The Rocky Horror Picture Show quickly became its own phenomenon when it was released 50 years ago. Perhaps not the making of an award-winning blockbuster, it’s still proved utterly timeless, starting a tradition of dress-up and audience participation that has gone on at every screening ever since.
First released in the UK on 14th August, 1975, the film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick, and is still in limited release all these years later. So whether you’ve seen it before – or your only reference point is that episode of Glee or The Perks of Being a Wallflower (guilty!) – there’s a number of reasons you should get yourself to the Cineworld on 22nd August to watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show turn 50!
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show is full of earworms
Whether or not you’re a musical theatre fan naturally, it cannot be denied that The Rocky Horror Picture Show is filled with some absolute bangers – and the sound is unlike any other musical you’ve ever seen.
From joining the party right along with Riff Raff during The Time Warp, to things getting a little bit steamy between Janet and Magenta in Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me. Of course, Sweet Transvestite is also a whole moment. You’ll be getting up and dancing before you know it – and so will the rest of the screening.
It’s equal amounts a huge celebration of sexuality and musical theatre
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a symbol of liberation, so what could be more freeing than an evening spent at the cinema joined with the rest of your tribe – whether you know the other cinema-goers or not. The film has always been seen as one that takes the LGBTQIA+ community into its warm embrace with its depictions of sexual discovery and queer identity. With musical theatre often functioning as a safe space for sidelined communities, a night watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show just enhances that tenfold.
Wear a costume – the whole cinema is likely to turn into a big party
If it’s anything like every other screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, you’re going to want to pull on a pair of fishnets and draw on some sharp eyeliner. There’s no other way through, you just have to jump straight into the deep end and be one with the experience.
Over the last 50 years, screenings of the film quickly became performance art in its own right, with people attending in costume, standing up in front of the screen and acting out the film, with ad-libs becoming its own kind of canon within the experience.
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