr Scott (a German scientist) has lead to some people thinking Frank may have been in a camp and/or experimented on by Dr Scott.

[@iesika7387]

Since I don't think anyone realized in the reaction (or at least didn't say it out loud), Eddie was in the freezer because Frank used half his brain to make Rocky. He was one of Frank's many lovers but when he and Columbia fell in love Frank got jealous.

[@RonHeartsMe]

I’ve been going to live showings of RHPS since I was 16 (I’m 33 now) with my best friend and we still do it every year! There’s NOTHING like attending a live viewing of the show. People shout out callback lines, throw things, etc. it’s a hell of a lot of fun and I look forward to it every year.

[@misterkite]

Back in the 90s, I went to a few live shows simply because the guy I used to buy pot from played riff raff in the shadow cast.

[@rabbitandcrow]

The audience interaction are half the experience. Watching the movie without them is almost like watching an edited version.

[@BobarissGish]

It was great even after Tim Curry's stroke he still came back for the remake and played the criminologist.

[@aarongilmore1254]

Tim Curry was the greatest thing about that remake

[@raymcevoy3845]

Fun fact Richard Obrien who played Riff Raff also voices the dad on Phineas and Ferb

[@jimwatson1013]

Richard Obrien being the creator of Rocky Horror aswell

[@applejayz1987]

"Well this isnt much of a horror movie, where are the rock and roll musical numbers?"

[@tommcewan7936]

Many Brits of a certain age know him best as "Reckless Rick" from legendary game-show "The Crystal Maze" in its original run. It's had other presenters since then, but nobody can hold a candle to O'Brien, who I think was the mastermind who first created it as well as presenting it. He was particularly memorable for obnoxiously playing the harmonica really loudly to distract contestants if they were doing too well, or relying too much on clues from their team. He's been in a few other "groovy" cult films too - he had a relatively small part in Flash Gordon, and a rather more prominent one in Dark City.

[@MRb-om9jv]

​@@tommcewan7936Oh yes, Richard is wonderful in any role)) He is a creator, an actor, a composer, and generally a multi-talented person. I love him Mr. Hand! what a pity that there are so few films with him in the title role)❤

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@tommcewan7936I love how Rob from Playstation Access here on YT has done a Christmas Maze and his portrayal is stellar.

[@dippitydip4559]

I'm sure there are others commenting fun facts, and I haven't finished the video so some may have been said, but these are some fun facts ab Rocky Horror: 1) It was originally a stage production with a lot of the same cast! 2) The guy who pays Raff, Richard O'Brien, wrote the musical on his downtime between acting gigs 3) Speaking of the tap dancing, Eric, the role of Columbia was given to Campbell purely because of her ability to tap dance 4) In order to keep much of the original cast for the movie, the director had to maintain a smaller budget and a much tighter time schedule 5) During the dinner scene when you find out about Eddie, the director only told Tim Curry about the choice so everyone's reactions in that scene are genuine 6) Regarding this film's release in the 70s, a radical but still more socially conservative time, it flopped majorly when it first released. The Waverly Theatre in NYC began showing the film at midnight showings in 76 because they still wanted to show it but knew people wouldn't come see it during the day. This is what really helped it's mass cult following - you didn't have to be afraid to go see the gay trans sex musical (especially if you saw yourself in the characters) since no one else was out besides others into the gay trans sex musical. This is also what encouraged things like dressing up for showings. 7) The interactivity that comes with social showings of the movie actually comes from the film's worse parts. When the audience got bored they thought it may be fun to yell back, and this made it's way into every part of the musical (shoutout the bread) 8) This was Susan Serandon's first musical - and she played much of the role while horribly sick. Due to budget constraints there wasn't money for a lot of heaters so everyone was kind of ill all the time, but after the pool scenes was when Serandon got a major flu yet she still went on 9) Barry Bostwick, the guy who plays Brad, origniated the role of Danny Zuko in Grease (he also makes a cameo in the Rocky Horror Glee episode)! 10) There are 2 technical sequels, but only one of them was ever actualized. O'Brien produced a movie called Shock Treatment, focused on Brad and Janet, but it was a flop even cult-follower wise. The other is a written script that has never gone anywhere, but it focuses on Frank-n-Furter's mother in Transsexual (you can read the script online though) 11) According to the written script, Brad goes on to become a bottomless go-go dancer and dies falling from a trapeze 12) The movie was originally meant to be shot in black and white for the first portion (the production company ultimately did not let that happen), so that's why when you go to the lab for the first time it's so bright and colorful. Entering into Frank-n-Furter's world as super intense and queer experience still lands though 13) The guy who played Rocky, Peter Hindwood, was a model who quit acting after his role in the movie. He did auction his little gold shorts in 1994 though, and got $1,000 for them 14) Richard O'Brien also voices the dad in Phineas and Ferb 15) Midnight showings are still super popular! The experience is super interactive; if you decide to go you'll probably be branded with a lipstick V on your forehead to show you're a rocky horror virgin if you've never been to a live showing before. People will often get up and start acting out the movie on "stage," there's bread thrown, popcorn, water guns shoot off during There's a Light, and even more 16) I don't know if you guys point it out or not yet but I'll say it here anyways - Eddie and Columbia were the human couple prior to Brad and Janet to have been taken by Frank-n-Furter; the tires going out in the beginning are because Frank-n-Furter lines the road with spikes to entice humans into his home

