The Manson Family Page #8

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


Well, um.

Charlie made sure that he,

he sort of made

me feel really guilty

and said that

I should want to do it,

because it was

going to help Bobby.

Linda drove of course,

because she had the

only valid drivers license.

And we went to this house that

Charlie had once partied at

and he said were gonna do

the one on the

right of that house.

He said that the night

before had been too messy,

and that this time we were

gonna do it differently.

So he went inside

and he tied up the

couple who lived there

with some leather laces,

and he came back out

and he told uh,

Patty and Leslie and me

to go in and kill them.

Charlie, cant, cant we

just, can we just go now?

Can we just go now Charlie?

But dont tell them

what youre gonna do.

Dont scare them,

that way they wont fight.

Where are you taking her?

Shut him up!

Weve got money.

You dont have to do this!

Youre gonna kill

us, arent you!

Please dont,

please dont, stop!

You dont have to do this.

Ive got money.

Ive got money, you

dont have to do this.

No, leave me alone!

You dont have to do this!

Oh!

No.

Where is she?

Where is she?

Rosemary!

Rosemary!

Shut up pig!

Shut up pig!

Because I was...

I was in love with Bobby.

[Screaming]

No, No, No!

Leno, Leno!

Help Leno!

Leno!

Leno!

Leno!

Leno!

[Screaming]

Die pig, die!

Die, pig die!

Did you kill her?

No Patty did.

Oh, you gotta stab.

Stab.

If you are willing

to be killed,

you must be willing to kill.

You gotta stab.

I know now...

that...

that what I did,

was to Rosemary and Leno,

and not to things,

and not pigs.

God, Im so sorry.

I just want to

get out of here,

so I can make something

good with my life.

Oh, I had Patty

write on the walls,

and the refrigerator

with their blood.

The girls got something to

eat from the refrigerator,

I took a shower.

And then we just hitch

hiked back to the ranch.

Theyre willing to be in jail.

They know that theyre

in jail for everybody.

And maybe well all

have to go to jail

before we can get them out.

Maybe well have to go

up to the jail and say,

Hi, take me.

But they know theyre

facing the gas chamber,

and they dont care.

Thats what people

dont understand,

they dont care,

and theyre willing to die

for all young

people to be free.

Snitches will

be taken care of.

Charlie said,

Charlie said

they had to kill Shorty.

He had to have Clem

chop his head off.

I heard that

Shorty wouldnt die

unless they

chopped his head off.

Charlie said he knew too much.

He actually punched her out.

Shorty?

Charlie.

So we cut him into ribbons.

Shorty?

Right.

First we dosed him.

Then we hogtied him

while he was tripping.

We stuck needles

under his fingernails.

And in his eyes.

Through his nipples.

And cock!

Its not nice

to snitch Shorty.

He pissed himself.

Piss and blood.

Then we drug him

through the mud

And he was

screaming for his life

And Charlie gave the word

And we stabbed him like Caesar

Everybody, the whole family.

He just wouldnt die,

we just kept stabbing

and stabbing and stabbing

and stabbing, and

stabbing, and stabbing

So Clem cut his head off.

We cut him into nine pieces.

And buried him in nine places.

His legs are buried

right under you.

Its not nice to snitch.

The girls made up that story

about us chopping him

up into nine pieces.

Even the prosecutor

put that in his book.

But when Clem led the

Police out to the ranch,

they found the skeleton

intact of course.

No, no!

Pull over!

Get out!

God help me!

Its ready.

The revolution is ready,

and as soon as Charlie

gets out its on.

The revolution is on!

And if you try

to hurt Charlie,

youll all die!

He is God,

Perfect.

As perfection is.

Because its exactly

the same thing.

I had a brother once,

who was shot

and killed like that,

for nothing in the war.

I mean, its exactly

the same thing.

Every single day

love is being killed.

Were all in this together.

You gotta stab.

As long as Charlie

is locked away

in his asylum,

prison, grave,

you can say anything

you want about him.

You can make more bogus books

and movies about his life.

You can joke about him,

you can pretend to be him,

you can say and do

anything you want.

But the truth is,

you dont have the

soul to face him.

Youre a lot of vultures.

You are.

You live off the sacrifice

of the young people.

Youre bloodsuckers,

you are,

with your little

phallic symbols you know?

Were waiting for our

father to be set free.

Hes a genius,

you dont realize.

Its the second

crucifixion of Christ!

Judgment Day

is coming, people!

Leslies lawyer,

Ronald.

The press called him

Leslies Hippy Lawyer

And we all thought

he was pretty cool.

But, he was just

like the others.

He was the first of

the retaliation murders.

We are all facing

the gas chamber!

Hey, hey man,

what do you

think would happen

if one night seventy

five heads were cut off?

Excuse me.

You have just

judged yourselves!

You better lock your doors

and watch your own kids!

Your whole systems a game,

you blind, stupid people,

your children will

turn against you!

Death!

Thats what

youre all gonna get!

I will fight!

I will fight!

I will fight!

I will fight!

Your children will rise up,

and kill you.

Let the night roar

because they can hear us!

[Alarm going off]

[Laughing]

Wait a minute!

Wait a minute!

[Phone ringing]

[Unintelligible]

What the f***.

You taught him,

You taught him!

[Answering machine]

Youve reached the

offices of crime scene.

Im Jack Wilson.

Leave a message.

I didnt teach him,

you taught him!

[Person leaving message]

Hello Mr. Wilson,

this is [unintelligible]

weve have just

received a break-in alert

on our security system.

Weve dispatched a

Police unit to your address

and they will be arriving

immediately, thank you.

You taught him!

Ahhhhh!

Ahhhhh!

Father cares, Father cares.

You can tell in

his voice he cares.

Why you wearing

that shirt Todd?

Um.

This is Charlie.

Show Dennis the back.

Yeah.

Man Dennis has seen

this shirt before.

No, man I forget,

what does that shirt say?

What?

What the f*** is

that supposed to mean?

Charlie doesnt surf?

Cmon man, lets

get out of here.

Lets go man.

I thought you guys

knew about this sh*t?

No.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, you know,

before Charlie wasted all

them people and everything,

you know,

before they sent him out

to the clink, you know,

he used to surf.

You know, Charlie dont

surf no more, hes in jail.

Right, right, right.

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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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