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'''Live Freaky! Die Freaky!''' is a [[stop motion|stop-motion]]-[[animation|animated]] [[feature film]] by director [[John Roecker]] with original songs. The musical dramatizes the Manson murders using puppets, with the victims' and killers' names changed only slightly. Graphic violence and sexual acts by the puppets are depicted in the film.
| caption= DVD cover for the unrated version
| director= [[John Roecker]]
| producer= [[Tim Armstrong]]
| writer= John Roecker
| narrator= Tim Armstrong
| starring=
| music=
| cinematography=
| editing= Dean Gonzalez
| studio= You've Got Bad Taste Productions <br />[[Hellcat Records|Hellcat Films]]
| distributor= [[Genius Products|Wellspring Media]]<ref name=bom />
| released={{Film date|2006|1|17}}
| runtime=75 minutes
| country= United States
| language=English
| budget=
| gross= $11,290<ref name=bom>{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=livefreakydiefreaky.htm|title=Live Freaky die Freaky}}</ref>
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'''''Live Freaky! Die Freaky!''''' is a 2006 American [[stop-motion]] animated [[independent film|independent]] [[musical film]] directed by [[John Roecker]]. It is a [[black comedy]] based on the [[Charles Manson]] murders. It premiered on DVD in the [[United States]] on January 17, 2006, and played in a few theatres on January 20, 27 and 28.


==Plot==
The voice of the main character ([[Charles Manson]]) is [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] of [[Green Day]]. All puppets are voiced by Punk and alternative rock icons, such as [[Davey Havok]] of [[AFI]], [[Tim Armstrong]] of Rancid, Benji and [[Joel Madden]] of [[Good Charlotte]], [[Mike Dirnt]] and [[Tre Cool]] of [[Green Day]]. Many other artists took a part in the film as well. The film was produced by Tim Armstrong (Rancid). Armstrong also has the part of the narrator. The film was released on [[Hellcat Films]] on 31st January around the world. The film is unrated.
The film starts out with a futuristic Nomad from the year 3069 who accidentally discovers the book "[[Helter Skelter (Manson scenario)|Helter Skelter]]" while searching for food in a desert on the former site of [[Los Angeles]]. He mistakes the book as the Bible and reads it as if Charles Hanson (most of the character names are derived from real people involved with the Manson murders, with their names altered by changing a letter into an 'H') is the messiah. As he reads, we flash back to 1969 where Susan Hatkins meets Charlie during a bad LSD trip. Charlie then renames her Hadie, and she is accepted into his family where they plan things to change the world and make music. After finding out that the snobby, nature hating actress Sharon Hate is supposed to be filming a movie in the desert where they are living, Charlie and the family plot to kill her. Charlie claims to get messages through songs, such as "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" by [[The Beatles]], which tell him to kill Sharon Hate.


Soon after brutally murdering Sharon Hate and her friends, Hay and Habigail, the family goes after the Ha Biancas, after Mr. Ha Bianca (who was "very rude to Squeaky") decided to build a parking lot, which would cover the entire desert, in Sharon Hate's honor. They kill him and his wife and are later found by the police in the desert, after which they have a trial and are sentenced to death by gassing, electric chair, and hanging til dead.


We go back to the Nomad in 3069 who carves an X in his forehead and uses Charlie Manson as a sort of Messiah.


==Appearances==
This movie contains performances by many well-known rock artists such as:
* [[Billie Joe Armstrong]]
* [[Mike Dirnt]]
* [[Tré Cool]]
* [[Tim Armstrong]]
* [[Davey Havok]]
* [[Kelly Osbourne]]
* [[Jane Wiedlin]]
* Jen Johnson
* [[Travis Barker]]
* [[Nick 13]]
* [[Lars Frederiksen]]
* [[Sean Yseult]]
* [[Asia Argento]]
* [[Benji Madden]]
* [[Joel Madden]]
* [[Theo Kogan]]
And many extras such as:
* [[Rob Aston]]
* [[Josh Wilburn]]
* [[Jason White (musician, born 1973)|Jason White]]
* Ryan Williams
* [[Craig Roose]]


