RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL
HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

"The Manson Family" Comes to Providence, October 27, 2005

THE END OF THE 6O’S…FREE LOVE…PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS…AND THE MOST NOTORIOUS MURDERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY

If you think you know the story of the Manson Family, you are dead wrong.

On a ranch outside of Los Angeles, the dream of the "Love Generation"is transforming into something evil. What was once an oasis of free love and acid trips has become ground zero for a madman’s paranoid visions. An average group of kids, the "family", become engulfed in a delusional world where torment and slaughter are considered the path to righteousness.
Director Jim VanBebber (Deadbeat at Dawn) delivers a dizzying, rapid-fire vision of the sex and violence that unifies the misguided group, a group hell-bent on executing the brutal vision of its leader Charles Manson.

You’ve seen the story through the eyes of the law. Now witness it through the eyes of The Manson Family.

So come Down to the Providence Chamber of Commerce at 8:00 p.m. and join the family in this Special Presentation by Dark Sky Films.

"4 Stars! By creating a continuum between acid-mad anti-hippies and the current crop of nihilist punks, VanBebber shows a desperate, marginalized mind-set that remains virulently alive. Crucial."
-- Peter Redic, ROLLING STONE

"The film lures you inside its murder-with-a-smile extremes."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"It has an undeniable power and effect, but be sure you understand what you are getting yourself into."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

For more information, write RIIFF, P.O. Box 162, Newport, RI 02840. Telephone: 401-861-4445. E-mail: info@film-festival.org