The Manson Family Page #7

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


and youre gonna watch him.

I am going to get some

medical supplies right now!

You do what I say Sadie!

F*** you!

Youre so f***ing stupid.

Here Gary, drink this.

We gotta do something,

we cant stay

here much longer.

Ive turned this

place upside down,

what do you want to do?

Well call the

ranch, ask Charlie.

Ask Charlie?

Ask Charlie, sure.

Charlie always has

an answer, right?

Its not always

the right answer,

but he always has an answer.

What the hell else

have we ever done?

Thats right, what the hell

else have we ever done?

You bastards

will fry for this.

Youre descending into

the lower worlds Gary.

Wheres your faith?

[Chanting]

Call the ranch Bobby.

Maybe Charlie will let us

take him back there?

Hey Charlie.

No, nothing, zero.

[Chanting]

Whats going on?

[Chanting]

No, Bobby, Bobby No!

No!

Help!

Help me!

Help!

Help!

Stab him again Bobby.

[Chanting]

Bobby, would you help me!

To die is a beautiful thing,

its, its everything,

its every color in

the spectrum of light,

every sound,

every note in all music.

I returned and tried

to cover up my tracks.

But I left some prints.

Why Political Piggy?

To put it off on the blacks.

Well, thats why

Bobby made the paw print,

you know, the Black Panthers?

I had a lot of anxiety

over getting busted.

I split the ranch on the

pretence of ditching the car.

Some cops woke me up

one morning on the

side of the road.

Called in the car,

found the knife in the car,

hauled my ass in,

effectively negating all of

my creative efforts forever.

This is all your

fault Charlie!

Shut up!

You shut up!

As long as any

of us are in jail,

were all in jail, you know.

Im walking around out here,

but Im in jail with

every single young person

that should be free, you know.

Im in the Hall of

Justice with Charlie,

and Im on death

row with Bobby.

Wow, they got Bobby.

It was for the

love of brother.

This had nothing to do

with the race war, no,

no blacks against

whites, no Armageddon,

it no White Album,

no Helter Skelter,

that wasnt what it was about.

Then he went on about

how we were a family

and we werent going

to let one of our

brothers rot in jail.

Girls loved Bobby

enough to do this,

as they took these

peoples lives,

they were willing to

give their own lives.

And thats what theyre doing

right now on death row.

Its for the love of brother.

We knew that Charlie was

willing to give his life.

He brought up the

subject of Lotsapoppa,

and how that

had been my mess,

and how he had to

clean that one up.

That he had taken a life,

and now it was my turn

to repay that debt.

Well the girls, decided

if they found, the police,

if they found more bodies,

with, with writing

on the wall in blood,

that, that theyd assume

the killer was on the loose,

and theyd let Bobby go.

He told me that

the girls had a plan,

and that they needed me

to help them carry it out.

He said, go to

Terrys old place,

take all the money you find,

and kill anyone there.

I was getting into

my Creepy Crawl clothes

and me and Tex were

sneaking some speed,

and getting ready to go.

Linda, get up.

Wake up!

Now, youre gonna need

your drivers license,

a change of clothes.

Put on dark clothes

like Im wearing.

And bring your knife.

Linda.

I want you to go

wherever Tex tells you.

Everybody, do

whatever Tex says.

He knows what to do,

listen to him.

And leave a sign.

You girls know what I mean.

Something witchy.

So I led them there.

I had been there

three times before.

I would step

out of this casket

like some freaky

vampire or something,

and I would

point at my victim

Shut up!

And I would dance

in front of him.

I wish youd shut up!

Shut up, shut the f*** up!

Were driving!

Go!

I had the girls

wait in the car

while I climbed

the telephone pole

and cut the wire.

I went down an embankment,

climbed a fence and

over some barbed wire.

We were headed

toward the house

when we saw a car

coming up the driveway.

Down!

Get Down!

Hey!

Please I wont say anything!

Its starting, come on.

I turned the engine off,

rolled the car

back a few yards,

and I told

Linda to keep watch.

Then I went up to the house,

I slit a screen,

climbed in,

went to the front door

and I let Sadie in.

Go check for other people.

What time is it?

Who are you?

What do you want?

Im the Devil,

and Im here to do

the Devils business.

Linda, Linda,

I need your knife.

Whats wrong with you?

Listen for sounds.

Now Sadie came back in

with a woman dressed

in a nightgown,

and told me that

there was another couple

in one of the bedrooms.

Watch her!

What?

Watch her!

No!

Move!

Im scared.

Be careful with

her goddamn you!

Silence!

One more word

and you will die.

He means it!

Get over there.

Stand there!

The methamphetamine crystal

that I had snorted earlier

was blurring

everything together.

Time was telescoping.

As soon as I had a thought

I was already

physically acting on it.

To me these people

were not human,

they were less than human,

they were artificial.

Let her go,

cant you see shes pregnant.

[Gunshot]

Please,

oh God please!

Shut up!

Shut up!

Please, well give

you anything you want.

I want all the

money you have here.

I have money in my bedroom.

Please, let me get it for you.

Sadie, go with her.

How much did you get?

Seventy two dollars.

Seventy two dollars,

is that all you have?

How much, do you want?

I want thousands!

We have more,

we can get more, much more,

if you just give us time.

Please, please?

You know Im not kidding.

I know, I know.

[Screaming]

Please stop!

Im the Devil.

What are you going

to do with us?

You are all going to die!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Kill him!

No.

[Screaming]

Help!

Help!

Help me!

Help me!

Im so sorry!

My god, Im so sorry!

Im so sorry!

Im so sorry!

Tex!

Tex help me!

Help me!

God, Im so sorry!

Ahhhh, stop!

I give up, take me.

Please, make it stop!

Its too late.

Just take me with you.

Take me with you,

and Ill have my baby.

Just let me have my baby.

I just want to have my baby.

Please let me have my baby!

Look b*tch, I dont

give a sh*t about you,

I dont care if youre

gonna have a baby.

Youd better be ready,

cause youre gonna die,

and I dont feel

a thing about it.

Kill her.

Kill her!

[Screaming]

You have to have a

real love in your heart

to do this for people.

Well, whats the big deal?

A million babies are

born and die each day.

Tex told me to dip

a towel in her blood

and write something that

would shock the world.

So I did.

Charlie was waiting for us

when we got

back to the ranch,

sitting naked

in the moonlight.

He asked us if we had any

remorse for what wed done,

and of course the

right answer was no.

I remember Patty

telling me about it

and then I went through a

change and, and I thought,

right on, I guess we did it.

Well, the next night,

Charlie gathered up Clem,

Sadie, Leslie, Patty and me,

and, told us to come with him.

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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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