The Rocky Horror Picture Show

This film, which pays a parodic tribute to science-fiction, horror and B-movies, was a commercial failure when it was released. It was criticized in particular for having a threadbare plot, a cartoonish atmosphere and an overly sexual character. Despite this, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is today considered a cult film among midnight movies and it enjoys a very wide audience of fans all over the world. The first film on the midnight movie market to have been produced by a major studio, it is still one of the best-known and most financially profitable midnight movies.