It was 10 p.m. at the Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles, and Kayla Discoe-Creveling was hunting for virgins.

"We have a little tradition in Rocky Horror where we mark our virgins with a big old V."

A Rocky Horror "virgin" is someone who's there for the first time.

"We love consent," Discoe-Creveling said. "Cheek, forehead, or chest?"

She drew a large "V" on a young woman's forehead.

That ritual, along with camp and community, has kept The Rocky Horror Picture Show alive for half a century. The cult film continues to draw audiences at weekly midnight screenings around the world, not only for the fishnets and callbacks but also because the community it created offers a home for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.

Since its 1975 U.S. premiere, the film has inspired generation

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