
If you think you know the story of the Manson Family, you are dead wrong. On a ranch outside of Los Angeles, the dream of the "Love Generation" is transforming into something evil. What was once an oasis of free love and acid trips has become ground zero for a madman's paranoid visions. An average group of kids, the "Family," become engulfed in a delusional world where torment and slaughter are considered the path to righteousness.Director Jim VanBebber (Deadbeat at Dawn) del... (Full plot summary below)
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If you think you know the story of the Manson Family, you are dead wrong. On a ranch outside of Los Angeles, the dream of the "Love Generation" is transforming into something evil. What was once an oasis of free love and acid trips has become ground zero for a madman's paranoid visions. An average group of kids, the "Family," become engulfed in a delusional world where torment and slaughter are considered the path to righteousness.Director Jim VanBebber (Deadbeat at Dawn) delivers a dizzying, rapid-fire vision of the sex and violence that unifies the misguided group, a group hell-bent on executing the brutal vision of its leader, Charles Manson. You've seen the story through the eyes of the law. Now witness it through the eyes of THE MANSOSN FAMILY.
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| Film ThreatGraham RaeThe actual performances during the film range from excellent to somewhat amateurish, but this amateurism is easily absorbed by the sheer power of the imagery on display. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...grotesquely violent, but shouldn't a film about the Manson atrocities disgust us? |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher Nulla true feast of flesh made even worse on an unrated DVD |
| E! OnlineE! StaffIt's one great, blood-curdling Halloween treat. |
| Boston HeraldPaul ShermanMore work goes into mimicking the oversaturated colors, shrill organ music and goopy gore of Grade-C 1970s horror films in a lurid yet predictable stew of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThe acting's uneven, to put it gently, but that's part of the demented charm of this micro-budget splatter-fest. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongIf it's hard to watch, its crude power is also somewhat mesmerizing. |
| L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThe movie is monotonous, and by the time it gets to its climactic re-enactment of the Tate-LaBianca killings, it seems little more than the heir to "Survive!, The Zodiac Killer" and other unsavory 1970s horror cheapies that tried to turn a quick buck on real-life tragedy. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerAn acid movie flashback a la Oliver Stone. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Helter Skelter is a song by the Beatles, a slogan adopted by the Charles Manson 'family' and a description of how disorganized The Manson Family is. |