[@EclipseDoesArt]

There’s an event in my town where you can see Shock Treatment and Rocky Horror as a double feature-my roommate and I were planning to go to the double feature, but they got a concussion so we ended up just going to Rocky XD we both had a blast though, and we’re planning to catch the double feature next year!

[@RLucas3000]

I still remember all the great lines from the early 80s: Narrator: “There were storm clouds…” Someone in the audience: “Describe your balls!” Narrator continues: “… heavy… black… and pendulous.” was probably my favorite.

[@onemillionpercent]

LMFAO

[@froufroudeluxe]

I love Stephen Fry as the narrator in the 2015 westend performance. He really plays along with the crowd and you can tell how much he enjoys the material

[@HeraclesN-fp1bw]

Let’s Do The Time Warp Again ! It’s a Jump to the Left … which I have experienced the stage adaptation to this story & it was wild - Oda was definitely inspired Ivankov's appearance is based on Doctor Frank-n-Furter from the "Rocky Horror Show", but he was based on Ivankov’s first voice actor Norio Imamura who was a friend of Oda & was in an acting trope with Luffy’s voice actor Mayumi Tanaka - During the dinner party scene when Furter reveals that they been dining on Eddie in order for the actors had a genuinely shocked Sharman told only Tim Curry - Tim Curry tried to attend a midnight screening of Rocky Horror at a New York theater which he called but they didn’t believe that it was him & when he went in person to get a ticket he was thrown out for being an imposter that is until he showed them his passport - Fun fact there are Easter eggs in this movie & I mean actual colored eggs hidden around the set

[@ellenhofrath]

I stumbled into this movie at the age of 12. I missed my train and it was raining, so I decided to go to the movies until next train. Walked in and all other viewers were fully dressed and prepared. It probably changed my life path. They had it all: water pistols for the rain, Tp, sparklers, you name it. Went there 2 days later, fully prepared. Also introduced my daughters to it later❤.

[@mxrdersimulator]

i was the narrator in a college production of this show when i was 16 - it was SO MUCH FUN. i can still do all the choreo 4 years later. every time somebody asked me to summarise the plot, though, despite my entire job being to narrate it, i had to basically shrug and go "i dunno, gay aliens and living unapologetically as yourself? or maybe just that everyone looks good in fishnets. who knows."

[@METerrell]

That was Nixon's resignation address to the nation that Brad and Janet were listening to in the car.

[@dochawk3767]

My Senior year of high school my girlfriend took me to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror at a little old theater in downtown and I saw this for the first time with all of the audience participation action. It played at midnight every Saturday and Sunday and I think we ended up going about 40 times. This was just 4 years after it was made to a relatively new cult sensation (1979). You definitely need to see it in the theater with crowd participation, it's a trip...

