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Summary: oh dear lord does this movie stink!
Review: 1 star was the lowest rating, if there were negatives to pick from...this movie would get it. please don't buy this movie unless you're looking to torment someone and put them into a coma. this is the worst movie i have ever seen in my entire life. I'm just grateful I bought it for $5 off of eBay instead of paying the actual amount it's sold for on Amazon. ANYTHING else you can find on Manson would be better than this, I'm sure!
Rating:
Summary: oh dear lord does this movie stink!
Review: 1 star was the lowest rating, if there were negatives to pick from...this movie would get it. please don't buy this movie unless you're looking to torment someone and put them into a coma. this is the worst movie i have ever seen in my entire life. I'm just grateful I bought it for $5 off of eBay instead of paying the actual amount it's sold for on Amazon. ANYTHING else you can find on Manson would be better than this, I'm sure!
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Summary: Summary of the trial of Charles Manson.
Review: A well-done overview of the trial of diabolical murderer Charles Manson. The fascination comes from bizarre control which Manson had over middle-class young men and women which led them to commit the most grotesque murders. Great for psychology buffs and those who enjoy a great courtroom drama.
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Summary: Read the book or watch, "Helter Skelter, 1978"
Review: Best thing about this movie, if anything is that they play Manson's actual music recordings on the film.That's interesting enough. Oddly enough the man was talented. Pretty descriptive re-enactment of the murders that hot summer night. They go into detail and everything. That part was probably researched. Besides the ending, if you make it that far, the beginning, and middle is a complete waste of time.
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Summary: Read the book or watch, "Helter Skelter, 1978"
Review: Best thing about this movie, if anything is that they play Manson's actual music recordings on the film.That's interesting enough. Oddly enough the man was talented. Pretty descriptive re-enactment of the murders that hot summer night. They go into detail and everything. That part was probably researched. Besides the ending, if you make it that far, the beginning, and middle is a complete waste of time.
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Summary: Read the book instead
Review: For those real True Crime buffs who love great documentries on this type of subject, be sure to have a pillow and blanket ready when you view this movie. I promise you will be alseep after the first few minutes of this flick. Still trying to figure out how to get my money back on this one. The problem with this movie is unless you have read books on "The family" and "Helter Skelter" you will be completely lost. I sure hope Valium-productions is not hoping for an oscar on this film. My advice is steer clear of this one folks.
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Summary: The Helter-Skelter Murders
Review: For those real True Crime buffs who love great documentries on this type of subject, be sure to have a pillow and blanket ready when you view this movie. I promise you will be alseep after the first few minutes of this flick. Still trying to figure out how to get my money back on this one. The problem with this movie is unless you have read books on "The family" and "Helter Skelter" you will be completely lost. I sure hope Valium-productions is not hoping for an oscar on this film. My advice is steer clear of this one folks.
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Summary: Beware of this title.
Review: I rented this recently thinking I was going to see a film from my childhood called Helter Skelter. I wasn't even allowed to watch it when it was on but years later saw it on very late night T.V. It was a two-parter which started with the murders and concentrated on the trial which was more of a circus than O.J.'s ever could have been. Now to get back to this particular film. It is not the movie I am thinking of. It is too weird for words. This had barely any dialogue for over an hour, poorly shot and it took forever to find any info on it. Apparently this was some student film made in 1971 or 72' after the trial was completed. I felt compelled to write this so no one buys this by mistake. The real movie was based on the excellent book by Vincent Bugliosi which was very researched and lived through by the author.
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Summary: True waste of time and engergy
Review: I saw this movie first around 1991, though I knew right away it wasn't the tv mini series, as I was well familar with that. Yes this movie is taxing to watch, very long, maybe not in actual time, but it seems like it goes on forever. It's so bad it's almost funny though. I do, however enjoy the way it is filmed. It has almost a early Russ Myers feel to it, which is cool in a way. But story wise there isn't much to it, and factualy it does go astray at times. It does try to touch base on the life out in Spahn and Death Valley, with the lifestyle of the family, which is 'interesting'. Though some of it borderlines on the steamy and racey aspects. There is also a very long boring passage of Sharon Tate as a young teenager, or something at some kind of dance. The actor who plays Manson is dull as is everyone one else. For some reason everytime he speaks he sounds as if he is a southern preacher with a big booming voice.."Tell Me What You Can't Kill?!!". The murder scene is probably the most interesting part of it all, filmed well enough. Certain facts are wrong as someone else has already pointed out. Though, there is an ammusing moment where Tex crouches down to the window of Steven Parent and smiles a evil smile. There is a lot of created stuff in this movie, such as the long ceramony right before the killers leave, the passing of wepons and drugs, which to most info out there didn't happen.Yes the most interesting part of this film is they use Manson's song Mechanical Man. But a strange thing is, and no one has mentioned this before is that there is quite a few songs by the 1960's garage band The Music Machine in it. They were popular for the mid 60's song "Talk Talk". To my knowledge the Music Machine were not involved in any way to the Manson Family, so it seems strange to me that they use these songs. I would not suggest to any to buy it, unless you are someone who HAS to have every single thing related to Manson. I am sure you can rent it at some video stores, as I have.
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Summary: Helter Skelter
Review: I was so excited about purchasing this movie and was very disappointed. Not only is it boring (I fell asleep) but it is very short and only tells part of the story. I found the advertising is very misleading as I thought it was the original Helter Skelter. The part that really upsets me is the price that is being charged for this piece of garbage.
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