best movie i've ever seen.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is the sort of movie that you choose when you want to scar your friends for life. Having a contest to see who can find the worst movie? This is your pick. Put it on and MST3K it until your sides hurt. There are so many memorable lines to repeat for years to come.A lot of people talk about being disappointed by this film. Listen, this is not a film that is meant to be watched seriously. This is up there with Vegas in Space. You watch a movie like this for the groans and tears of blood that you get from your friends. It's bad, epically bad, and that's why it's awesome.If you need a Worst Present Ever (White Elephant Gift) for Christmas or just like groans, this is the movie for you. If you want a movie to enjoy, don't bother. This is a gem and deserved to be appreciated for its epic badness.

In the distant future, life as we know it has been completely wiped out. Man is hungry for answers... and one day when a book -- "Helter Skelter" -- is found, some answers are given. Just maybe not the right answers.I am unclear how the people in the future connect to the primary story, a claymation retelling of the Charles Manson story. The suggestion is that reading the book would make them think Manson was a god, but the book would actually do quite the opposite. So I'm confused.And also, we have some of the biggest names in modern "punk" music: Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong (no relation), Davey Havok. We have Kelly Osbourne and Sean Yseult. We have the erection-inducing Asia Argento. For those of us who like these people, this film would seem to be one of the greatest things to happen. It's not.The story is told in a bland manner, the claymation is poorly done. The songs are lame and carry on for too long. You would expect the music to be the selling point, but it's not. And for some reason all the names have been changed to things with the letter H: "Charles Hanson", "Susan Hatkins", "Hex Watson"... it's pointless and stupid.The best scene involves a group of The Family in a dumpster exchanging quips with Sharon Tate and her gay hairdresser. Another memorable scene is the claymation sex scene, which starts out shocking and funny but gets drawn out. People who liked "Team America" might like this, but I didn't think it was that outstanding.How to make this film better: get better music, cut out the future story and just tell the Manson epic in a unique way (which is already done thanks to clay). Films shouldn't make you say to yourself, "I can do this so much better", but that's how I felt about this junk.My interest in Charles Manson was dealt a blow from this mediocre adaptation. If you're like me, you'll know it's awful but watch it anyway. But I hope you're not like me.

Well, I really don't care if the movie sucked, Billie Joe Armstrong and Davey Havok were in it and even though this may sound shallow, THEY ARE SO FRIKEN HOT! Haa, its just too bad Jade isn't in it ... :-( But whatever, I liked the movie just to hear them. That's okay isn't it? Movie quality doesn't matter to this movie, Davey's in it *drool*.I know this probably isn't a helpful comment. I just think its cool that Davey's in a movie ... Um, sorry? Well, the movie's not that great, but for someone like me, who really doesn't give a flying crap, just cares that Davey's in it :-) Oh! And Billie Joe!

A deadly combination of ill conceived ideas (Roecker) and clueless rock/music/personalities without taste or boundaries. Let's face it, shock value died in the 70's. The only point to this fiasco was to cause a hopeful stir in circles too bored to make anything happen in this artless society of underground film making. Nothing artful here and certainly a waste of time. To use the Manson crimes in the 60's as a catalyst for this Dumb Rock Puppet show is tacky at best, humorless and completely stupid. All those involved can take pride in learning of their own stupidity. The one thing this dumb puppet show offers is a list of who fell for this ridiculous idea and decided to take part and lent their names. I'm overwhelmed by the immense ignorance of this lot of people. Not that any of them mattered to begin with...but it's still unbelievable! This isn't a film, a cult item or anything worthy of time or money. I am insulted by the invitation to see it and even more saddened that it got any publicity. However, this piece of celluloid junk speaks for itself.