Doctor Omega
Member: Rank 10
The Family
Director: Mary Harron (“American Psycho,” “The Moth Diaries”)
Cast: Unknown
Details: Though currently in pre-production with no-one officially cast as yet, this will almost certainly be racing to be finished and out hopefully by 2018’s end to avoid comparisons to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film which also touches upon the Manson Family murders. Harron’s film however is more directly about the crimes, albeit focused not on the man but his inner circle of women.
Adapted from Karlene Faith and Ed Sanders’ work, the story follows a young graduate student was sent in to teach three imprisoned women who were a part of ‘The Family’ and through her “we witness their transformations as they face the reality of their horrific crimes”. Harron hasn’t quite been able to match the success she had with “American Psycho” nearly two decades ago, but this true crime and redemption tale holds the most promise of anything she’s done since.