Many traditions have evolved around Halloween.
And about this time of year--late fall--many movies of horror and science fiction genre debut to catch the spirit of the scary holiday.
One was an offbeat musical comedy horror that has become a cult classic,
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
When it premiered in the US, the movie was a flop; and hence, it pulled from many theaters.
But when it played at midnight showings, the musical caught on fire, garnering an international cult following.
Reference: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
This offbeat musical presents rock 'n roll style, precursor to punk rock, and even spiritual-like songs throughout its parody of the horror and 1930s-1960s SciFi B movie plots. And its music became popular--part of Pop Culture (the title of this thread.)
Richard O'Brien composed, in my opinion, this beautiful spiritual-like song:
There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)
(reference: https://youtu.be/i4G-hjfMR4U )
I love this song as it speaks to my soul and spirit.
In times of trouble and dark and scary times, like Brad and Janet getting lost and stranded with a flat tire on a cold and rainy night, there is hope...
There's a light,
light in the darkness
of everybody's life.
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Previous Post in the series:
Pop Culture (part 1) - Only Time and 9/11 (2015)
Pop Culture (part 2) - Halloween Martian Invasion (2015)
Pop Culture (part 3) - It's Gonna Be All Right (2016)
Pop Culture (part 4) - Brrrr! ... California Dreamin' (2018)
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