[@ringer1324]

One of my favorite movies of all time. This movie is such a big thing in my family it’s insane. We’ve gone to countless showings of it. Great memories in this thing and it Means a lot to me

[@fireidar]

It was ORIGINALLY a stage show. Tim Curry actually acted in it and when they did the movie they asked HIM to play it because he had such experience in the role.

[@FuzzyBunnyofInle]

A little detail that I haven't seen anyone mention. Eddie has that wound on his head because Frank used some of his brains to create Rocky.

[@allengilbert7463]

This movie takes place several years after Nixon resigned, so Brad is listening to his resignation speech for fun in the car.

[@xyz8655]

52:24 Hammer Horror used Oakley Court (Frank's castle) for many of their films in the late 60s early 70s

[@axebeard6085]

When I was in the Army, I played Dr. Frankenfurter in a shadow cast. My buddies would make fun of me about guys hitting on me until I told them the truth: there were a LOT more women hitting on me than men.

[@nataliedunn5239]

As you discovered it was a stage show first here in the UK. Richard O'Brien (who plays Riff Raff here) actually wrote it after being fired from another stage musical (I believe it was Starlight Express, but not entirely sure). He was so annoyed that he went home and wrote the show as a kind of F**k You to the more "typical" stage musical.

[@heavycritic9554]

Love this movie. 😀 I also love the fact that it's basically impossible to prepare people for it. 17:23 You're not wrong here. In fact, you're right on the money. That is why they did it.

[@WhatMyr]

I'm a shadowcaster (for over a decade) and whenever I'm asked about weekend plans I'm like oh boy uhhhhhhhhhhh

[@samfisher6606]

This movie is so phenomenal! Tim Curry kills it as he always does! And I love the message and theme of this movie: Be yourself, don't let social norms constrain who you really are. Let your freak flag fly! If you guys haven't watched _Clue,_ I highly recommend it! It's another fantastic Tim Curry performance.

[@trolleyfan]

Fun fact: Richard O'Brien who plays Riff Raff, wrote "Rocky Horror," and went on to do (amongst other things) the voice for the Dad on "Phineas and Ferb."

[@DI-QueenmoEMino]

I remember first watching Rocky Horror as a teenager with my mom and it seriously become one of my most top favorite movies ever. I love everything about this movie represents and what it means to me. Especially in terms of being fully comfortable with your sexuality and exploring it, as well as not being afraid to be who you are deep down inside and sometimes letting your freaky side fly high.

[@Nina-rj4nu]

"Is this one of the only movies where Tim Curry isn't the villain?" Wow, crime must slap different in the U.S.. Didn't he kill Eddie, serve him up for dinner, try to kill Janet, turn everyone to stone and force them to perform in his twisted sex play? But ok, yeah, sure, NOT the villain. 🤣🍹🍹Cheers

[@robertshields4160]

When I was a teenager, I helped do security and later cleaning the theater after the show. God it was awful! It took all day to clean that place after one show! There was so much toast...so much toast......so much toast....'

[@RedKincaid]

I've only been to one live show of Rocky Horror, but I've been to a bunch for The Room and a bunch of us always stay behind to clean the theater after, surprised that's not a thing for other interactive shows

[@MagusMirificus]

Yoooooooooo good fuckin' call on doing the version that includes Brad and Janet's verses of "Superheroes". No idea why that was left out of the theatrical cut; it ties up their character arcs and the themes of the movie beautifully, and the narrator's final verse makes no sense at all without it. It's been so frustrating seeing other reactors not get that experience.

[@moramorandobianchi7093]

Haha loved you guys watching the Glee version of that song 😂, I wish you’d noticed that they did change a couple of lines, they kind of “censored” it, the original version says “seat wetting” while Ema sings “bad fretting” (??). Janet sings ‘you need a friendly hand, and I need action” and Ema sings “I want a friendly man and I want action”. They also change a few words but yeah.

