Sal Piro
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British rock musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien. The film is a parody of B-movie, science fiction and horror films of the late 1940s through early 1970s. Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the...
Fan Club, a position he's held since 1977. Piro was a part of the original Waverly Theatre audience, from which the unique audience participation elements and much of the film's cult following
The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following
The Rocky Horror Picture Show cult following describes the cultural phenomenon surrounding the large fan base of enthusiastic participants of the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, generally credited as being the best-known if not the first cinematic "midnight movie"...
were born. This following has gone on to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Piro has also appeared as himself in the film Fame as well as a number of documentaries, and had a nonspeaking, unnamed cameo – as a man using a payphone – in Rocky Horrors pseudo sequel
Sequel
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, Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment is a 1981 musical-black comedy film and a follow-up to the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. While not an outright sequel, the movie does feature several characters from the movie portrayed by different actors and several Rocky Horror actors portraying new characters...
. As an actor, he has performed in both film and television.
He is also the author of two books on the Rocky Horror cult following, Creatures of the Night
Creatures of the Night (non-fiction book)
Creatures of the Night is a book about the cult following of the motion picture The Rocky Horror Picture Show, written by Sal Piro. Piro has been President of the National Fan club since 1977. The book contains information about the beginnings of the cult following as well as Piro's own experiences...
and Creatures of the Night II.
According to an article in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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, he plays competitive tournament Scrabble
Scrabble
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.