Despite occurring almost half a century ago, prestige filmmakers and bottom-rung gorehounds alike are still obsessed with one of the most infamous cults in recorded history, and that isn’t going to change anytime soon after The Resurrection of Charles Manson sunk its hooks into the streaming circuit.
Per FlixPatrol, the supernatural spin on the titular leader’s family and their harrowing atrocities has ended up as one of the most-watched movies on Google Play, although a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 78 percent does hint that it hits the spot better than some of the other questionably-motivated spins on the true-life tale.
Directed by first-time filmmaker Remy Grillo – and starring his father Frank in a supporting role – the story finds a young couple creating an audition tape for an upcoming feature revolving around Charles Manson. However, after retreating to a remote Airbnb to film their pages, life and art become perilously intertwined as they find themselves drawn into the nefarious machinations of an enigmatic figurehead with more than a few Manson-like traits.
Obviously, The Resurrection of Charles Manson isn’t on a par with either David Fincher’s Mindhunter or Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – both of which starred Damon Herriman as Manson – but it is a damn sight better than The Haunting of Sharon Tate and Wolves at the Door, equally exploitative flicks that used mass murder as the springboard for schlocky terror.
Serial killers remain big business, then, regardless of whether the films in question are rooted in reality or something altogether otherworldly.
Published: Jun 12, 2023 02:51 am