[@blueboy4244]

I thought the line was 'seat wedding'.. like being so pregnant at your wedding you needed a chair

[@absynthefaerie]

39:35 😅😉 surprised the slip was missed but the statues are blurred for nudity 😂

[@tgguitarguy]

If you thought the Touch a scene was bad in Glee, Bree, you should show them the episode where Rachel has a crush on Will and basically stalks him.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

Mentions of "Glee" during the real RHPS cause cramps

[@METerrell]

You really should go to a theater with a crowd that does the lines, even if there's not people acting things out with the scenes. It's way more fun that way.

[@Its_Dave_Just_Dave]

"Its just a jump to the left"

[@lovestospuge666]

"And then a step to the riiiiiiight."

[@declanmckenna6854]

"Put your hands on your hips."

[@seungminmakesmestay]

"And bring your knees in tiiiiiiight"

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

But it’s the pelvic thruuust

[@jonelrobinsom5911]

That really drives you insaaane

[@TheValwood]

I'm 63 yo and I was about 16ish, I think when this movie came out. It was wildly popular with teenagers for most of my HS years and beyond. They'd play it ever Friday night at many theaters. I remember we'd go to watch it occasionally and when we did we'd take props, like lighters and things so we could all respond together at certain times in the movie. Many people would dress like the characters and of course we'd all get up and go to the front of the theater and do the time warp together! The Rocky Horror is a great teenager memory for me.

[@raynavarro7997]

I saw the original stage show in 1974 at The Roxy theater on the Sunset Strip....when we started going to see the midnight shows a few years later there wasn't any audience participation....we used to go to an old theater in Fullerton, CA where the guy at the box office would let us bring in a case of beer if we threw him a few bottles....talk about fun!

[@mparkes1821]

Wrong, it was a stage play first in 1973 in London featuring the majority of the movie cast, it moved to New York in 74 then they made the movie in 75. The castle was Bray studios in the UK which was the mansion used in all the Hammer Horror movies. While the UK was quite bohemian in the 70’s we were too strait laced to embrace it but you guys loved it and it used to be shown every Friday\Saturday midnight in theatres across the US. There used to be a cast who’d play out the movie below the screen and all viewers would cosplay and shout a participation script back at the screen. Not sure if this still happens but here in the UK we don’t show it so it only happens when there’s a new stage production. Richard O’Brien who created the show (Riff Raff) is a well known to personality in the UK who hosted a game show called the crystal maze in the 90’s but he’s very much retired now, Tim Curry isn’t faring that well either after he suffered a stroke a while back. Shocktreatment is the odd sexual movie continuing Brad and Janet’s adventures in their home town of Denton, new actors play Brad and Janet but many of the actors return playing new characters, the actor who played Ralph at the start returns with Ruby Wax playing his now ex wife Betty it’s fun but not as good.

[@mystical_grace]

You guys should really go see a shadow cast performance! A live cast performs with the movie playing on the screen, and there's props and call backs the audience can use! The bread, for example, you would throw when Dr. Frank-n-Furter says "A toast-" (throw bread) "-to absent friends!" The experience brings this to a whole new level.

[@skipbellon2755]

I was in Ocean Beach, California in 1979 when I first saw this. It played every Friday and Saturday night at midnight at this one theater. The line started forming for both midnight performances around 9:00pm. They used ropes to section off a portion of the sidewalk and that's where the party started. The diehard fans would always be at the front of the line, and they would also dress in the costumes of the actors in the movie. By 10:00pm or so, the line extended around the corner of the building... alcohol and drugs were rumored to be present... then the doors opened (the poor people at the end of the line would usually not get in because the theater was full). Once inside... several fans would go up on stage, while the movie played in the background (in costume) and act out the scenes as they appeared on screen behind them. Meanwhile, the audience shouted out pre-planned responses to about 80% of the lines in the movie. For instance: The scene where Janet is lamenting her poor choices of the evening, and she says... "If only the car hadn't broken down." The audience would shout in unison... "BUT IT DID!"... "If only we hadn't come to this castle."... "BUT YOU DID!"... etc... If you ask me about other lines in the movie, I will try to remember the responses we yelled and reply to you... I don't know how long this movie was playing every weekend in Ocean Beach. I was stationed in San Diego in the Navy for 2 years (1979-1980) and it played the entire time I was there... every Friday and Saturday at Midnight... line starts forming at 9:00pm. I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show at that theater 32 times. (Everyone kept a count of how many times they had participated.) I went back after my first experience just to see what the movie was about. I mean, a large part of the plot was obvious from the get-go... but I had to watch the movie about 5 times before I completely noticed all the plot points... there were way too many fun distractions to care about plot, at first. The good ole days...

