The Manson Family Page #6

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Director(s): Jim Van Bebber
Production: Blue Underground
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
1997
95 min
Website
126 Views


Just now,

thats all

thats important.

The time is gonna come

when all men will judge

themselves before God.

Itll be the worst hell,

the worst hell on earth.

Itll make Nazi Germany

look like a picnic.

And you gotta be ready

for that right now,

right here right

now just like that.

And thats where

were at all the time.

Charlie set up

Helter Skelter patrols.

We kept 24 hour a day lookouts

posted with shotguns

around the ranch.

It was perfect

timing for Charlie,

because the Family was

starting to drift apart.

But now we were being pushed

to the last safe corner

of the earth, the desert.

Now, the District

Attorney made up the lie

that Charlie was trying to

start this black, white war

to bring on Armageddon.

Charlie didnt start the war.

As far as we

were all concerned

it was already coming down.

Helter Skelter is

the name of a song

performed by

The Beatles, period.

Helter Skelter

was very real to us.

For all we knew

it was happening.

All the events

were taking place.

And we thought we really

had to get to the desert.

That the desert was the only

way that we could be saved.

Wed still make

music and orgy,

but now it had this

dark underbelly to it.

Everything was Biblical

and Apocalyptic.

We will kill anyone who

gets in our way, period!

What are we gonna do Charlie?

Creepy Crawl

some pigs house?

Of course I loved Charlie.

I felt like he was

the Messiah come again.

You know the Second

Coming of Christ.

King of the Jews.

Drink from this.

For this is my blood,

the blood of the new covenant,

which is shed for many.

And the flames blew up

like the devils breath!

Shed for many.

Im the Devil!

Im the Devil!

The Devil!

Charlie, Im the Devil!

Rise!

Rise!

Rise!

Rise!

Rise!

Rise!

Rise!

Rise!

Neither repented

they of their murders,

nor of their sorceries,

nor of their fornications,

nor of their thefts.

And they had a King over them,

which is the Angel of

the Bottomless Pit.

Whose name in the

Hebrew tongue is Abaddon,

but in the Latin tongue,

hath his name is Exterminans.

And I started to

space it real bad.

And I f***ing looked over

and Charlie looked

like the Devil, man.

I said, Man, I

think were in hell.

And he said,

Yeah, aint it groovy

I was getting some

real weird pictures.

So I get out while

the getting was good.

What do you mean

leaving, you cant?

Will you go with me?

Why?

You cant leave.

I overheard Tex and Sadie,

and theyre watching you.

I gotta get out of here.

Why?

What is going on?

Im sacred.

Whats wrong?

Charlie asked me

if I would kill somebody.

Whats in the bag Sunshine?

Hi Sadie.

You cant kill.

Kill.

Bunch of people with their

backs up against the wall,

willing almost to...

Kill someone?

Oh, yeah.

In a split second.

Kill crazy and

throw your life away.

Any traces of my own

will or personality

had totally

dissolved by this time.

I was just as

extension of Charlie,

and I took my role of

enforcer very seriously.

Where were you going?

Whats the big deal?

I just wanted to be

by myself for a while.

She was wearing these.

I like to see in focus.

You were running away.

I wasnt running away!

Look whats the big

deal all of a sudden?

You guys are

acting like the ranch

has become a military camp.

Take them off.

Charlie told you

not to wear them.

Stop it!

I want to wear them!

Dont you ever leave the

ranch without telling anyone!

Going out to Death

Valley, you know,

it made a lot of sense.

Somewhere that we could

raise our children,

and let them teach us

some of the things

that we need to learn.

In a place thats

closer to the land,

and the stars,

and the spirit of life.

Do it again and

Ill kill you!

Well hang you in a tree,

and well cut

your tongue out!

You got no idea how desperate

things were out there.

Im not talking frustration,

Im talking lunacy.

[Chanting]

Charlie thought that Gary had

inherited a lot of money.

So Charlie asked

Gary to join the Family

and come with

us to the desert.

Gary said no,

so Charlie told Bobby and

I to try to convince him.

Ive given you, given you

all help in times of need.

But Im not following

Charlie into the desert.

I have my life, and its here.

Were not asking

you to change Gary.

You can bring your, your...

Gohanza.

Your Gohanza out there.

You can have everything

there that you have here.

We love you Gary.

We need you, man.

I need you.

No, alright?

Youre still my brother,

and my sister,

but I must be true to myself.

Last chance.

Its gonna take a lot of

money for a move of this kind.

Ill give you

forty dollars, okay.

How about twenty grand?

How about it?

We need that money Gary.

The whole thing with Gary

was that he had burned me

on a thousand

tabs of mescaline.

I went there simply

to get my money back.

I think you should

leave right now.

Bullshit.

We aint kidding Gary.

Bobby, what are you doing?

Look, I dont know

what Charlie told you,

but I dont have

twenty thousand dollars,

and Im not paying.

Youre bullshitting me!

Stop it Bobby.

Get out of my house!

Watch him.

Im gonna find it.

Hes not gonna find anything.

Shut up!

We trashed this place,

we turned it upside down,

I dont know what else...

I dont know if he has it.

Alright, fine.

OK.

Alright, fine.

Well be here.

Youre making terrible causes.

Causes youll answer

for in later life.

Charlies pissed at you man.

You cant change the

causes youve made,

but you can counter

them with positive ones.

What the hell.

You too Sadie.

Just go.

Tell that to Charlie.

[Music playing]

I cant think

with that sh*t on.

[Music playing]

Trippy chick.

Yeah, yeah, go ahead.

Gary had no stomach

for what was going on.

He just kept saying

over and over again

that he didnt

have any money, and,

and he was tired,

and he wanted to go to sleep.

Me and Bobby looked everywhere

in that house for money.

[Knock on door]

Thats Charlie.

Let him in.

Finally Bobby didnt

know what to do.

Get up.

Get up.

Hey Charlie.

Wheres Bruce?

Charlie, I dont

think you know what

youre doing by this.

I want to talk

about that money Jack!

Right now, where is it?

Take your people and get out.

[Scream]

Dont man.

Dont come back

without the money, man.

During my trial

the prosecution wanted to

involve Charlie in my case.

Which is difficult because he

was never there at any time.

I cut Gary, when

we were fighting.

And it wasnt his ear,

it was more like this

little slash on his cheek.

Take this.

Its a little safer.

Clean up woman!

I think at that point Charlie

knew what was going on,

but we didnt.

I know Bobby was not at all

ready for what was happening.

Shut up!

Im gonna go get

someone to fix his ear.

Youre not going anywhere.

Look, we dont

have bandages...

And he will keep bleeding

until you tell us where

that f***ing money is, Gary!

Hes not gonna tell

us a f***ing thing

unless we help him!

Thats right!

Im gonna rip

this place apart,

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Jim Van Bebber

Jim Van Bebber (born November 24, 1964 in Greenville, Ohio) is an American film director. Van Bebber attended Wright State University where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several colleagues. The Manson Family took more than ten years to complete. Van Bebber is currently involved in the production of a feature-length horror film titled 'Gator Green'. more…

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