The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Added 2019-04-05 21:22:15 +0000 UTCI think this just came out on VOD and there was a 99% chance it would suck but because I have an interest in the Charles Manson story, I gave it a shot even though I didn't know anything about it beforehand. It is SO BAD. They took this real life horrific murder spree and turned it into a super generic home invasion slasher movie, which comes across tasteless and exploitative. They cast Hilary Duff as Sharon Tate, which is just laughable! There's a really low budget Manson movie from the 90s called simply The Manson Family. It was made by a DIY filmmaker/crazy man named Jim Van Bebber and was a passion project of his. His movie could also be described as tasteless but the difference is that his movie goes all the way with it. It's well aware it's being tasteless and is doing so to have a point of view and make a statement. The Haunting of Sharon Tate is just tone deaf and stupid. Ugh.
--->jay
Comments
Cool, saved me an hour and a half. Thanks Jay!
Derek J. Hunt
2019-04-14 14:48:52 +0000 UTCThey’ll release that crap but they won’t release “Eat Your Makeup.”
River Eirtree
2019-04-10 11:21:36 +0000 UTCWhich reviewer?
Arkwryte
2019-04-08 13:59:59 +0000 UTCThey should have cast Zac Efron as Manson to round out the bad casting.
Twit In A Hat
2019-04-07 23:44:29 +0000 UTCThanks for warning! Another reviewer I also enjoy said that the film's existence calls into question our right to consider ourselves a literate, creative, and enlightened society.
Kurt Stallings
2019-04-07 21:12:56 +0000 UTCWritten reviews, we're in uncharted waters here! Thanks for the tip, Jay. Will avoid.
W. Fry
2019-04-07 20:15:20 +0000 UTCAny thoughts on the trailer for that Ted Bundy movie starring Zach Braff? Seemed pretty tone deaf and sensational to me...
Jack Fate
2019-04-07 16:37:26 +0000 UTCOh dear
Youcannotfalter
2019-04-06 19:11:44 +0000 UTCYeah! More of this, please!
Top Hat Monkey
2019-04-06 16:28:00 +0000 UTCJust makes me wanna watch it.
Top Hat Monkey
2019-04-06 16:27:32 +0000 UTCI'm a fan of these rants. Thanks :)
CDB Paine
2019-04-06 12:53:04 +0000 UTCYa put "haunting" in the title of anything and my eyes start to roll uncontrollably.
ShishkaBerry
2019-04-06 08:17:14 +0000 UTCYou Bum!
Rob Marland
2019-04-06 07:59:09 +0000 UTCyou made me laugh so hard I really needed that
hamish smith
2019-04-06 06:54:15 +0000 UTCThank you sir for the review.
John Webb
2019-04-06 03:51:54 +0000 UTCGive me more, boo
Ian Richard Kunert
2019-04-06 03:28:58 +0000 UTCFrom the trailer it looked like there was barely any attempt to even make things look like the 60's (apart from headbands, a car, and a reel-to-reel player).
Chris Leroux
2019-04-06 01:40:57 +0000 UTCI just watched South Park's Season 2 Christmas Special, the one where Charlie Manson escapes prison with Cartman's uncle and has a character arc. It's got heart.
F.D.
2019-04-06 01:38:21 +0000 UTCThere was another Sharon Tate slasher (it's becoming a sub-genre ) a few years back called Wolves at the Door. I remember Mark Kermode being genuinely angry about it. He used words like "tasteless" and "exploitative" in his review as well. I don't understand why these filmmakers tackle such a tragic and sensitive subject matter in such a tone-deaf and dim-witted way.
JP
2019-04-05 23:59:50 +0000 UTCYou should check out The Last Shift. It’s loosely based on the Manson murders and it’s a legitimately scary horror movie.
Melissa Mercer
2019-04-05 23:32:31 +0000 UTCThanks, that explains it. I was legitimately trying to figure out the reason for this surge of Manson murder related movies/shows/documentaries over the last year or so.