[@vvvvinvasion]

OHHH MY GOD, YOU GUYS?? this is SUCH unbelievable timing, i was just watching the movie myself!! soso excited to watch this, its a classic!!! yall rock!

[@misschieflolz1301]

OMG I cant believe you guys haven't really seen this. I mean, I hated it as a kid; for context my mom played this very regularly when I was a toddler and I used to scream and cry a bunch. Well until it got to the Time Warp. I knew that by heart by the time I was 6 because of how often my parents watched it. Now it's like an old friend lol. For those that know... it's amazing to see people react to it for the first time lol.

[@iesika7387]

It actually feels really weird to me to be watching Rocky Horror "with" other people and nobody else is doing all the callbacks. I honestly don't know if I've ever watched this without everybody yelling and throwing things the whole time.

[@BlackfiguresSAD]

I attended a few stage shows in 73 and 74 with most of the orginal cast still in place and apart from the 'fuck off!' their were no callbacks. That all came a few years later.

[@sebastyann123]

This movie is a must re watch, the first time I watched I was so confused, by the second watch I was already dancing warp of the time lmaoooo. And you could clearly see who are the 2 who watched the movie before and who are the other 2 that didn't lol

[@PsychoDiesel48]

What a cult CLASSIC!!!! One of the quirkiest movies ever, with a following and traditions wackier than your average visit to Florida. The only movie my dad has seen more than twice. He rarely even rewatches movies at all. But he has told me that he has seen this movie well over 2 dozen times. He even played the role of Eddie in the theatre by riding a tricycle up and down the aisles during his big entrance scene a couple times. You see, in select theatres they would show the movie along with a bunch of added effects and actors doing stuff during the movie. There were even lines the audience participated in. Such as when they say "Great Scott!" the audience threw roles of "Scott" branded toilet paper across the theatre. And when the male visitor's name was called out you would say "Asshole!" There are so many things I am not remembering but my dad basically has the whole routine memorized by heart.

[@DXDragon38]

11:49 IVANKOV!!!! You can really see where Oda got Level 5.5 of Impel Down from

[@StonerWeeb]

*Goda

[@ShadyRK9]

I absolutely love this movie! Made it a yearly Halloween tradition to watch this every year and listen to the music. My favorites are "There's A Light", "Time Warp", and "Creatures Of The Light". Also I remember watching that Glee episode when it was new and was like "how was the able to air this on TV?!" I think this and the song Born This Way was their only controversial episode/song! Also, also remember. Despite them being in highschool setting most of the Glee casts actual ages at the time was between early 20's to mid 20's so they was able to consent to the more "risky" songs and topics! Glee went on from 2009 to 2015

[@LargeAmoeba]

I remember when they remade this in 2016. All anyone was talking about was that Adam Lambert would be in it. I didn't even know who Adam Lambert was at the time. Everyone was just so excited. When I looked it up and found out this guy was playing Eddie? I wanted to tell them. I wanted to tell them so bad that the Eddie character exists pretty much to do one song than get murdered with an pick.

