Sunday, October 22, 2023

Ready for the Time Warp?

 Get your costumes, water guns, and any other paraphernalia of mischief you can think of because the Rocky Horror Picture show is returning to the big screen in Jackson. 



Showtimes at the Capri Theatre

October 27 & 28: 10:05 PM

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

I still can't believe I wasted 90 minutes of my life watching that movie.

Geez, William Faulkner wrote the screenplay of "The Big Sleep." No such intelligence worked on this movie.

Anonymous said...

@1:12 PM

You don’t understand. You have to be high or drunk, gay or bi-sexual, and a social outcast to enjoy RHPS.

My my my muh my my my my said...

Man we would absolutely trash out the DeVille cinema back in the day, just happened to watch it last night for the umteenth time with a friend that had never seen it. Like riding a bike the lines all came right back to me. Youngsters will need a few veterans to show them the ropes of how to participate. Things to bring:
Rice
Squirt gun
Newspaper
Party rattle
BELL (did I hear a bell ring?)
A piece of toast
Rubber gloves (Snap!)
Anyone else?

Anonymous said...

2:01 PM, not sure where you’re from but you were the opposite of being an outcast in the 1980’s in Jackson, MS at the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The same buds I had that were too insecure to go to Disco’s in the late 70’s early 80’s couldn’t handle the RHPS either – and they sure did miss out on picking up a whole lot of chicks. HeHehe

Heterosexual chicks loved them some disco, and loved them so RHPS as well!

Anonymous said...

Are all JJ posters southern baptist preachers?

Anonymous said...

I was usually drunk when this played at the Capris. It was awesome. I'm not gay or bi but this was a right of passage for teens in the 80's and 90's. Its a dumb ass movie to be sure but fun at midnight when you when you were 17 or 18. Cut it some slack. I'm 52 now I's go see it again.

Anonymous said...

Grew up in north Jackson. Used to go to the Deville at midnight maybe 5-6 times in late 70's with HS friends (male & female). It was fun as we only had a couple props like rice and newspaper. Enjoyed the music which had some catchy hooks in the tunes. Perfect casting and maybe a little ahead of its time. We got introduced to Meat Loaf and Tim Curry. Riff-Raff wrote the play and the music.

Anonymous said...

Nobody actually likes that dumbass movie. It’s just another way to pretend to be cool.

Anonymous said...

Get a grip folks. The entire production was deliberately a campy homage to science fiction, drive-in movies (going back to the 1950s) and yes - a push by the sexual liberation of the times peaking in about 1975. It was never meant to be taken seriously nor scrutinized for artistic importance or commercial value.

Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff) wrote all the songs and co-wrote the screenplay, and should be considered a funky genius for that period, which if you were not of it - you won't possibly understand it. If you were - the film is still hilarious and rocks out with great music.

Anonymous said...

As a stand-alone flic, RHPS is terrible. Seeing it with a group that has also seen it many times and knows all of the lines, RHPS is GREAT FUN. I enjoyed it in the 70's (midnight at the DeVille), in college (long live the Hoka), and I enjoyed it with my children when they were in HS. If all you see is a campy, comedy/sci-fi/musical you just don't get it.

Anonymous said...

Great Scott!

Anonymous said...

"I Would Like, If I May, To Take You On A Strange Journey."

Anonymous said...

Susan Sarandon looked pretty hot in that movie.

Anonymous said...

I wasn't allowed to be out after midnight, so I never saw it :(
But had friends who went multiple times and talked about people throwing things and the theater being trashed. Surprised the management of the newly renovated Capri want to deal with that.

Anonymous said...

I thought RHPS was only shown at the DeVille cinema .

I seem to recall the Capri reopened for awhile back then, but I thought the Capri was only
showing 70's porn.

At one time it was a great little Fondren movie venue.
They showed classics like the original Disney "Jungle Book" or "Space 2001: A Space Odyssey".

By the 80's the Capri was all about Johnny Holmes and Ginger Lynn.

Anonymous said...

Yep, I don't remember the Capri ever showing the RHPS back in the day either. It was always at DeVille. The last gasp of the Capri was late night porno patrons mainly old men in jogging suits and there would be a dozen dogs on leashes tied up out front of the theater that were supposed to be getting walked.


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