Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
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About
"A courtroom procedural that still unsettles decades later"
This 1970s TV movie dramatizes the real investigation and prosecution of Charles Manson and his followers for the 1969 murders that shocked Los Angeles, told largely through the eyes of the prosecutor building his case. It's methodical and procedural rather than sensational, leaning on courtroom detail and slow-building dread instead of graphic violence. The pace is deliberate, almost documentary in places, but the central performance as Manson is unsettling enough to carry long stretches. It plays more like a case study in how the trial was won than a thriller.
a genuinely chilling lead performance that shaped how Manson is portrayed on screen ever since.
you want fast pacing or dramatized violence rather than a slow legal buildup.
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Part I | 7.3 | 31 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Part II | 7.7 | 32 | — |