[@jackrussell3951]

For a VERY fun listen check out the album "The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show." It's an album of really amazing punk covers of all the songs by various bands including Swingin' Utters, Big D and the Kids Table, Tsunami Bomb and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Also 15:00 yes I would go to the room. Life can either be long and boring or possibly short, but fascinating. I'll take the latter every time. Anything bizarre is worth investigating. Take me down every rabbit hole. I've found myself in some truly precarious situations due to having that attitude - everything from crack houses in Detroit to brothels in Medellin (I haven't slept with a prostitute, but I've hung out with quite a few of them and they're brilliant, fascinating people) - and my life is full to the brim because of all that. It's one thing to know about crazy humans. It's another thing entirely to experience them and totally worth whatever risks are associated.

[@Grimbear13]

Boom no joke someone tried to make me watch this movie when I was younger and it wasn't my speed... that Twitter joke you talked about made me revisit this and I fucking LOVE it now.

[@susanhicks9305]

This movie is an absolute hoot. When I first saw it I was 13. At 57 currently its still too much fun. Tim Curry OWNED this role and love him to death!!! 🤩🤩😍

[@keanugibson3753]

The fact that you're so shook over the glee song when Pretty Little Liars was coming out at the same time and one of the main plot points is a student teacher relationship. 😂

[@fynnthefox9078]

One of Tim Curry's best roles!

[@ACinemafanatic]

This and clue

[@warnertom3393]

This role, Darkness from Legend, and Pennywise from IT. He seems to do his best work under layers of makeup! 😂

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Rocky Horror is still in limited theatrical release to this day. The weird places even snuck in friends and family or played it to empty audiences during pandemic lockdowns.

[@spriken]

47:15 "Is this one of the rare movies where Tim Curry wasn't the villain?" I guess that depends on what your idea of a villain is, I mean he did murder Meatloaf. But as for non-villain roles, the only one I can think of is the dad from The Wild Thornberrys

[@auricstorm]

Smashing!

[@dottzie33]

Tim Curry in stockings is everything he’s so hot as Frank lol

[@marningritaguy]

Not bread but toast, when they have a toast. The guy that wrote the whole thing is the creepy butler with blood on him.

[@smiddlehurst1]

Soooo…. Would this be a good time to mention that Anthony Head (yes, Giles from Buffy) has played a very well received Frank? And that there’s a couple of his performances on KZbin including Sweet Transvestite? In costume?

[@jesoko6724]

The "accidental" nip slip you guys are talking about at 50:00 (the one in Columbia's shirt) -- not an accident lmao. Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff) asked Patricia Quinn (Magenta) when they were doing the audio commentary together if Little Nell (Columbia) knew about the nip slip, and Patricia confirmed that not only did Little Nell know, but she knew before hand. She either chose the shirt because of the rip or she cut the hole herself (I can't remember which one it was, it's been a long time since I've watched the movie with the audio commentary). Either way, she chose to pull down the shirt because she knew the hole was there and what would happen if she timed it right. It was her way of teasing the audience.

[@TarossBlackburn]

3:10 GOOD LORD THAT MAN HAS NO NECK! If you ever get to see a viewing of this movie in a theater with an 'audience playbook', you should. It's wonderful fun.

[@edwardcorrigan4775]

This is really an outrageously fun movie all the way around. At 66 I saw this about 19y/o in a midnight showing, it was the most fun you could have (legally speaking) there was full audience partisapatence throughout the movie. which included rice thrown in the air, bread being tossed at the screen, water pistols being used in the air, audience yelling out in unison at different parts of the movie, lighters being used and everyone up out of their seats performing the Time warp dance. Then there was the one drunk guy who really didn't know so he would yell out random crap that never was suppose to be yelled by anyone. Then everyone favorite Transsexual from Transylvania. Tim Curry most excellent performance. All in all, I hope this movie never leaves and remains a top pick for cult followings.

[@Duke00x]

The HD thing is because film actually film captures a lot of detail (because it directly captures the reflective light directly into a physical medium). So now that we have better technology we can really bring out that detail. That's why older shows and movies look better remastered then newer shows. It is because those later shows were captured on a digital medium (which only captures an approximate digital representation) and so the level of detail is limited to what the digital technology at the time could captures.

[@trpdrspider8372]

47:25 Frankenfurter not a bad guy? He was the baddest of guys.

