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EYESORE 9001

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1. First time I saw it, the fan base was in its formative stage

Reply to samnsara (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2023, 09:24 AM

Oct 2023

Late 1975 at San Diego State. Double feature with Phantom of the Paradise (I’ll withhold judgment on that one). It was the second time around at SDSU got RHPS, and they hoped the combined star power of Brian de Palma AND Paul Williams round out the bill nicely.

I was seated toward the rear of the theater with my cohort, when a male & female couple entered wearing almost cartoonishly large turbans and sat directly in front of yours truly. I tried my best to act civilized and not make a scene. Perhaps they were observant Sikhs. It was a minor annoyance, but it became so smoky that I could hardly see the screen anyway.

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Oh the memories!!! The RHPS is on HULU as part of the Halloween season offerings... [View all] samnsara Oct 2023 OP

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