# The Rocky Horror Picture Show

15 Hacker News commenters recommended The Rocky Horror Picture Show and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for loud, interactive midnight screenings where audiences shout at the screen and throw props, and say it grows on them over repeat viewings.

## Why people recommend it

- Audience participation at midnight screenings (3 comments): "The midnight showing of movies like Rocky Horror Picture show are fun when everyone knows that audience participation is the entire reason of going" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391787)) "When I went to see it, it was a joyful shambles, with rice, water, ad-libbed lines, and drag queens surfing the audience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461391)) "being able to shout at the screen, throw toast and rice, generally just be loud and roudy as a teen, was fantastic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49453794))
- Fun, ridiculous and loud (3 comments): "When I went to see it, it was a joyful shambles, with rice, water, ad-libbed lines, and drag queens surfing the audience." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461391)) "being able to shout at the screen, throw toast and rice, generally just be loud and roudy as a teen, was fantastic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49453794)) "It's just ment to be ridiculous and fun." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452647))
- Strong performances from the cast (3 comments): "it really displays how wide the interpreting skill of the actor were" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49457711)) "Just the perfect person for that role." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456156)) "he blew our little socks off" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455127))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/odyssey.md): 50 recommend
- [Perfect Days (2023 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/perfect-days.md): 19 recommend
- [The Secret Agent (2025 film)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/secret-agent.md): 18 recommend
- [One Battle After Another](https://hackerapproved.com/p/one-battle-after-another.md): 17 recommend
- [Star Wars original trilogy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-wars-original-trilogy.md): 14 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rocky-horror-picture-show/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).