It’s astounding! Time is fleeting!

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” has been doing the “Time Warp” now for 50 filthy years.

The cult-classic film , a bawdy musical comedy that has its way with sci-fi, scares and sex, premiered in London on Aug. 14, 1975.

But the reason multiple generations are still yelling “Dammit Janet!” today is thanks to New York City and a still-operational downtown movie theater. 5

Those mad midnight showings all over the world, in which super-fans arrive clad in fishnets, shout back at Brad, Janet and Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and perform in front of the screen, began at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village — what is now the IFC Center.

Far from a sure thing, the 12 a.m. tickets were a last-ditch effort by 20th Century Fox to pump some life into a project th

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