The Manson Family (2003)

Director:

Jim Van Bebber

Writer:

Jim Van Bebber (writer)

Release Date:

22 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

You've seen the story through the eyes of the law... Now see it through the eyes of The Manson Family

Plot Keywords:

Disturbing | Manson | Murder | Charles Manson | True Crime

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Marcelo Games	...	Charlie
Marc Pitman	...	Tex
Leslie Orr	...	Patty
Maureen Allisse	...	Sadie
Amy Yates	...	Leslie
Jim Van Bebber	...	Bobby
Tom Burns	...	Clem
Michelle Briggs	...	Linda
Sherri Rickman	...	Snake
Nate Pennington	...	Shorty
M.M. Jones	...	Ronald
Carl Day	...	Jack Wilson
Jim Sayer	...	Bob
Mark Gillespie	...	Terry
Paul Harper	...	Jerry
Norris Hellwig	...	Old George
Joel Pohlman	...	Randy
Valerie Hatt	...	Simi Sherri
Melissa Schlosser	...	Gypsy
Marita Clarke	...	Squeaky
Kellye Morris	...	Sandy
Sara Quoia	...	Nancy
Kim Hall	...	Kitty
Mel Clark	...	Cappy
Don Keaton	...	Lotsapoppa
Kevan Curren	...	Gary
James McCullars	...	Clarence
Alan Joyce	...	Biker / Court House Extras
Jimmy Hearse	...	Dennis
Freddist	...	Mars
Josh Hoke	...	Stevie
Andrea Layne	...	Lucy
Darren Brown	...	Darren (as Darrin Brown)
Michael Krieger	...	El Padrino
Jennifer Rickets	...	Corpse
John Bognar	...	Satan
Dill Bowling	...	Old Charlie
Tom Ramey	...	Todd
Tony Wilson	...	Stan
John Lockwood	...	Steven Parent
Charlie Goetz	...	Voytech Frykowski
Samuel Turcotte	...	Jay Sebring
Daun Edmunds	...	Abigail Folger (as D'aun Edmunds)
Tina Martin	...	Sharon Tate
Geoff Burkman	...	Leno La Bianca
Sharise Parviz	...	Rosemary La Bianca
Meirika Girten	...	Barbra
Alydra Kelly	...	Lil' Patty
Samantha	...	Katie
Ernie Nisley	...	Mojo
Cecilia Horstman	...	Rosina
Denise West	...	Shorty's Wife
Kim Pennington	...	Sleeping Woman
Gary Thompson	...	BBC Host Ian
Dan Crawford	...	Reporter
Mariposa	...	Rose
Steve Riley	...	Dennis
Ann Howard	...	Catherine
Megan Mateer	...	Country Sue
Kym Olsen	...	Stephanie
Cathy Carver	...	Ouisch
Kris Hall	...	Brenda
Annette Reckart	...	Mary
John Gnann	...	Sunshine
Jennifer Orr	...	Kaye
Mary Blacklock	...	Susan
Mike Bazzini	...	Juan
Mike Zengel	...	Biker
H.M. Kelly	...	Bloody Mama
Stacy Valencia	...	Jennifer
Rob Zinser	...	Danny
Tim Hedges	...	Kenneth
Tony Brown	...	Brooks
Lisa Feathers	...	Bo
Andrew Copp	...	Paul (as Andy Copp)
Jimmy Yoe	...	Zezozoze
Elliot Quinn	...	Pooh Bear
Courtney Macy	...	Tanya
Jim Lockard	...	Joe
Brian McKay	...	Al
Scott Thatcher	...	Biker
Henry Pant	...	Police Officer
Candy Johnson	...	Police Officer
Tim Montgomery	...	Police Officer
Linda Struve	...	Police Officer
Phil Anselmo	...	Voice of Satan
Rob Jones	...	Court House Extras
Dan Halverson	...	Court House Extras
Anita Hackley	...	Court House Extras
Ryann Hess	...	Court House Extras
Bruce Vandermolen	...	Court House Extras
Kay Magnuson	...	Court House Extras
Jody Cukovecki	...	Court House Extras
Vicki Cukovecki	...	Court House Extras
Tori Cukovecki	...	Court House Extras
Toria Artis Wyor	...	Court House Extras
Robin Scott Kirksey	...	Court House Extras
Kris Evans Warner	...	Court House Extras
Thanos Fatouros	...	Court House Extras
George Hall Jr.	...	Court House Extras
Paula Trey	...	Court House Extras
Kathryn L. Mulhern	...	Court House Extras
Raymond Mulhern	...	Court House Extras
K. Renné Momor	...	Court House Extras
Kurt Poeppelmeir	...	Court House Extras
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sage Stallone	...	Jay Sebring
Jim Jones	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Jim Van Bebber

