wow. Rankin and Bass this sure isn't. i'm sure Rudolph would retire and throw in the towel on holiday specials after viewing this. this would even disturb fans of the creepy 'Nightmare Before Christmas'. they probably wouldn't run around being so charmed and tickled by how dark Tim Burton can be if they saw this damnable piece of stop motion wickedness.personally i like this movie better than 'Nightmare Before Christmas'. i've always really enjoyed Tim Burton's sweet little stop motion dandy, but i've always felt that Burton's film was basically a aggrandized kiddie flick. but hey, i like kiddie flicks. they're funny. this film, however, is no kid flick and is basically retribution for adult baby boomers who pushed the whole "stop motion classic" thing in the first place. when i watch something like this i feel like it's pay back for watching all that stop motion stuff in the past. even though i love kid's entertainment and the nostalgia of my Innocent childhood, i relate very well and am comfortable being a adult and capable of dealing with cynicism or dark, harsh realities.there is definitely a lot of harsh, dark reality here. not only is this based on the exploits of the Charlie Manson "familiy" and the whole Sharon Tate crime, this film literally takes excerpts from the sayings and philosophies of Manson himself and followers like Susan Atkins. i've read about Charles Manson and he actually said the whole "machanical man" thing. maybe not to the far out extent of Armsrtong's tuneful ditty, but close enough for comfort.just because this is a cute little stop motion puppet film, and much of it is cute, puppets naturally are, don't be deceived. if a lot of this vicious and graphic little film were made with live actors it would be censored or banned. certainly the bloody sex orgies would. this film uses stop motion puppets as a way to defer the shocking content.i really liked this film. i thought it was creative and inventive a lot more "shockingly" original than Tim Burton. but then again, i'm really messed up and don't advocate that people do as i do. i even think that Billie Joe of 'Greenydaze' is one of those unfortunate rockers that the harder he tries to be meaner, the cuter he gets. i actually think his "machanical man" song is kind of cute sounding because it's so devious and mischievous. i think it's because BJ is so little and short. you know what they say, little man, big attitude. and attitude is definitely something this deranged little film isn't lacking.i know i'm warped. do you? i think this weird little flick has a healthy philosophy. when people become mundane and controlling with their quest for too much normalcy, you should "live freaky and die freaky". not bad advice when most of the advice you'll receive totally sucks. i'm not so sure it should always get this "freaky", but hey, what the heck. with all the controlling lies out there, why not? anything goes sometimes.

This was a horrible film. Thank goodness it was short or I would feel long-lasting regret over spending significant time on it. It's about Charles Manson and his "family," and how they come to murder the pregnant actress and her friends.The only reason that I laughed during it is actually a bad reason to laugh at a film, so it doesn't really deserve points. There were plenty of times when the director tried to get me to laugh, but every time I sat silently. I only laughed because it's a poorly done stop motion. Some of the scenes were absolutely ridiculous! I can't believe they even put them in the final project. They are so funny because they are so awful! Haha. I laughed at the movie, not its jokes, because honestly, the jokes were twisted. There are a few different types of twisted humor: there's twisted humor that's funny, and there's twisted humor that goes too far and is just disturbing. This movie has the latter. It has so much of it that I was getting tired by the end of the film. It was never funny, and as the movie kept going it became less disturbing, so it was just there, taking up time. I was bored, and frankly, annoyed that these characters were still on my screen. It is a short movie, but it felt long because it's just so damn not funny. It tries too hard, and it fails.I am going to give the movie a 10% because it actually had one good thing about it. When the scenes weren't absurdly sloppy, they were actually visually fascinating. The director used good colors, unique angles, and really kinda just trips the viewer out. During a couple of the scenes, I couldn't look away because the director's techniques were so interesting. I appreciate his work for those scenes, but the rest of the movie is so bad that I almost forgot his good points.It's dialogue is original, yes, but it's not funny. It tries too hard and just ends up disgusting and pathetic. If I had any affiliation to this film, I would change my name and pretend like I had no idea what it was. It's really that awful. It's a portrait of the horror of the human mind, that's for sure. It has one good point that is overshadowed by its many failures. I would never buy this movie. I would never even watch it again. Waste of time.

I liked this movie. I agree with the above comment that it could have been a lot better and it definitely wasn't quite as "freaky" as it could have been; however, I still enjoyed it. Actually, 'enjoyed it' makes ME sound like a freak. I guess it's better to say that it was exactly what I expected it to be and although I wasn't offended by it I was definitely shocked by some of the scenes. Who knew puppets could be so obscene! Although, the only thing that I was really disappointed with was the soundtrack. For a movie with a roster full of talented punk artists...I thought they could have put out a really killer soundtrack. Big salute though, to Charlie Hanson's song "Mechanical Man". I couldn't get it out of my head for days. Other than that though...not worth the time.

Live Freaky Die Freaky was the only movie with any truth in it that i have seen in my entire life! Charles "Hanson" actually carried a great message, and although i think the murders of Sharon "Hate" and the other couple where wrong..i still think the film was genius! Charlie's last speech actually made me think, whether he was "lying" or not. So watch this movie and think about it (i mean really think about it not just focus on whats too obscene)..and take a look around.Maybe you'll learn something about our world. The movie also had a sick sense of humor that just kept me wondering what John Roeckers problem was...and i loved it! At least someone has the guts to tell the whole world off. Don't listen to the haters, go see this movie!