Believe it or not, the midnight movie is alive and well. Once a mainstay of alternative culture — especially during the 1970s and ’80s — the midnight movie shines a spolight on the dark corners of the cinematic fringe. Pink…
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Open Thread: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again And Talk Rocky Horror
Listen closely (not for very much longer), but I think “The Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of the greatest movie musical songs ever. By now, the film’s transformation from box office bomb to global cult…
Read more →The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Revisiting Cult Movies
With the coming remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, one wonders how today’s attitudes about sex and sexuality won’t completely kill all of the charm and fun that made the original great. In 1970s’ cult films, attitudes seemed to…
Read more →Oh Rocky!: Some Thoughts On The Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake
Last night, Fox debuted the first five minutes of their remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Twitter. This new version of the 1975 classic (which has the unique distinction of being the most mainstream cult film ever made…
Read more →Rocky Horror at 40: Whatever Happened to Saturday Night?
MovieFanFare marks four decades of tossing confetti, yelling out lines and dancing the Time Warp at midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as one writer recalls his late ’70s Rocky heyday and compares it to a recent theater viewing.
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