[@RestlessThoughts]

He was waiting for the other shoe to drop He wasn't expecting it to be a high heel

[@theholyhorehay]

It was a stage show first (created by the actor who played Riff Raff) and then the movie and now the (usually) hybrid version that happens now where people perform the show in front of the movie and the audience yells call backs and use props.

[@theholyhorehay]

Also I grew up in Portland and would go see this on saturdays at the Clinton street theater. They’ve been showing the movie (almost) every week since 1978. It’s so fun to go and watch with everyone yelling and being crazy

[@kerryjacoby9438]

FYI: The bread is not thrown for things you don't like. The bread is actually toast, which is thrown at the dinner scene when a toast is proposed. Watching people who don't know anything about the call and response element is both fascinating and frustrating.

[@debrakron9049]

The bread is for when they give a toast! I saw this every weekend for about 20 weeks in the late 70’s. You need many props for this movie!

[@BlackfiguresSAD]

Saw this for the first time as the stage show on the Kings Road Chelsea in a due for demolition theatre in 73. Rocky, Magenta, Riff Raff and Columbia from the movie were in the original stage show; along with Dr Scott who was the narrator then. Little in the way of stage props other than the light, a tin tray for the thunder and a crome garden fork end as the laser. Magical

[@solei5678]

The more times you watch this movie, the more things you pick up on. I’ve seen it over 50 times and it’s still amazing 😍😍😍😍.

[@Tom-pw2ni]

I so love that you show the glee version!! and everyone over 13 is always trying to get off, that is being a teenager

[@terrysilverthorn4582]

the guy who answers the castle door RIFF RAFF is Richard O'brien who wrote this. he also hosted Crystal Maze a 90s UK tv game show he was brilliant in that too

[@shannonmcdougall579]

It was a huge thing to go every Saturday night to watch it. Extremely popular cult movie.had water guns to create rain during the rain seen. Rice to throw at the wedding scene. Everyone dressed up. We would all do the Time Warp. After we all cleaned up our mess. A time when we could laugh together.

[@goth695150]

Whats great is Richard Obrien (riff raff) is the Dad in Phineas and Ferb

[@dizzyshar]

This movie came out the year I was born. So, when the 90s came around, I was in my late teens/early 20s. I was also in a theater stage production, playing Janet. To help promote our show, we visited movie theaters performing with the shadow casts, that performed the show live in front of the movie theater screen. I can say for certain, having done that in many theaters in multiple states, the vast majority of the audience, were in fact teenagers. So yes, this movie is extremely popular with teenagers as well as adults. Fun fact about the Glee episode The actors that played Brad and Eddie, were also in that Glee episode in cameo roles.

[@Dcs.234]

What do you mean … it was not well received ???? I was there in the 70s and we loved this musical ….movie theatres and the stage musical was was packed out all the time .. this musical is still going strong 50 years later !!!

[@bobmathis-friedman6742]

FUN FACTS: RHPS was initially produced as a tax write-off; it was adapted from alive stage show. It was later released as a Midnight showing, and became the longest running theatrical movie in cinematic history, with Midnight showings to this day; there is a little-known sequel called Shock Treatment.

[@naruXsasulover2]

Idkif you all have noticed but the singer Meat loaf plays as Eddie

[@cachorro25]

You def need to see Shock Treatment. Is almost the same cast, but more modern weirder movie. It follows the adventures of Brad and Janet when their marriage is falling apart and the are trapped inside a TV station in a reality TV show (that is, decades before reality TV was a thing)

[@tideoftime]

Approx. 57:39 -- Oh, *hell yeah* . Kids who were in the theater department/similar were often (not all, of course, but many) absolutely _freak-nasty_ and getting way more sex than many of their jock/"popular kid" counterparts. (Not that I'm speaking from any sort of experience or anything from back in the 80s... 😉)

[@Kierankitty8869]

Omg, it makes me so happy y'all are watching this!! I used to be part of a shadowcast that performs the show every weekend in Atlanta and I've met Barry Bostwick (Brad). Go to a live showing of this if you ever get the chance

[@lumasters8197]

It was just a small show that Richard was at university, it took off there. I'm a British pensioner my daughter and I go to the theatre to see the live show when it's in our area. We dress up and have a great time, it's great to see men with beards with corsets and stockings it's fun. Because the ladies don't wear the corsets and stockings.

