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The Adventures of
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
In 1988, the midnight movie experience was
institutionalized in a new manner with the introduction
of the Toronto International Film Festival's nightly
Midnight Madness section.
Suzanne Fields in Flesh
Gordon
In the years since, new or
recent films still occasionally emerge as midnight movie
"hits" on the circuit of theaters that continue to show
them.
The most successful of the 1990s generation was
the Australian drag queen road saga The Adventures of
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).
One of the theaters to show it regularly at midnight was New York's
Waverly (also now closed), where Rocky Horror had played
for a house record ninety-five weeks.
A celebrated
episode of television's The Drew Carey Show features a
song-and-dance battle between Rocky Horror fans (led by
Drew Carey) and Priscilla fans (led by Mimi Bobeck).
Midnight Movie - Donnie Darko (2001)
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