SunnyHello
Nice effects though.
Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Donald Seymour
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
KnockKnock1
Helter Skelter is a British theme park ride where children climb to the top and slide down to the ground in a spiral fashion. The Beatles wrote a harmless song about it. Maniac cult leader and thankfully now deceased Charles Manson's only success in life was that he unfairly tarnished the term forever. He literally failed at everything else.The Tate murders involved the murder of beautiful and talented actress Sharon Tate in her home on 9th of August 1969. What made this event most despicable is that she was eight and a half months pregnant. Four friends died with her that night. Manson was a such a coward that he stayed home strumming his guitar and smoking pot while his idiot followers carried out this heinous act. This one event signaled the end of the hippy free love movement. Sharon Tate's address was 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. This address is so infamous that the murder house was demolished and the current owners lobbied successfully to the Los Angeles council to change the address.Most documentaries on this case focus on two people: Sharon Tate and her husband Oscar winning film director Roman Polanski. This one is different in that it focuses on the Manson family and their lesser known victims. Namely the four friends that died with Sharon Tate and the Labianca family, who were murdered after the murderers fled the scene. Its worth watching this one as it goes into great detail, especially if its viewed in combination with one that focuses on Tate and Polanski, so that the viewer gets the full picture.
cupids_victim
This documentary had a wealth of information that I don't think many would know about the Manson family, unless they're a die-hard Manson enthusiast. I enjoyed all the odd facts I'd never heard but it was soooooo horribly narrated that it was almost unwatchable. I will give him props for his enthusiasm and honest interest in the subject. However, he is so enthusiastic that he tends to ramble, and quickly, it is hard to tell where one sentence ends and the next begins.I'm not sure if there was a script written, and if there was, I don't know if the narrator knows the purpose of a comma and/or a period. Or if perhaps there was no script and the narrator was simply allowed to ramble on the subject at his pleasure. This would be a great documentary with a different narrator.
avenuesf
This is a very engaging, well-researched documentary that details a great many additions to the Tate/LaBianca murders that were never made public. Mr. Dorsey is a likable, enthusiastic host throughout the film, who clearly has an obsession with Hollywood trivia. Despite his legal troubles, I've always considered Roman Polanski to be one of the world's best and original directors, and the film gave me a little more depth into his life and what he must have gone through during this horrific period. The doc appears to be shot on video, and I'd never heard of it until now; am curious if Mr. Dorsey managed to make a profit off of it, as it looks as though he put a great deal of work into its production. It's chilling at times and a little on the black/ghoulish side, but a bit like driving by a car wreck... you want to, but you can't look away. Manson and his followers were clearly very sick individuals who created a great deal of destruction besides just the Tate/LaBianca killings; this is an excellent documentary that explains that in a lot more detail.
gizmoe639
I was very excited to see this film. The story of Charles Manson is very interesting to me. I had a very hard time making it past the first few minutes of this film. The narrator delivers the information so hastily, and with out any discernible order. He just babbles on incessantly. I will give him credit, he is passionate about the story he is telling, but is overly excited and somewhat unable to be followed. There's a wealth of information here, but its piled upon its self in such a way that it is nearly impossible to sort it. Parts are better then others, but i was very disappointed in the film. I feel that if someone who had better public speaking skills, and better delivery, this could have been a very good informational film. The narration jumps around, and is full of information that does not relate to the story line being discussed at that point.