History YMMV / TheRockyHorrorPictureShow

* FoeYay: Riff Raff/Frank-N-Furter slash fanfics exist.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: During ''Dammit Janet'', the audience often shouts [[note]]As Janet singing to Brad[[/note]] "That you fuck Mom and you blow Dad". ''Film/ShockTreatment'' reveals Harry Weiss to be a HeteronormativeCrusader who thinks "Faggots are Maggots" and gets so uncomfortable when gay people are mentioned that he has to leave the room.

** It was a celebration of the then-recent sexual revolution and what modicum of visibility queer people had within 1970s counterculture before the conservative revolution of the 1980s. As mentioned on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, the [[SocietyMarchesOn increased awareness of gay and trans rights since 1975]] has brought into question the film's decision to depict gay people and cross-dressers as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything literal aliens]] (an appropriate metaphor at the time, now it feels somewhat backhanded) with some even calling it outright transphobic, not helped by the characters' immoral behavior. The connotation between "transsexual" and "transvestite" would also be discouraged today, as they are two different issues.

** On a social level, many felt that the remake was a wasted opportunity to address some of the more questionable points of the original and update the story, even if very slightly, for the [[SocietyMarchesOn advancements in society]] that occurred since its release. Many were bothered by the fact that not only were there no changes to the script, but Frank's casting only opened up a new can of worms. Frank became a female character played by transgender actress Creator/LaverneCox, and casting a trans person as a transvestite is already questionable. It may seem better that Frank isn't actually a crossdresser here...but "Sweet Transvestite" is exactly the same, lyrics and all. This was noted to possibly lead to additional damaging associations between trans people and crossdressers (the lyrics might now be read as inadvertently devaluing Cox's identity by implying she's in drag), on top of the terminology just being incorrect for a woman in women's clothes. There were also complaints that despite increased acceptance today, Frank's GenderFlip and the TV network restrictions caused a lot of the sexuality and homoeroticism to be toned down and left the film feeling unwelcomely sanitized.

** Don't let the servants in a house take your clothes, and if you're spending the night, make sure the bedroom doors are locked! Brad tells Janet to humor Magenta and Riffradf when they're stripped to their undies, but setting boundaries might have helped.

** Don't take anything to extremes, and don't be too permissive or prudish.

** Not to mention Frank dressing most of the characters as him and proceeding to have an elaborate floor show with them. It makes sense from a character standpoint that Frank would treat all of them as his personal play things, dressing them up and making them put on a show for his own entertainment, but [[note]][[AudienceParticipation WHERE DO YOU MASTURBATE??]][[/note]]in an empty house?[[note]]''[[AudienceParticipation WHEN]]'' [[AudienceParticipation DO YOU MASTURBATE??]][[/note]] In the middle of the night?

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Riff Raff's coldblooded murder of Columbia.]]

** Thus, it's not "[=LGBTQ=], Crosdressers, Transgendered and Kinksters are evil freaks" but rather "Cruel selfish raping psychopaths are freaks". Riff Raff simply saw Frank as an evil jerk who treated him like garbage so he got revenge and Frank's lifestyle being too extreme is a case of TakeOurWordForIt [[note]]Meaning that Frank was considered too extreme even for the standards of the Free-Loving to the point of Incest Transylvanians[[/note]].

** Assuming that Transylvanians are meant to represent LBGTQ+ people, Riff Raff telling [[AllGaysArePromiscuous Frank]] that his lifestyle is "too extreme" could be read as certain queer people telling others to StopBeingStereotypical.

** Don't take anything to extremes. Don't be too permissive or prudish.

** Don't take anything to extremes.Don't be too permissive or prudish.

** Don't take anything to extremes be permissiveness or prudery.

* HesJustHiding: The ''Rocky Horror'' Shows His Heels'' concept would have Rocky revealed to be in a coma rather than dead and Dr Scott managing to resurrect Frank. The ''Rocky Horror: The Second Coming'' play would have resurrected Frank as well.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' said it was like ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' if the factory only made laced gummies.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How most fans felt about the TV adaptation.

* FunnyAnuerysmMoment: During ''Dammit Janet'', the audience often shouts [[note]]As Janet singing to Brad[[/note]] "That you fuck Mom and you blow Dad". ''Film/ShockTreatment'' reveals Harry Weiss to be a HeteronormativeCrusader who thinks "Faggots are Maggots" and gets so uncomfortable when gay people are mentioned that he has to leave the room.

