Steve Railsback is terrific as Charlie, and Marilyn Burns bears an uncanny resemblance to Linda Kasabian in a movie that 'pushed the envelope' for TV productions into a slightly grittier direction. No film could truly do justice to this larger than life story...perhaps David Lynch might have some luck giving it the soap opera treatment. Nonetheless, Helter Skelter is an admirable attempt, even though it concentrates on the Bugliosi angle at the expense of Spahn Ranch, The Family, and even Charlie himself.
Review of Helter Skelter
