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56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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2.9 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: For the first time a motion picture accurately, honestly and openly explores the Manson family's life prior to the infamous murders. (Asmodeus/Mercury Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Graham Rae
    100
    The actual performances during the film range from excellent to somewhat amateurish, but this amateurism is easily absorbed by the sheer power of the imagery on display.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    A film the family might've made themselves: sophomoric, hagiographic, amateurishly strobe-happy, and thoroughly hippiefied.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    30
    The movie is monotonous, and by the time it gets to its climactic re-enactment of the Tate-LaBianca killings, it seems little more than the heir to "Survive!, The Zodiac Killer" and other unsavory 1970s horror cheapies that tried to turn a quick buck on real-life tragedy.

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