Manson, My Name Is Evil (2009)
"Leslie, My Name Is Evil" (original title)

Perry, a sheltered chemical engineer, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he becomes a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial.

Director:

Reginald Harkema

Stars:

Peter MacNeill, Gregory Smith, Ryan Robbins

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter MacNeill	...	Judge
Gregory Smith	...	Perry
Ryan Robbins	...	Leslie's Dad
Anjelica Scannura	...	Sadie
Kaniehtiio Horn	...	Katie
Kristen Hager	...	Leslie
Don McKellar	...	Prosecuter
Tom Barnett	...	Defense Attorney
Tracy Wright	...	Leslie's Mom
Kristin Adams	...	Dorothy
Cindy Wolfe	...	Nurse
Peter Keleghan	...	Perry's Dad
Travis Milne	...	Bobby
Sarah Gadon	...	Laura
Stewart Arnott	...	Star Spangled Company Supervisor

Storyline

Leslie is a troubled 1960s teenager who eventually becomes a follower of Charles Manson and is charged, convicted, and sentenced to death in the August, 1969, murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. The story revolves around how a young juror, Perry, becomes infatuated with Leslie during her trial.

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Plot Keywords:

hippie | chemical engineer | jury | death | trial | 

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Taglines:

Cheerleader. Prom Queen. Manson Girl.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images, sexual content, nudity, some drug use and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Manson, My Name Is Evil

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

2077883 Ontario, New Real Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min 85 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The television set at the ranch is a modern model and much too small for that era. A model in the 1960s was much larger because it uses vacuum tubes which gave off a lot of heat. And when it was turned off a little white dot should have appeared on the screen which didn't happen.

User Reviews

God awful, horribly inaccurate and just another attempt to make money using the "Manson" name.

While this movie is not very accurate, it does have some accuracies with Bobby BeauSoleil, and small things like Manson telling Bobby that he isn't a pimp. Manson made it a point to not oblige when people came to the ranch in hopes of getting laid. It's also accurate in respects that Manson was said to have never used the words Helter Skelter.

The movie also goes by the "free Bobby" copycat motive, which I agree is the reason. It is also accurate how the Bugliosi character led on the "Linda Kasabian" character to get answers he wanted. The movie also seems anti-Linda as well, which is great.

Inaccuracies in the movie:

* Minute 5:01: There was no jury member who was being programmed by Leslie Van Houten, which makes that running theme of the movie fiction.

* Minute 13:30: Bobby BeauSoleil did not trade Leslie Van Houten to Charlie, she never left Bobby until Bobby was arrested and needed a place to stay.

* Minute 16:19: Charles Manson never crucified himself, Leslie certainly did not meet him on a cross.

* Minute 18:07: Charlie did not have sex with Leslie the first night. In Fact he refused to really touch her because he knew she was Bobby's girl and he respected Bobby too much. This is what people say drove Leslie to be obsessed with proving herself to Charlie.

* Minute 20:11: Charlie did not necessarily give out names. Most names came naturally (i.e. Blue, Tex, Gypsy) and others were given by George Spahn (i.e. Squeaky, Capistrano) and others were aliases (i.e. Katie, Clem Tufts).

* Minute 23:05: Charlie did not have to give Leslie back to Bobby, she never left him.

* Minute 25:30: Leslie never told Bobby that Charlie was Jesus.

* Minute 26:19: Bobby never threatened to start his own Family, he always ran with a lot of girls— always had a "Family".

* Minute 27:11: The whole "shit is coming down" paranoia did not start until after the Crow and Hinman incidents. The Family was also not armed until after those incidents.

* Minute 28:58: Where are all of the guys? Where's Clem? Where's Bruce? Where's T.J.? Where's Danny? Manson never had a song called "Follow Me To Hell."

* Minute 33:37: Charlie did not dare Bobby to "off a pig". Gary Hinman was murdered by Bobby because he burned him on drugs.

* Minute 36:14: Patricia Krenwinkle was not "sad" after the murders, she was proud. Charles Watson claims that she was the one ordering him to kill Sharon Tate. Patricia did not convince Leslie to go the second night. She went because Susan Atkins had feet problems and could not.

* Minute 37:33: This scene implies that Charlie tied up the LaBiancas, he did not. Charles Watson said he did. Where is Charles Watson? Why isn't he in this movie at all? He was the one who murdered all 7 people.

* Minute 44:45: Who is this "ranch hand" who is testifying against them? Who is Laura? Tracy? Carry? Cindy? Sarah? Jennifer? Karen?

* Minute 48:44: Why is there a cat in the cell with Krenwinkel?

* Minute 49:40: I take it "Laura" is supposed to be Linda Kasabian?

* Minute 55:20: This never happened; a 15 year old being raped while Charlie hung on a cross.

* Minute 56:20: Leslie did not attempt to attack "Linda" with a pencil.

* Minute 1:07:11: The movie makes it seem like Leslie murdered Rosemary LaBianca, which is not true. Apparently all of the wounds from Leslie's knife were post-mortem. She did not inflict 41 stab wounds.

* Minute 1:08:35: Testimony never happened.

* Minute 1:14:58: The earthquake the girls claimed Manson foretold? Why wasn't Leslie Van Houten's attorney killed?

All in all there were some accuracies in this movie. The movie made Manson what he is, someone who may not have been as much involved in the murders as he was made to be. The movie did put him at the LaBianca murders.

However, the movie is just a cheap attempt to make money off of Manson's name. If you are looking for an accurate movie this is not it. It's nothing but fiction with a bit of truth mixed in. The acting is what you'd expect to a direct to video horror movie. Charles Manson was played by someone over-sized, with blue eyes and of course over acted. Casting for Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel was more accurate.

The movie was missing very key participants, especially Charles Watson. Watson was the admitted assassin of all of the Tate/LaBianca victims. The movie did not even have a Charles Watson character. It's unfortunate that Watson took the lives of eight people and seems to never have to answer for it.