The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sold out)
A well-behaved young couple ends up in a haunted house populated by transvestites in this delightfully silly musical parody of horror films. Cult classic that has been shown weekly in some cinemas since its release in the 1970s.
Need we introduce The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Need we encourage you to dress accordingly?
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: the ultimate male and the perfect sex symbol: Rocky Horror.
Initial reception of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW was negative, but it soon became a hit as a midnight movie, when audiences began participating with the film at the Waverly Theater in New York. Audience members talked back to the screen and began dressing as the characters, spawning similar performance groups across the United States. At almost the same time, fans in costume began performing alongside the film. This ‘shadow cast’ mimed the actions on screen above and behind them, while lip-synching their characters’ lines. Still in limited release in 2024, 49 years after it premiere, it is the longest-running theatrical release in film history.