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Van Bebber		writer

Produced by
Michael Capone	....	associate producer
Carl Daft	....	producer
David Gregory	....	producer
Mike King	....	producer
Samuel Turcotte	....	associate producer
Jim Van Bebber	....	producer

Original Music by
Phil Anselmo		(as Philip Anselmo)
Ross Karpelman

Cinematography by
Mike King		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Capone
Jim Van Bebber

Costume Design by
Sherri Rickman

Makeup Department
Andrew Copp	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
John Mays	....	production manager

Sound Department
Nick Beljic	....	foley recordist
Nick Beljic	....	sound mixer
John Cregan	....	sound editor
William Farmer	....	adr artist
Jeff Gersh	....	adr recordist
Kelli Hughes	....	adr artist
Damon Packard	....	adr artist
Sherri Rickman	....	adr artist
Gar Robertson	....	adr recordist
Bryan Rosenthal	....	adr artist
Bryan Rosenthal	....	foley artist
James Young	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
William Farmer	....	special effects
Jim Van Bebber	....	special effects

Stunts
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunts

Music Department
Tim Arnold	....	composer: additional music
Kevin Engle	....	composer: additional music
Dale Hughes	....	composer: additional music
Don Neibert	....	composer: additional music
Ernie Nisley	....	composer: additional music
Evangeline Noel	....	composer: additional music
Mark Raskin	....	composer: additional music
Kenny Richardson	....	composer: additional music
Jimmy Rodgers	....	composer: additional music
Marty Romie	....	composer: additional music
Sage Stallone	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Mary A. Arnold	....	location manager
Shaun Baker	....	production crew
Jeff Barklage	....	production crew
Steve Bognar	....	production crew
John Bradley	....	production crew
Pat Buckley	....	location manager
Tom Burns	....	production crew
Rob Creager	....	production crew
Greg Doddson	....	production crew
Marco Fargnoli	....	production crew
Thanos Fatouros	....	production crew
Candy Johnson	....	location manager
Matt Kennedy	....	adr artist
Richard King	....	production crew
Tom Mahe	....	production crew
Nate Pennington	....	production crew
Joel Pohlman	....	production crew
Mark Shuster	....	production crew
Herb Tarleck	....	production crew
Rob Wagner	....	production crew
Josh Winteringham	....	production crew
Bill Yoe	....	production crew

Thanks
David Pollison	....	special thanks
Sage Stallone	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Mercury Films

Distributors

• Dinsdale Releasing (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dark Sky Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• MPI Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Magna Pacific (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sharada Distribuzione (2006) (Italy) (video)
• Transformer (2004) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Screen Time Images  DVD menus and authoring

Also Known As:

Charlie's Family (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong grisly violence, strong sexual content/nudity, language and drug use.

Runtime:

95 min | USA:84 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Australia:R | Norway:18 (DVD uncut version) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Company:

Mercury Films

Trivia:

The film played a couple of festivals as a work-in-progress in 1997. This was the work print of the film complete with splices, grease pencil marks and rough sound and projected from a video tape. The film ran out of funding and was not completed until Blue Underground became involved. Only then was the negative cut, the sound edited and mixed, the beginning and end titles shot and the film blown-up to 35mm and the newly completed film was first shown on 18 August 2003.

Movie Connections:

Features You Killed Me First (1985)

Soundtrack:

Gristledogcorr

Gritty and disturbing horror film.

Jim Van Bebber's "The Manson Family" is an extremely violent and bloody horror film that reconstructs the early activities of the Family and their descent into the Tate-LaBianca killings.Van Bebber mixes this with a contemporary sub plot involving tabloid journalist Jack Wilson's quest to film a documentary on the subject.The film is loaded with plenty of sex and full-frontal nudity.The final third of "The Manson Family" is a grueling nightmare with some of the most sadistic and savage murders ever captured on screen.The acting is generally amateurish,although Marc Pitman is truly impressive as Tex.The photography perfectly captures the hazy sex-and-drug fuelled lifestyle that Charlie and his largely female disciples indulged in on their Californian ranch.The killings themselves are extremely graphic and gory as hell,so I was satisfied.The scene of blood drinking orgy is truly frightening as is the slow progression of Charlie from a peaceful Jesus Christ figure to Satan himself."The Manson Family" is easily one of the most controversial and disturbing horror films ever made.Give it a look.