Editing Charles Manson (section)

=== Fiction inspired by Manson ===
* 1971: ''[[Sweet Savior]]'', an [[exploitation film]] inspired from the case, but set in New York City. First fictional work about the case.<ref>{{Cite book |last=VanBebber |first=Jim |url= |title=Charlie's Family: An Illustrated Screenplay to the Film |date=1998 |publisher=Creation Books |isbn=978-1-871592-94-8 |pages=173 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bailey |first=Jason |date=2019-07-24 |title=The Manson Murders: What to Read, Watch and Listen To |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/charles-manson-family.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 1976: [[Helter Skelter (1976 film)|''Helter Skelter'']], a television drama.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.warnerbros.com/tv/helter-skelter-tv-miniseries |title=Helter Skelter (TV Miniseries) |website=Warner Bros. |access-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705234916/https://www.warnerbros.com/tv/helter-skelter-tv-miniseries |archive-date=July 5, 2018 }}</ref>
* 1984: ''[[#Cultural impact|Manson Family Movies]]'', a film drama.<ref>{{cite book |first1=David|last1=Kerekes |first2=David|last2=Slater |title=Killing for Culture |year=1996 |publisher=Creation Books |isbn=1-871592-20-8 |pages=222–223, 225, 268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9dkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Manson+Family+Movies%22 |access-date=November 18, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503110005/https://books.google.com/books?id=o9dkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Manson+Family+Movies%22 |archive-date=May 3, 2017 }}</ref>
* 1990: ''The Manson Family'', a musical opera by [[John Moran (composer)|John Moran]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-great-iggy-pop-collaborations-79224/john-moran-the-manson-family-an-opera-1990-30108/ |title=20 Great Iggy Pop Collaborations: John Moran, 'The Manson Family: An Opera' (1990) |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233756/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-great-iggy-pop-collaborations-79224/john-moran-the-manson-family-an-opera-1990-30108/ |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |date=March 17, 2016|last=Harris|first=Keith|series=}}</ref>
* 1990: ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'', a Broadway musical with references to Manson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sondheim.com/shows/assassins/ |title=''Assassins'' |publisher=Sondheim.com |date=November 22, 1963 |access-date=November 28, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128163250/http://sondheim.com/shows/assassins/ |archive-date=November 28, 2010 }}</ref>
* 1992: ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'', a sketch series with Manson as a recurring character portrayed by [[Bob Odenkirk]].<ref>{{cite web| last=Roffman| first=Michael| url=https://consequence.net/2017/11/in-1992-bob-odenkirk-turned-charles-manson-into-lassie-and-its-still-funny/| title=In 1992, Bob Odenkirk Turned Charles Manson into Lassie and It's Still Hilarious| website=Consequence Of Sound| access-date=September 2, 2019| date=November 20, 2019| archive-date=September 3, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903041323/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/11/in-1992-bob-odenkirk-turned-charles-manson-into-lassie-and-its-still-funny/| url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1998: "[[Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!]]", an episode of ''[[South Park]]'' centered around Manson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/south-park-classic-spooky-fish-merry-christmas-c-1798174180 |title=South Park (Classic): "Spooky Fish"/"Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson!" |website=The A.V. Club |date=September 16, 2012 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109183956/http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/south-park-classic-spooky-fishmerry-christmas-char-84395 |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |last=Dyess-Nugent|first=Phil}}</ref>
* 2003: ''[[The Dead Circus]]'', a novel that includes the activities of the Manson Family as a major plot point.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/books/bad-vibrations.html |title=Bad Vibrations |first=Stephanie |last=Zacharek |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 18, 2002 |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429213306/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/books/bad-vibrations.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2003: ''[[The Manson Family (film)|The Manson Family]]'', a crime drama/horror film centered around the Manson Family.
* 2004: ''[[Helter Skelter (2004 film)|Helter Skelter]]'', a crime film about the Manson Family and about Linda Kasabian.
* 2006: ''[[Live Freaky! Die Freaky!]]'', a stop-motion animated film based on the murders.
* 2014: ''[[House of Manson]]'', a biographical feature film focusing on the life of Charles Manson from his childhood to his arrest.
* 2015: ''[[Manson Family Vacation]]'', an indie comedy inspired by Manson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/03/sxsw-review-unexpected-charmer-manson-family-vacation-starring-jay-duplass-266106/ |title=SXSW Review: Unexpected Charmer 'Manson Family Vacation' Starring Jay Duplass |website=IndieWire|date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233245/https://www.indiewire.com/2015/03/sxsw-review-unexpected-charmer-manson-family-vacation-starring-jay-duplass-266106/ |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |last=Walsh|first=Katie}}</ref>
* 2015–16: ''[[Aquarius (American TV series)|Aquarius]]'', a television crime drama that includes storylines inspired by actual events which involved Manson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aquirius: About the Show |url=https://www.nbc.com/aquarius/about |url-status=live |website=[[NBC]]}}</ref>
* 2016: ''[[The Girls (Cline novel)|The Girls]]'', a novel by [[Emma Cline]] loosely inspired by the Manson Family.
* 2016: ''[[Wolves at the Door]]'', a horror film directed by [[John R. Leonetti]] loosely based on the murder of Sharon Tate. 
* 2017: ''[[Mindhunter (TV series)|Mindhunter]]''; the first episode of season 1 used Manson as a case study. Manson is then featured in the second season.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/mindhunter-who-is-adt-killer-kansas-dennis-rader-season-2-wichita-park-city |title=How Netflix's Mindhunter Cleverly Set Up Season 2 and Beyond |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 17, 2017 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213174602/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/10/mindhunter-who-is-adt-killer-kansas-dennis-rader-season-2-wichita-park-city |archive-date=February 13, 2018 |last=Robinson|first=Joanna}}</ref>
* 2017: ''[[American Horror Story: Cult]]'', the seventh season of the horror [[anthology series]] ''[[American Horror Story]]''.
* 2018: ''[[Charlie Says (2018 film)|Charlie Says]]'', a film centered around Manson and three of his followers.<ref>{{Cite news|title='Charlie Says' Review: Complicating Those Manson Family Values|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 9, 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/charlie-says-review.html|access-date=May 11, 2019|archive-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228032104/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/charlie-says-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 2019: ''[[The Haunting of Sharon Tate]]''; directed by Daniel Farrands, the film revolves around Sharon Tate during the last evening of her life.
* 2019: ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''; directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]], the film has a plot revolving around Manson and the Manson Family,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie-everything-we-know-2018-3 |title=All the details of Quentin Tarantino's new movie, which stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie |website=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621215935/http://www.businessinsider.com/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie-everything-we-know-2018-3 |archive-date=June 21, 2018 |date=May 2, 2019|last=Lynch|first=John|last2=Clark|first2=Travis}}</ref> though Manson himself only appears briefly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2019-09-11 |title=Damon Herriman Says 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Cut Manson Scene Is One of Tarantino's Best |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/tarantino-cut-charles-manson-scene-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1202172574/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2019: ''[[Zeroville (film)|Zeroville]]'', a film that starts in the aftermath of the Sharon Tate murders in Los Angeles, with the main character suspected of being involved. Manson is portrayed by [[Scott Haze]].<ref>{{cite web| last=Tallerico| first=Brian| title=Zeroville| date=September 20, 2019| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zeroville-movie-review-2019| access-date=August 9, 2020| archive-date=June 24, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624184935/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/zeroville-movie-review-2019| url-status=live|website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref>
* 2021: ''We Can Only Save Ourselves'', a novel by Alison Wisdom loosely inspired by the Manson Family.