![]() He climbed a telephone pole near the entrance gate and cut the phone line to prevent people ringing out or in.ĪFP) "I'm the devil and I'm here to do the devil's business" Watson had been to the house before, so knew how to get in. Quincy Jones, who was also a friend, had planned to join them but decided not to go at the last minute. While Polanski was away his wife, Sharon Tate had friends over friend and former lover Jay Sebring, an aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and his lover Abigail Folger, heiress to a coffee fortune. Manson, as before, told the girls to do as Watson said. ![]() On August 8, 1969, Tex Watson took the girls to “the house where Melcher used to live” and instructed them to “totally destroy everyone in, as gruesome as you can.” Melcher turned Manson away, which was something he never forgot. Melcher used to rent the home along with musician Mark Lindsay and actress Candice Bergen, who he’d dated. Manson, who wanted to be a musician, had tried to get a recording contract with Terry Melcher, a record producer, before. Watson drove, with Patricia, Susan Atkins and Linda Kasabian, from Spahn Ranch to the house on Cielo Drive. Ted Watson was also responsible for the murders, under the direction of Charles Manson. He ran to the bedroom and without hesitating, began to stab Rosemary, before handing the knife to the girls and telling them to stab Rosemary too. The pair were unable to keep her under control and called out for Tex’s help. Hearing her husband’s blood curdling cries Rosemary yelled and resisted the girls. Tex began to stab Leno in the living room, his screams were deafening. Manson returned to his car and told two of his ‘family’ members - Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel - to go inside and do whatever Tex told them to do.Įntering the house they saw Rosemary and took her back to the bedroom. They dragged Rosemary to the living room, and tied up the couple’s legs and arms, they covered their heads with pillowcases and then stole whatever they could find. Rosemary had been worried by the multiple murders that had been carried out the night before in their neighbourhood.Ĭharles Manson along with Tex Watson broke into their home and found Leno sleeping in the living room while Rosemary was in the bedroom. Their dream weekend was soon to turn to living nightmare. ![]() On Augthey returned to their home, 3301 Waverly Drive from Lake Isabella where they had spent the weekend. He held a stranger power over those in his commune that led to them committing a series of murders.īusiness couple Leno and Rosemary LaBianca lived in Loz Feliz, in LA. With Strangers 2 due out on May 4, we take a look at the real crimes behind the movies.Ĭharles Manson, who led a hippie commune known as the Manson Family, was a manipulative mastermind. Luckily, The Strangers 2: Prey at Night is fictional, though the idea is the same. ![]() Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that.Ī combination of the director’s own childhood experiences and the Manson murders, plus the Keddie Cabin Murder came together to create The Strangers. Why? Because it’s on our own doorstep and there’s nothing more terrifying than having your home, where you think you’re safe, invaded.īut is The Strangers franchise really based on a real event? When horror movies are set somewhere distant and unrealistic they struggle to haunt with us, but set them in our own homes and we’re scared witless. What makes the film really frightening is that the marketing made you feel as if it was based on real events - ‘inspired by a true story’. In the first movie, a young couple become the victim of a random home invasion while on holiday in their remote summer home. It’s been ten years since the first movie, but The Strangers is finally getting a sequel.
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