I am not even going to try to describe the plot of this film. Any attempt to do so would likely just scare you off.
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Though I've seen this film at least twenty times, watching it on home video for the first time in over a decade felt like a completely new experience. Weeks upon weeks of seeing this film in a darkened, rowdy theater had turned it into something almost completely different. When viewed in the comfort of your home, there are actually moments where nothing is being said/sung. Even quietly muttering the audience responses to yourself doesn't quite match the theatrical experience. If you've only seen this movie on video, you truly haven't really seen it. Do yourself a favor and find the a place to see it with people. The Official Fan Site even has a theater locator to help you with this. Don't dream it, be it. Give yourself over to absolute pleasure.
I'm confident that if theatrical exhibition ever goes the way of the dodo, somewhere there will still be a small band of the faithful screaming "asshole" and "slut" at a bed sheet pinned to the wall. This will certainly be the last film standing.
Unfortunately if you live where I do, you don't have many (or any) opportunities to see it in a theatre. They do show it at Halloween and Friday the 13th but I don't think they do the whole participation thing so I've never actually seen it like that, despite having watched this film obsessively since I was four years old! :(
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