🎬🍿 Movie Beginnings
Where did Rocky Horror midnight shows start? 🎥
A) 🎭 Times Square Cinema
B) 🎬 Waverly Theater
C) 🎦 Film Guild Cinema
D) ⭐ Tiffany Theater
➡️ Answer: Waverly Theater 🎬
How many Broadway performances did show have in it’s original run? 🎟
A) 10
B) 45
C) 100
D) 6 months
➡️ Answer: 45 shows 🙈
What did fans love? ❤️
A) 🎬 Hollywood style
B) 🎞 B-movie charm
C) 👩 Famous stars
D) 💰 Big budget
➡️ Answer: B-movie charm 🎞 + new faces 🌟
Where did it move later? 🏙
A) Broadway → Hollywood
B) 8th St 🎥 → Village East 🎭
C) Tiffany → Waverly
D) IFC → Belasco
➡️ Answer: 8th Street Theater (1979) → Village East (1996) 🏙
First NYC midnight show date? 📅
A) 🎃 Halloween 1975
B) 🇺🇸 Labor Day 1976
C) 🤡 April Fools’ Day 1976
D) 🎆 July 4, 1977
➡️ Answer: April Fools’ Day, 1976 🤡
Who had the “midnight idea”? 💡🌙
A) 👨 Sal Piro
B) 👩 Denise Borden
C) 🧑 Tim Deegan
D) 🎬 Jim Sharman
➡️ Answer: Tim Deegan 🧑
Why midnight shows? 🕛
A) 📅 Planned
B) 👶 For kids
C) 🆘 Save the movie
D) 📺 TV
➡️ Answer: To save the movie 🆘
What made it “wild”? 🎬
A) ⭐ Big stars
B) 🎞 B-movie look + ❤️ cast
C) 🎭 Broadway
D) 📢 Fox ads
➡️ Answer: B-movie look 🎞 + devoted cast ❤️
Who shouted the first line? 🗣
A) 👨 Sal Piro
B) 👩 Denise Borden
C) 🧑 Louis Farese
D) 🎀 Dori Hartley
➡️ Answer: Louis Farese 🧑
What made shows fun? ✨
A) ⭐ Reviews
B) 💰 Money
C) 👗 Costumes, 🗣 Yells, 🎩 Props, 👯 Cast
D) 🎉 Celebs
➡️ Answer: Audience fun 👗🗣🎩👯
Premiere date? 🎂
A) Aug 14, 1975
B) July 10, 1975
C) Sept 25, 1975
D) Oct 31, 1975
➡️ Answer: August 14, 1975 🎉
Midnight movies before Rocky? 🌙
A) 🎨 Cartoons
B) 🎶 Musicals
C) 🎥 Indie + cult
D) 📚 Docs
➡️ Answer: Indie films 🎥 + cult movies 🍿
How much money did it make? 💵
A) $50M
B) $100M
C) $115M
D) $200M
➡️ Answer: $115 million 💸
First shout line? ☔
A) “Time Warp!”
B) “☔ Buy an umbrella, you cheap b-h”
C) “Dammit Janet!”
D) “Don’t dream it, be it.”
➡️ Answer: “☔ Buy an umbrella, you cheap b-h”
Who were in both stage & film? 🎭
A) Susan Sarandon + Barry Bostwick
B) Richard O’Brien + Tim Curry
C) Dori Hartley + Sal Piro
D) Jim Sharman + Denise Borden
➡️ Answer: Richard O’Brien 👨🎤 + Tim Curry 👠
Who hyped it with music 🎶 & telephone ☎ ads?
A) 👨 Tim Deegan
B) 🧑 Louis Farese
C) 👩 Denise Borden
D) 👨 Sal Piro
➡️ Answer: Denise Borden 👩
Where did the stage show start? 🎭
A) 🇬🇧 London 1973
B) 🇺🇸 New York 1973
C) 🇬🇧 London 1975
D) 🌴 Los Angeles 1976
➡️ Answer: London, 1975 🇬🇧
Theater still showing today? 🎥
A) 🎬 Waverly
B) 🎦 Film Guild
C) 🎭 Village East
D) ⭐ Tiffany
➡️ Answer: Village East Theater 🎭
Where did midnight fun begin? 🌃
A) 🎭 Broadway
B) 📺 TV
C) 🎬 Waverly
D) 🚗 Drive-in
➡️ Answer: Waverly Theater 🎬
Who started the fun? 🧑🤝🧑
A) 🎬 Studio
B) 📜 Scripted
C) 🌱 Fans
D) 🎭 Producers
➡️ Answer: Fans 🌱