* TheWoobie: Poor Rocky, who appears to be only slightly smarter than your average house pet, goes through a lot of grief in his only night of being alive without having any idea why. The fact that he was only created to be Frank's personal SexSlave doesn't help.
** Most fans sympathize very strongly with Columbia, who really gets treated like dirt. Her only friend appears to be Magenta, who later betrays her by turning her into a statue and treats her death like nothing happened.

* TheWoobie: Poor Rocky, who appears to be only slightly smarter than your average house pet, goes through a lot of grief in one night without having any idea why. Most fans sympathize very strongly with Columbia, who really gets treated like dirt. Her only friend appears to be Magenta, who later betrays her by turning her into a statue.

** It was a celebration of the then-recent sexual revolution and what modicum of visibility queer people had within 1970s counterculture. As mentioned on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, the [[SocietyMarchesOn increased awareness of gay and trans rights since 1975]] has brought into question the film's decision to depict gay people and cross-dressers as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything literal aliens]] (an appropriate metaphor at the time, now it feels somewhat backhanded) with some even calling it outright transphobic, not helped by the characters' immoral behavior. The connotation between "transsexual" and "transvestite" would also be discouraged today, as they are two different issues.

** In recent years, there's been a divide over the AudienceParticipation - while older fans defend it as integral to the fandom, a lot of newcomers complain that it has created a hostile or noisy environment. There is also an increasing awareness that all the thrown objects mean that theater employees have to stay late to clean up, which is driving smaller theaters to cancel the midnight showings - many shows also ban props that don't come in a pre-existing packet, and work in reminders to not throw props at the screen, actors, or lighting.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Despite some contingencies among LGBTQ+ activists as to whether or not this movie's representation of them holds up, it's important to remember that Frank is the only Transylvanian who commits any seriously monstrous crimes like murder and rape, not to mention is repeatedly called out for it, first by Columbia's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and later when Riff Raff tells him his "lifestyle's too extreme." Riff Raff and Magenta's relationship is [[BrotherSisterIncest questionable]] at best and the worst thing they do is [[spoiler:kill Rocky and Columbia]] out of spite (let's be fair, [[spoiler:Frank]] had it coming).

* RetroactiveRecognition: Among the principal musicians who performed the music for the film is the keyboardist Rabbit, who would later become the touring keyboardist for Music/TheWho.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** During ''Science Fiction Double Feature'', Richard O'Brien sings about Franchise/FlashGordon being there in silver underwear. Five years later O'Brien went on to play Fico in the [[Film/FlashGordon1980 movie]].
** During ''Dammit Janet'', the audience often shouts [[note]]As Janet singing to Brad[[/note]] "That you fuck Mom and you blow Dad". ''Film/ShockTreatment'' reveals Harry Weiss to be a HeteronormativeCrusader who thinks "Faggots are Maggots" and gets so uncomfortable when gay people are mentioned that he has to leave the room.
** "Don't dream it, be it." The actor singing that song ''would'' be [[Film/It1990 It]] fifteen years later.
** A character played by Creator/TimCurry kills a man named Eddie. Later in 2009, [[VideoGame/BrutalLegend the same thing is attempted again]].
** Likewise, this was not the last time that a character played by Meat Loaf would get involved with a cult-like group of people and then get killed for pointless reasons. [[Film/FightClub It happened again in 1999]].
** In the scene when Janet is singing "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me" , Columbia is wearing WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse ears. Creator/{{Disney}} purchased Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox in March 2019.

* Why Frank [[spoiler: murdered Eddie]] beyond him just being crazy.
** First, Eddie was proving himself to be quite the party animal, and Frank [[AttentionWhore can't stand not being the center of attention]].
** Second, you'll notice that Rocky is happily dancing along to "Hot Patootie," and of course Frank [[CrazyJealousGuy can't tolerate anyone else seducing his glorified fucktoy]].
** Third, [[note]] WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR DRUGS?[[/note]] Columbia was clearly influenced enough by Eddie's presence that she started to break whatever hold Frank had on her; [[spoiler: murdering Eddie]] was just Frank's way of [[KickTheDog reminding Columbia who was in charge]].
** Fourth, [[spoiler: Frank probably just felt like [[ObligatoryJoke having Meat Loaf for dinner]].]]