The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following
The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following is the cultural phenomenon surrounding the large fan base of enthusiastic participants of the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, generally credited as being the best-known cinematic "midnight movie".
Dori Hartley and Sal Piro at the Waverly Theatre in New York in 1977
D. Garrett Gafford and Terri Hardin, Tiffany Theater Hollywood, 1978
San Francisco's Strand Theatre, 1979. Linda Woods, Marni Scofidio, Denise Erickson and Tim Curry
Some Rocky Horror paraphernalia set out at a Boise, Idaho showing in early 2011
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The latter is often called a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fanbase.
Trekkies at a Brisbane on Parade event. Star Trek enthusiasts are one of the best-known examples of a pop culture oeuvre having a cult following.
The cult following for The Rocky Horror Picture Show emerged through its promotion as a midnight movie.
