I was Magenta, for a brief while, mostly because I had a major crush on O’Brien and our stand in was the next best thing. I don’t remember why I drifted away from that group. I just started doing theater I guess and never had Saturdays free.
As much as I like the soundtrack, it’s the full experience that makes the movie. I’d suggest a virgin should find some friends who know the game and go along expecting to join in.
Shock Treatment! Now there’s a film completely saved by it’s soundtrack - not as good as Rocky Horror and it doesn’t have the cult surrounding it but I really like most of the songs (some of them, like ‘Lullaby’ and the title song, are up there with the RHPS tracks) and the whole shebang is woefully underrated.
It was released on DVD and is now I think most commonly available in a two-fer with Rocky Horror. I was lucky enough to get the soundtrack on CD a few years back. All the Rocky Horror fans should see it even just as a curio, and you might fall in love with the music (if not necessarily the film) like I did!
UA Theater! Their midnight shows also rotated some great films in the other screen–The Wall, Heavy Metal, Mad Max (now there was a lot of fun getting out of the parking lot!).
Did you just catch one or two showings there or a handful? What was different?
I recommend both a home viewing (with a few other people; it’d be dull watching it alone) and a cinema show with full toast-flinging. I saw it in the movie theatre first and while the crowd vibe was electric I missed large portions of the film (including virtually everything the narrator said) because some people didn’t know when to shut up. It was only when I watched it in a quieter environment later that I picked up the bits I’d missed.
I love it, it’s on Instant Watch via Netflix, and if I’m working around the house and don’t have music on, I have on RHPS. Mostly for the soundtrack. BUT I don’t think I’d like it as well as I do if I hadn’t seen it (and got hooked on it) first in a movie theater.
I recall one theater we used to go see it at (in the Baltimore area); one week, the manager announced that the previous week, someone had slipped on some rice while Time Warping, so there would be no dancing in the theater. A bunch of us got together and agreed on a strategy: when the Time Warp came on, we would all go do it in the lobby! 
We did. The ban on dancing in the theater only lasted that one night! 
Someone upthread mentioned being in lust with Tim Curry after seeing the movie, to which I can only reply “duh”. 
Hot, hot, hot!
I think it is actually a pretty good movie (though not a brilliant one), quite apart from all the “rituals” that surround public viewings (which I have experienced, but not participated in). Of course, you need to understand that it is parody, and was always intended to be, but that is perfectly obvious.
The first time I saw it, many years ago, I had no idea beforehand about the “traditions,” and was quite to surprised to see the audience members in costume and to hear the shouted responses to dialogue, etc., but I enjoyed the movie for what it was, and most the other people watching seemed to be like me, not involved in the weirdness. A couple of years ago I took my teenage daughter to see it (my wife thought she needed chaperoning), and most of the audience seemed to be in costume, or at least participating in the rituals (not my daughter - I don’t think she had much idea of what to expect). It was not a very large audience, though, and, frankly, to me it all seemed a bit stale and forced. This has been going on a looooong time.
Poll needs a “Haven’t seen it. Never will.” option.
It’s not a good movie, and no one ever pretended it was. The live shows and audience participation made it fun, though. The shows are really a more flamboyant version of MST3K – all the participation is done to make the sloppy and dull film bearable.
I’ve never seen the movie, but the Broadway revival starring Terry Mann was fantastic!
Saw the movie many times at home. Not only do I still like it, but I would probably rather see it at home and have no intrest in public viewings.
I was in cast for the bulk of 1999 - early 2000, when our theater “closed for renovations” and never re-opened. I met my husband at a cast party. I love it!
I saw it in NYC at the 8th Street playhouse June of 1977.
Immediatley hooked.
When I was still in high school the nearby Kent, Ohio movie theatre began the midnight showing stuff.
I just made s quick costume, stood up and got a sranding ovation, wow. For A 16 year old that was heady stuff.
A cast quickly formed and it became my passion for over 6 years. My girlfriend and I moved to Las Vegas, then San Diego and always started a cast and performed at the nearest theatre. over the years I’ve played every part at least once.
I even got to do Riff-Raff live on stage at the Roxy Theater for Jim Sharmon ( the producer of the movie).
We produced a convention in 1984 and we were featured in countless newspaper stories and I was in a book by Sal Piro (the head fan-guy)
I drifted away with an eventual maturing but many fond memories.
I don’t care much about it, but I’ll watch Tim Curry in anything. The only time I’ve ever seen the movie is in the comfort of my own home (the last time only about two weeks ago), so maybe I’d feel differently if I had the audience participation experience. Not likely to happen, though.
Lafayette Square? That’s where I saw it first, but it was back in 1988.
I was in a cast for a few years, Janet was my main role although I played every part except for Eddie and Rocky. I watch it nearly every time it’s on TV, and still do the audience participation, to the amusement of my spouse. I don’t do all of it, though. Some of it was pretty stupid, looking back, so now I just do the more witty ones.
I once got pulled over by a cop on the way home from a show, with my Frank makeup still on. He called for backup - just to show the other cop. I think I got off with a warning.
Do you prefer “Rock Dramas?”
It’s all right on film, but much better to see live. I saw it live four times in the late '70’s and early '80’s at the old Vogue Theatre in Louisville. It was great. Some guy would ride up the aisle on a motorcycle.
BTW, Sampiro, I’m surprised no one’s done this in this thread.
Virgin! Virgin! Virgin!
I saw what you did there 
I just got it!
Probubly posted by a foreigner, with ways different than our own.
I just learned there’s a free showing of it at a college here on Friday night. If I go is there anything I should know as a newbie?