In the 1970s, the United States.
Brad and Janet are a pair of young people who like each other. They just attended a friend's wedding and finally confessed to each other and successfully held hands.
But their love is bound by a force, which is called morality.
In order to get together quickly, the two drove to find their former teacher, Dr. Scott, and asked him to be a witness.
Unexpectedly, the road was in a storm and the car had a puncture. The two had to knock on a nearby castle in the rain.
In this way, the film history of the cattle cult film begins: "Los -based horror show."
Led by the humpback butler, the two entered the castle and witnessed a grand ball in progress.
Butlers, maids, and guests were dressed in strange costumes, and danced with the rock music of the 70s, like a flurry of demons.
This weird scene made Brad and Janet plan to leave, but they had just slipped to the elevator, when Dr. Ford, the owner of the castle, suddenly appeared.
Dr. Ford is a cross-dresser and loves to have fun. He doesn't care about Brad and Janet's call for help. He just wants the two to stay overnight.
That night, he also announced his research results- Frankenstein Rocky , and married Rocky in the bridal chamber.
After the incident, she disguised as Brad and Janet respectively, sneaked into the lover's room, and enjoyed it.
But on this extremely "harmonious" night, disharmony happened.
Because the butler teased Loki and made Loki angry, he broke free of the chains and hid somewhere in the castle.
Dr. Ford sent someone to search the castle. The riots made Janet extremely disturbed. She looked around for Brad, but accidentally found Rocky who was frightened.
Janet bandaged Loki's wound, and was moved by his handsome face and eight-pack abs, the deer inside bumped and crossed the restricted area.
The "adultery" of the two was quickly discovered by Dr. Ford.
He decided to punish all those who betrayed him, the punishment is: let them perform an unprecedented fishnet sling underwear ball.
"Rocky Horror Show" was adapted from the British musical of the same name in 1973. It was originally staged in a small London theater, but because of its unusual style, it combined elements such as B-level movies, vampires, aliens, and Frankenstein, and was a big success. It was later introduced to the United States.
After the movie version was released in 1975, the box office was not satisfactory, and it was quickly queued to the midnight show where the audience was scarce.
Unexpectedly, it became popular among the audience in the midnight show. Many audiences watched it repeatedly, memorizing the plot and lines thoroughly.
The following year, when the heroine was in the rain, an audience shouted "Buy an umbrella, broken bitch!" on the screen when the heroine was in the rain, and started the interactive viewing method of "Rocky Horror Show".
From then on, when fans watched this film, they would pick up lines, compare actions, throw things at will, and even perform on stage, gradually developing into a niche culture.
"Rocky Horror Show" became a party. Before going to the theater, fans will pretend to be the characters in the film, and use corresponding props to mess around with different plots.
For example, when the protagonist wears a ring to the heroine, the audience will shout: He is a scumbag, be careful!
The hero and the heroine walk through the storm, there will be people spraying water in the theater, and the audience has to take out the newspaper prepared in advance to block the water.
When the movie went out of power, everyone took out a lighter (now a mobile phone and a glow stick) to show the way for the protagonist.
When there is thunder in the film, the audience will come on stage and stretch out their fingers, and the lightning will fly out, exactly in the same direction as his fingers.
And when Dr. Scott rushed into the castle, the hero yelled "Great, Scott!"
At this time, the audience will throw toilet paper madly, because there is a toilet paper brand in the United States called "Scott".
This way of watching movies was later commercialized, with prop kits provided by theaters or fan groups, and the staff led the mischief.
There are also well-made illustrations to teach newcomers to play together.
In this way, "Rocky Horror Show" is no longer a simple movie, but a special way of watching movies.
Since its release in 1975, it has been screened continuously for 44 years, making it the longest continuous screen in film history.
Countless young people take advantage of its stage to show their different selves, leaving beautiful memories of youth.
As a result, it has become a classic symbol of European and American popular culture, and has been used for reference or tribute to literary works.
For example, Evakov in "One Piece" clearly comes from the image of Dr. Ford.
Emma Watson in "Wallflower Boy" also participated in the "Rocky Horror Show" party, and also played the heroine Janet, playing a large-scale performance.
"Glee" also rehearsed the song and dance clips of "Rocky Horror Show".
"The Simpsons" did not let go of the opportunity to spoof it.
In short, this is a cult film full of evil taste and carnival spirit. Behind it is a metaphor about the voice of civilians.
In the 1970s, Americans experienced the deception of the Cold War and the Vietnam War and were eager to emancipate their minds and express their opinions. Therefore, rock, hippies, and sexual liberation were flooded with that era.
"Rocky Horror Show" is following this trend.
In the film, the radio broadcasts political speeches.
Two sexually depressed young people experience a frantic night, like reborn.
Outside the film, people no longer passively accept everything, but spit, tease, and spoof, becoming active creators.
Just like today's Chinese Internet, bullet screens, ghosts, jokes, and emoticons can be seen everywhere, and everyone is expressing their opinions and preferences in a favorite way.
This is the most interesting activity outside of work and life for many people.
But who could have imagined that 44 years ago, this civilian carnival quietly grew in the midnight theater in the United States.
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