BE JUST & FEAR NOT

"It's just a jump to the left, and a step to the right; put your hands on your hips and bend your knees in tight; now it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane." Do you know what these are instructions for? If you're a hardcore "Rocky Horror Picture Show" fan, you know exactly what they are. They're instructions on how to do "The Time Warp," a dance that the cast of the movie performs. If you find yourself in a theater that's playing "Rocky Horror", then it would be very wise to know these steps. This Saturday you'll have the chance to try and show your skills when it comes to the "Warp," at a public viewing of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.\nFor $6 you will be able to watch the movie and receive a bag of "goodies," which are the materials needed throughout the movie to make it a truly interesting night. Past goodies have included toilet paper, rice, newspaper and toast. Other fun things will be provided. If you're new to the Rocky experience, then 9 p.m. is the time to show up. This is suggested, as "virgins" (those who have never been to a public showing) will need to be introduced to the world of "Rocky Horror." At this initiation, newcomers will be taught when to yell certain phrases, when to use their provided props and how to get their money's worth. It's also highly suggested that anybody attending dress up for the occasion. That is, if you dress up as the main character (Dr. Frank-n-furter), you should wear a corset, some fishnet stockings, excessive eye make-up and basically just try your hardest to look like a transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania. \nIn the 30 years since its 1975 release, "Rocky Horror" has gained cult status despite its poor box office results. As soon as it began to get popular, it became an instant cult classic. News of this movie spread quickly across the country and across England. After its terrible opening weekend and committing its own big-screen suicide, "Rocky Horror" appeared to be dud. What singer, songwriter, playwright and actor Richard O'Brien didn't know was that 30 years later, towns from Bloomington to New York would show the movie late at night to packed houses. O'Brien's box office flop would become one of Hollywood's biggest cult classics.\nIn the film, Tim Curry ("It," "Scary Movie 2") plays the lovable antagonist, Dr. Frank-n-furter. He is accompanied by the movie's do-good "protagonists," Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon). Bostwick is best known for his role as the childish mayor on Spin City, and Sarandon is an Oscar winner for her role in the movie "Dead Man Walking." There are five side characters that seem to be gaining popularity in the Rocky Horror world. They are Riff Raff (O'Brien), Eddie (Meat Loaf), Rocky (Peter Hinwood), Columbia (Nell Campbell) and Magenta (Patricia Quinn). \nThe premise of the movie is simple. A newly engaged couple (Bostwick & Sarandon) that attempts to visit an old professor, but they get lost along the way. They end up at a creepy mansion. Before discovering Dr. Frank-n-furter's Frankenstein Place they were moral and proper. Naturally, mayhem ensues and Brad and Janet are, ahem, changed.\n"Rocky Horror Picture Show" is being played just in time for Halloween, and is also a fundraiser for a new theater that is operating out of Buskirk-Chumley. Cardinal Stage Theatre, run by artistic director Randy White. It's been at least 10 years since Rocky Horror has last been publicly shown in Bloomington, and it's about time Bloomington de-virginizes yet again.\nFreshman Andrea Wilson claims that going to a public viewing is preferred. "It's funnier because real people are acting as the characters in unison to the movie," she says. "You seriously get people who know every single word in the movie and can act out every single scene. It's all very musical, and you meet people who have been doing this every Saturday night for years." \nEven The Facebook has groups dedicated to "Rocky Horror." One of the groups, "The OFFICIAL Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, Bloomington, IN Chapter," has more than 250 members and is dedicated to educating other about the movie. The second group, "Rocky Horror Picture Show" is smaller, with only 30 members and is described as, "a group for RHPS fans to talk about their obsessions, fave characters, etc., and to possibly plan trips to live shows." \nThe showing will be at 9:30 p.m., with the "de-virginizing" beginning at 9 p.m. Tickets will be $6 for a costumed customer and $8 for the more passive (and uncostumed) filmgoer.