Charles Manson Superstar (Video 1989)

For forty years, Charles Manson has survived most of his life in what he calls 'the hallways of the all ways,' the reform schools, jails and prisons that have been his home and tomb. His ... See full summary »

Director:

Nikolas Schreck

Writer:

Nikolas Schreck

Stars:

Charles Manson, Nikolas Schreck, Zeena LaVey

Cast

Cast overview:
Charles Manson	...	Himself
Nikolas Schreck	...	Narrator (voice)
Zeena LaVey	...	Narrator (voice)
James N. Mason	...	Himself

Storyline

For forty years, Charles Manson has survived most of his life in what he calls 'the hallways of the all ways,' the reform schools, jails and prisons that have been his home and tomb. His thought was born in the hole of solitary confinement, apart from time and beyond the grasp of society. In his cell, he created his own world and speaks his own language: he has concluded that there is only the mind. This DVD will relinquish to you the extreme story of the killer of all killers: Charles Manson. From convincing his followers to move into the desert to train for the apocalypse, to leading a murderous crew through a string of devilish murders, you will see and hear from Manson himself of how he created a preconceived terror based on his philosophy of life. Manson claims that the so-called 'straight' world outside of prison is but an inverted reflection of the underworld in which he has lived. To him, the reality that presidents and law-abiding citizens accept begins in the hermetic ...

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Plot Keywords:

charles manson | prison | murder | apocalypse | racism | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Crime

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Holywood Productions, Video Werewolf

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Since this film was released in 1989, director Nicholas Schreck has made the following corrections in an insert for the DVD release: - The Polanski residence was in the Los Angeles community of Beverly Hills, not Bel-Air. - According to Anton LaVey's wife Diane, it is unlikely that the described ritual performed by the Church of Satan took place on August 8, 1969. - Anton LaVey had no connection with the production of the film Rosemary's Baby. - Kenneth Anger has accused Bobby Beausoleil of stealing the print of the film Lucifer Rising. Beausoleil claims that Anger could not afford to pay the film's lab cost.

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

User Reviews

Get to the bottom and see him again

This documentary is a dubiously sympathetic, though fascinating; look at perhaps the most famous killer of his generation. The film makers trace the personal history of Manson; challenging conventional takes along the way(and sometimes doing some very sloppy research, John Lennon DID NOT write the song "Helter Skelter") and letting the viewer judge for themselves.

They accomplish this, almost in spite of themselves, by including long slabs of interviews with Manson done in the late eighties. He rails against "PC MFS!(!), shows a truly passionate and poetic side; and reveals that his often sampled, seemingly meaningless ramblings are probably the result of mental illness due to long stretches of solitary confinement. How naturally evil and violent was this individual? The film lets you judge for yourself.

Watch it if you can find it. 9 out of 10.