No other mass criminal or cult figure in American history has garnered as much fascination within Hollywood and popular culture as Charles Manson (though Ted Bundy is coming close). He and his “family” have been the subject of movies, parodies, and he even landed a Rolling Stone cover. “American Horror Story: Cult” had an actor portraying Manson, and Quentin Tarantino is digging up the past for his “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” featuring the Manson Family murders. Here is a sampling of actors who have dared to play the notorious figure.
Steve Railsback – “Helter Skelter” (1976)
The memory of Manson was still fresh when this TV special based on Vincent Bugliosi’s book was aired. CBS even made it a two-night special.
Michael Reid MacKay – “Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys” (1990)
This TV special about the career of the Beach Boys explored Manson’s relationship with Beach Boys member Dennis Wilson.
Steve Railsback – “Helter Skelter” (1976)
The memory of Manson was still fresh when this TV special based on Vincent Bugliosi’s book was aired. CBS even made it a two-night special.
Michael Reid MacKay – “Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys” (1990)
This TV special about the career of the Beach Boys explored Manson’s relationship with Beach Boys member Dennis Wilson.
- 6/13/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
From Severin Films, Sneak Peek writer/director Jim Van Bebber's controversial, award-winning 2003 feature "The Manson Family", now available on Blu-ray, in a bloody cross between fictional story, doc and 'mockumentary', narrated by fictional TV host 'Jack Wilson' (Carl Day):
"...Van Bebber's film took many years to complete, finally emerging from the underground to shock viewers at film festivals. The new HD remaster from Severin includes director commentary, extensive background material on the film's long, rough road to completion, including the controversial documentary 'The Van Bebber Family' and the director's new short film 'Gator Green'..."
Cast includes Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Maureen Allisse, Amy Yates, Jim Van Bebber, Tom Burns, Michelle Briggs, Sherri Rickman, Nate Pennington and Corral Day.
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"...Van Bebber's film took many years to complete, finally emerging from the underground to shock viewers at film festivals. The new HD remaster from Severin includes director commentary, extensive background material on the film's long, rough road to completion, including the controversial documentary 'The Van Bebber Family' and the director's new short film 'Gator Green'..."
Cast includes Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie Orr, Maureen Allisse, Amy Yates, Jim Van Bebber, Tom Burns, Michelle Briggs, Sherri Rickman, Nate Pennington and Corral Day.
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- 6/20/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
At its best, Jim Van Bebber’s 2003 exploitation flick “The Manson Family” is like watching a hallucinatory nightmare come to life. Vivid and savage, the film is full of images that stick with you long after your viewing experience comes to a close. To mark a full decade of madness, Severin Films has unleashed a new 10th anniversary Blu-ray to fuck with your mind and conscience. What more do you need beside orgies, drugs, and murder, with a special emphasis on the orgies? Constructed like a faux-documentary, you know bones of the story. Charles Manson (Marcelo Games) sets himself up as a guru leader of his “family” of young hippie searchers, and steers them on a path of debauchery and violence that leaves seven people dead. One way “The Manson Family” differs from other looks at this historical reality is that Charlie plays a relatively small part, with the primary...
- 6/18/2013
- by Brent McKnight
- Beyond Hollywood
The Manson Family Blu-ray Label: Severin Films Pre-book: 05/14/13 Street Date: 06/11/13 Srp: 24.95 Upc#: 663390000090 Cat#: SEV9090 Run Time: 95 Minutes Language: English Color Full Screen 1.33:1 Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Region: All Production Year: 2003 Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: Nr Directed by: Jim VanBebber Stars: Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman, Leslie OrrIt has been hailed as amazingly disturbing (Dread Central), extrem…...
- 6/3/2013
- Horrorbid
A true grindhouse maverick who hates happy endings, Jim VanBebber has made a name for himself in the world of low-budget, independent exploitation cinema as a writer/director and sometimes actor.
Since his first feature, Deadbeat at Dawn (1988), his gritty, outlaw style of filmmaking has generated films that are unapologetic in their realism and singular in their vision.
In 2004 VanBebber took on Charlie Manson. Shot over four years, The Manson Family is a documentary-style (though semi-fictional) look at the Manson cult filled with lurid sex, shocking violence and murderous flower power. For its 10th anniversary The Manson Family is being unleashed nationwide complete with VanBebber's Kickstarter-fueled short Gator Green (get theater listings here). A special edition Blu-ray release will follow on May 7th by Severin Films, which will include the short and a documentary on the making of The Manson Family, entitled The VanBebber Family.
Jim recently took time to...
Since his first feature, Deadbeat at Dawn (1988), his gritty, outlaw style of filmmaking has generated films that are unapologetic in their realism and singular in their vision.
In 2004 VanBebber took on Charlie Manson. Shot over four years, The Manson Family is a documentary-style (though semi-fictional) look at the Manson cult filled with lurid sex, shocking violence and murderous flower power. For its 10th anniversary The Manson Family is being unleashed nationwide complete with VanBebber's Kickstarter-fueled short Gator Green (get theater listings here). A special edition Blu-ray release will follow on May 7th by Severin Films, which will include the short and a documentary on the making of The Manson Family, entitled The VanBebber Family.
Jim recently took time to...
- 3/26/2013
- by Heather Buckley
- DreadCentral.com
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