==Songs==
# Overture
# No Sense Makes Sense
# ... It Was A Big And Beautiful Dream ...
# Charlie?
# Bad Vibrations (One Too Many Afternoons)
# These Three Holes!
# Mechanical Man
# Cafe 666
# This Upside Down River
# Strangle A Tree
# The Pass Where The Devil Can See
# Creepy Crawl
# Healter Skelter
# August 9
# Buzzsaw Twist
# Folie A' Famille
# All The Good Things (We could have done)
# I Am Just A Reflection Of You
# We Watch You As You Sleep
# Light Fires In Your Cities
# Live Freaky Die Freaky (Your Blood Will Set You Free)


==See also==
* [[Adult animation]]
* [[List of stop-motion films]]
* [[List of animated feature films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{imdb title|id=0197633|title=Live Freaky Die Freaky}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0197633|title=Live Freaky Die Freaky}}
* [http://www.movienavigator.org/freaky.htm Interview with director John Roecker about the film]
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600739.html Washington Post]
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:329543 Austin Chronicle]
* [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5310023/Freaky-deaky-gay-music-video.html The Advocate]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604055939/http://www.laweekly.com/2006-03-02/news/punk-puppet-apocalypse%26page%3D36/ LA Weekly]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030806180933/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1473755/20030711/rancid.jhtml?headlines=true MTV.com]

{{Manson Family}}

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[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
[[Category:2000s stop-motion animated films]]
[[Category:American animated musical films]]
[[Category:American films based on actual events]]
[[Category:American splatter films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Charles Manson]]
[[Category:Hellcat Records]]
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 2 December 2024

Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
DVD cover for the unrated version
Directed byJohn Roecker
Written byJohn Roecker
Produced byTim Armstrong
Narrated byTim Armstrong
Edited byDean Gonzalez
Production
companies
You've Got Bad Taste Productions
Hellcat Films
Distributed byWellspring Media[1]
Release date
  • January 17, 2006 (2006-01-17)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$11,290[1]

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! is a 2006 American stop-motion animated independent musical film directed by John Roecker. It is a black comedy based on the Charles Manson murders. It premiered on DVD in the United States on January 17, 2006, and played in a few theatres on January 20, 27 and 28.

Plot

[edit]

The film starts out with a futuristic Nomad from the year 3069 who accidentally discovers the book "Helter Skelter" while searching for food in a desert on the former site of Los Angeles. He mistakes the book as the Bible and reads it as if Charles Hanson (most of the character names are derived from real people involved with the Manson murders, with their names altered by changing a letter into an 'H') is the messiah. As he reads, we flash back to 1969 where Susan Hatkins meets Charlie during a bad LSD trip. Charlie then renames her Hadie, and she is accepted into his family where they plan things to change the world and make music. After finding out that the snobby, nature hating actress Sharon Hate is supposed to be filming a movie in the desert where they are living, Charlie and the family plot to kill her. Charlie claims to get messages through songs, such as "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles, which tell him to kill Sharon Hate.

Soon after brutally murdering Sharon Hate and her friends, Hay and Habigail, the family goes after the Ha Biancas, after Mr. Ha Bianca (who was "very rude to Squeaky") decided to build a parking lot, which would cover the entire desert, in Sharon Hate's honor. They kill him and his wife and are later found by the police in the desert, after which they have a trial and are sentenced to death by gassing, electric chair, and hanging til dead.

We go back to the Nomad in 3069 who carves an X in his forehead and uses Charlie Manson as a sort of Messiah.

Appearances

[edit]

This movie contains performances by many well-known rock artists such as:

And many extras such as:

Songs

[edit]
  1. Overture
  2. No Sense Makes Sense
  3. ... It Was A Big And Beautiful Dream ...
  4. Charlie?
  5. Bad Vibrations (One Too Many Afternoons)
  6. These Three Holes!
  7. Mechanical Man
  8. Cafe 666
  9. This Upside Down River
  10. Strangle A Tree
  11. The Pass Where The Devil Can See
  12. Creepy Crawl
  13. Healter Skelter
  14. August 9
  15. Buzzsaw Twist
  16. Folie A' Famille
  17. All The Good Things (We could have done)
  18. I Am Just A Reflection Of You
  19. We Watch You As You Sleep
  20. Light Fires In Your Cities
  21. Live Freaky Die Freaky (Your Blood Will Set You Free)

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Live Freaky die Freaky".
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