2019-04-05 23:13:11 +0000 UTCWonder if Michael Rapaport liked it?
Rudy
2019-04-05 22:48:06 +0000 UTCIsn’t this year a big anniversary of the Manson murders? That’s why you’re seeing stuff like this, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and some other project called “Charlie Says” getting released. I’m not the least surprised that The Haunting of Sharon Tate is in poor taste.
Lauren R
2019-04-05 22:26:43 +0000 UTCTarantino's done well with warping real world events in the past. The key is to not be completely generic and also not cast bad actors to play iconic people.
Red Letter Media
2019-04-05 21:51:26 +0000 UTCIt took 12 days to make!
Marc Packenius
2019-04-05 21:50:35 +0000 UTCThere will never be a better Manson docudrama than 1976's "Helter Skelter" with Steve Railsback and George DiCenzo.
Joe Goes Over
2019-04-05 21:49:26 +0000 UTCHighly recommend the "Charles Manson's Hollywood" series of the You Must Remember This podcast. A great, non-sensationalist analysis of the family's origins on through to the repercussions of the murders. Got me hooked on media about cults, lol.
Hortense the Mule-Faced Girl
2019-04-05 21:45:01 +0000 UTCI was actually thinking of watching this tonight. Now I'm not. Thanks Jay!
Sarzac
2019-04-05 21:43:04 +0000 UTCJay must be really excited about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood then. As for me, I've had enough movies and TV shows based on or loosely associated with the Manson murders for one lifetime.
2019-04-05 21:42:06 +0000 UTCOff topic but it’s Friday night in the uk and I was just watching Rocky and I never knew he was a horrible violent loan shark enforcer and Paulie was an abusive brother ( he threw the thanksgiving turkey out the back door !) and what happened to the short guy who was a major character in Rocky 1 but never seen again ! Still he wrote it so gets a pass (as Jay said)well done Mr Stallone.
Stefan
2019-04-05 21:40:22 +0000 UTCAt first I assumed they were trying to get in on the Manson interest spike due to "Once upon a Time in Hollywood". But I'm guessing it's more like "Slenderman" stupidity.
Robert Declan Rabun
2019-04-05 21:39:26 +0000 UTCCool. Thanks for the heads up man
Dave M
2019-04-05 21:39:07 +0000 UTCSo you only kinda loved it ?
Michael flores
2019-04-05 21:38:35 +0000 UTCvery unrelated but have you seen Retribution? It's from 1987 stars semi familiar faces and Hoyt Axton . Pleasant surprise I found awhile back . cheers!
Kevin Young
2019-04-05 21:36:54 +0000 UTCI saw that on imdb recently and just laughed. Oh, Hillary Duff.
Kristen
2019-04-05 21:36:34 +0000 UTCI've only watched Deadbeat at Dawn by Jim
omar silva
2019-04-05 21:35:00 +0000 UTCThis is the first text-only review from RLM that I can recall. Fun.
Percy Gryce
2019-04-05 21:28:19 +0000 UTCDamn I was gonna watch it tonight, that's my evening ruined
William Powell
2019-04-05 21:26:23 +0000 UTCI was rewatching the rlm episode where they talk about Zak Bagan’s Demon House when I got this notification. And you all say paranormal shit isn’t real. #mikewasright
Reese
2019-04-05 21:25:53 +0000 UTCJay, have you ever heard these Van Bebber voicemails? <a href="http://dark7.org/a/jimvanbebber/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://dark7.org/a/jimvanbebber/</a>
Nathan Tipton
2019-04-05 21:25:40 +0000 UTCNow we're getting secret rants.
Rick Drake
2019-04-05 21:25:08 +0000 UTCWow, this YouTube Ad issue has really got Jay in a bad mood today. I love it!
JT V
2019-04-05 21:25:03 +0000 UTCBut are there tiddies
James Bailey
2019-04-05 21:24:18 +0000 UTCYou didn’t need to sign off on this post. We all knew it was you, Jay.
Bill Lehecka
2019-04-05 21:23:45 +0000 UTC
