Charles Manson, claiming to be the Second Coming, leads his young followers down the path of sex and murder in this bizarre homage by renowned artist Raymond Pettibon.
Direction
Pettibon's raw punk aesthetic assaults good taste deliberately
Production
Shot on scraps, looks like a snuff film found in a gutter
Director
Raymond Pettibon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pettibon made this between designing iconic Black Flag album covers and Sonic Youth's Goo artwork; the same hand that drew Raymond Pettibon's scrawled figures drew this film's visual chaos.
Released the same year as the 20th anniversary of the Manson murders, this film weaponizes punk's 'no future' nihilism against true crime's emerging entertainment industry—intentionally or not, it predicted our endless Manson obsession.
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