The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following 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", if not the first. The film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" came about due to the tremendous success of the stage musical "The Rocky Horror Show" and opened in the United States at the United Artists Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, on September 26, 1975. Although the theater was selling out every night, it was noted
The Rocky Horror Picture Show was able to talk distributors into midnight screenings, starting in New York City on April Fools' Day of 1976. The cult following started shortly after the film began its midnight run at the Waverly Theater in New York City., then spread to other counties in NYC, and to Uniondale, L.I. "Rocky Horror" was not only found in the larger cities but throughout the United States where many attendees would get in free if they arrived in costume. The western division of the film's release included the U.A. Cinemas in Fresno and Merced, the Cinema J. in Sacramento, California, and the