[@EdwardLewis-xs5xr]

The movie was a flop when it was fist released, did not become a cult film until it was shown at midnight every weekend. It started in NYC and eventually was showing across America. I've seen it LIVE on BW and once in Europe, however the interaction with the theater/movie audience can't be beat.

[@nightthornkvala94132]

Every Saturday night at midnight for years! I worked unofficially as security keeping the balcony clear. I didn't get any pay but it allowed me to get in the theater for free any time I wanted. For that theater that was better than any pay. Walking the eight blocks from the bus stop home around 3 or 4 Sunday mornings dressed as Janet in the men's dress shirt and half slip could be a bit torturous though.

[@jimshreve83]

It's a normal movie, you're hilarious. Every time I hear the word dammit I follow it with a Janet.

[@conniegaylord5206]

It wasn't long ago it played on Broadway. It was performed at the Macy's Day Parade.

[@HealthAtAnyCost]

I'm an ancient 62 and saw TRHPS in its first incarnation in the theaters starting when I was 16. Others are filling in blanks, but it still baffles me that people don't recognize Meatloaf. He was/is such a part of my teenage years! "Dashboard Light," anyone?

[@darthvegan435]

I gotchu bro,... I recognized him (and am well familiar with "Dashboard Light" :D )

[@blueboy4244]

I too saw this as part of a double bill (with slap shot) at a drive in - people were confused and a lot drove off in the middle of it... but I thought it was great. I went to a midnight showing in about 1978. do they still allow squirt guns and rice?

[@davidanderson1639]

Fun Fact: the song ‘Science Fiction Double Feature’ was actually sung by Richard ‘Riff Raff’ O’Brien.

[@firstnamelastname6193]

"It was not well received" true at the time but within the first year the movie started playing in theaters at midnight and the audience participation began. It has been in theaters ever since and has been in theaters for decades and has a huge fan base. The bread you keep referring to is part of the audience participation. When Fraknfutter makes a "toast" at dinner, people in the audience throw toast. You miss out on a lot when you watch the film at home. You need the theater and the audience participation to get the full experience.

[@jeffox10001]

The first time I saw this it was the early 80’s. There was a live cast shadowing the movie on a stage right below the screen. People would throw rice, use squirt guns while holding newspapers over their heads and a lot more.

[@lordbiscuitpowerslam]

Just in case no one mentioned it. Eddie is played by the singer meatloaf

[@theshadowfax239]

I love them freaking out about her watching the Glee episode so young while she was in high school, yet us Gen Xers were watching the original Rocky Horror in grade school. 😂

[@getshwifty3101]

I like this movie. I love it's sister movie "Repo! The Genetic Opera" so much more.

[@adaddinsane]

Nixon on the radio was the entire point. This is satire, dude.

[@tres7351]

If you're looking for other campy rock opera horror watch Phantom of the Paradise, a great cult classic

[@wendywoodruff2871]

Loved it so much. Dressed as Frank, Magenta, and Columbia. Still got a box with the costumes i sewed including Frank's oversized pearl necklace, maids uniform, and Bride of Frankenstein wig. So much fun. ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️

[@Emisop]

Wild to think that the film ends with incest siblings winning against Tim Curry

[@-.NYX.-]

splendidly done dears.. Did you know RKO is from new zealand, and his home town built a statue for him... it is riff raff >..

[@alisonrodger3360]

'waiting for the other shoe to drop' And then when it does it's a big sparkly, platform heel 😆

[@inferlynx737]

It’s always fun showing this movie to people for the first time 😂

[@rebajoe]

48:24 🎺 The trumpet player from The Electric Mayhem was named 'Lips' cos Rocky Horror was Steve Whitmire's favorite movie. 💋