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===Legacy=== Annual ''Rocky Horror'' conventions are held in varying locations, lasting days. [[Tucson, Arizona]] has been host a number of times, including 1999 with "El Fishnet Fiesta", and "Queens of the Desert" held in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Gerald M. |date=13 March 2014 |title='Rocky Horror' shines at El Fishnet Fiesta |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |location=Tucson |url=http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/movies/rocky-horror-shines-at-el-fishnet-fiesta/article_d7ea0288-3d24-5d22-8dc8-ff86b61f93ff.html |access-date=18 March 2014}}</ref> Vera Dika wrote that, to the fans, ''Rocky Horror'' is ritualistic and comparable to a religious event, with a compulsive, repeated cycle of going home and coming back to see the film each weekend.<ref name="Dika2003">{{cite book |first=Vera |last=Dika |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opah6_oJqPYC&pg=PA112 |title=Recycled Culture in Contemporary Art and Film: The Uses of Nostalgia |date=9 June 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-5210-1631-5 |page=112}}</ref> The audience call-backs are similar to responses in church during a mass.<ref name="Dika2003"/> Many theatre troupes exist across the United States that produce shadow-cast performances where the actors play each part in the film in full costume, with props, as the movie plays on the big screen in a movie theatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Come see Northern Virginia's only Rocky Horror shadowcast! |website=Transylvanian Concubines |url=http://www.transylvanianconcubines.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209141248/http://www.transylvanianconcubines.com/ |archive-date=9 February 2016 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=30 January 2012 |title=Where Rocky Horror Lives in Los Angeles! |url=http://sins.la/ |access-date=10 February 2016 |website=Sins O' The Flesh |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204021220/http://sins.la/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> O'Brien's Orchestra, formerly known as the Queerios (based in [[Austin, Texas]]), is the longest running shadow-cast in Texas.<ref>{{cite web| title=Austin's very own Rocky Horror Shadow Cast!| website=O'Briens Orchestra| url=https://www.rockyhorroraustin.com/| access-date=29 June 2021| language=en}}</ref> The film has a global following and remains popular.<ref name="Batchelor2011">{{cite book |first=Bob |last=Batchelor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAIMzLLh9nUC&pg=PA52 |title=Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream |date=December 2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-35780-0 |page=52}}</ref> Subcultures such as ''Rocky Horror'' have also found a place on the Internet.<ref name="Ross2011">{{cite book |first=Sharon Marie |last=Ross |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOPzKWCf0w8C&pg=PT31 |title=Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet |date=23 September 2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4443-5865-0 |page=31}}</ref> Audience participation scripts for many cities are available for download from the internet.<ref name="Riley2008" /> The internet has a number of ''Rocky Horror'' fan-run websites with various quizzes and information, specializing in different content, allowing fans to participate at a unique level.<ref name="LancasterMikotowicz2001" />
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