Topic > Rocky Horror Picture Show - 888

It was a cool, crisp November evening as five teenagers bustled around my house excitedly preparing for their first screening of the live version of their favorite movie of all times. They knew it would be the best night of their lives. The night of my 15th birthday party, my friends and I all piled into my parents' car around 11pm and headed to the Heights Theatre. The film we are about to see is an all-time classic. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the best cult film of all time. The film has all three basic elements it should have. It has fun audience participation, wonderful acting, and a great plot. Before the film begins, cast members will wander around the theater and shout out various lines from the film. As the film's curtain begins to rise, you see a pair of red lips singing. When the lips appear, people will start shouting their favorite audience participation lines. One of my favorite points in the movie to shout out lines would have to be at the very beginning, when the lips on the screen sing the song “Science Fiction, Double Feature.” The song is full of pick-up lines and props that people can take with them to the theater. There's a line that I particularly like that comes from this song and it goes something like this; "and from a mortal place came from (where?) space! (Thank you!)." Another example of audience participation/use of props would be when one of the characters, Dr. Scott, flies through the walls of the laboratory in his wheelchair. As he is rolling down the ramp from where he flew, another character, Brad, shouts "Great SCOTT" and that's when everyone takes the toilet paper they brought with them and throws it everywhere. Once all the toilet paper has been collected by the cast leader they choose one person from the audience and WET them with the toilet paper and it is the funniest show you will ever see! Even though there is a lot of audience participation, there is really a must turn your attention to the actors in the film. It takes a special kind of person to truly understand the movie they're in.