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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Charlie Says is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Mary Harron and written by Harron's frequent collaborator Guinevere Turner.It is a story of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, centering on Leslie Van Houten, one of three women belonging to Charles Manson's "Family" that were convicted of murder. A grad student named Karlene Faith is given the task of snapping the three "Manson girls"—Van Houten, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel—out of their trancelike devotion to Manson. As Karlene struggles to get through to the three women, the story of the Family plays out in a series of flashbacks. Leslie Van Houten joins the Family as a wide-eyed hippie girl on a voyage of personal discovery. She is sucked into Charlie Manson's cult, becoming a devoted Family member even as she occasionally questions the nonsense in Charlie's teachings. Meanwhile, Charlie has dreams of becoming a rock star, but when an audition for a record executive goes badly, Charlie's thoughts turn to murder.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The film stars Hannah Murray as Leslie Van Houten and Matt Smith as Charles Manson. Also appearing are Merritt Wever as Karlene Faith, Sosie Bacon as Patricia Krenwinkel, Suki Waterhouse as Mary Brunner, Chace Crawford as Tex Watson, Bridger Zadina as Paul Watkins, Grace Van Dien as Sharon Tate, and Annabeth Gish as Virginia Carlson, the prison warden.
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Control Freak: In spite of the laid-back hippie persona, Manson keeps his "family" on a short leash, which he only tightens more and more as the movie goes on.
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Anti-Villain: The members of Manson's cult are presented this way. They are a bunch of thieves and murderers, but are portrayed less as psychopaths and more as very impressionable, and thus susceptible to the influence of someone like Manson.
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Cult: One of the most infamous ones ever, as Charlie Manson convinces a group of young people to worship him and, eventually, murder for him.
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