How NYC turned ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ into the greatest cult classic of all time
NY Post
It’s astounding! Time is fleeting!
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has been doing the “Time Warp” now for 50 filthy years.
The cult-classic film, a bawdy musical comedy that has its way with sci-fi, scares and sex, premiered in London on Aug. 14, 1975.
But the reason multiple generations are still yelling “Dammit Janet!” today is thanks to New York City and a still-operational downtown movie theater.
Those mad midnight showings all over the world, in which super-fans arrive clad in fishnets, shout back at Brad, Janet and Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and perform in front of the screen, began at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village — what is now the IFC Center.
Far from a sure thing, the 12 a.m. tickets were a last-ditch effort by 20th Century Fox to pump some life into a project they had little faith in.
