The Manson Family on Film and Television

<p> For half a century the Manson Family has captured the public imagination--the lurid inexplicable violence in a glamorous Hollywood setting the bizarre and lengthy trials and Charles Manson's strange charisma and willingness to embrace the role of evil icon.</p><p> For years the story has been documented dramatized and lampooned in dozens of films and television programs. This comprehensive study examines the various on-screen portrayals from factual accounts based on prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's true crime classic <I>Helter Skelter</I> to prime-time TV dramas to a claymation spoof and even hardcore porn.</p>