History Main / HorrorHippies

* Jeremiah Sand from ''Film/Mandy2018'' has all of the trappings of an evil hippie cult-leader. He controls his followers, the Children of the New Dawn, with psychedelic drugs and [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane what appears to be black magic]], using an instrument he calls "the Horn of Abraxas" to summon the Black Skulls, a gang of demonic bikers. The film's main plot kicks off when he kidnaps Red's wife Mandy to forcibly indoctrinate her for no other reason than his own selfish desire for her, and when that doesn't work, he [[spoiler:has her burned alive while Red watches helplessly]].

* What has been identified as "the end of the Summer of Love" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert The Altamont Free Concert]]. What was to be the "Woodstock of the West" ended with considerable violence, damage, and four deaths. And what was to be a straightforward tour documentary of Music/TheRollingStones turned into the primary evidence of the whole sordid affair, ''Film/GimmeShelter.'' [[HarsherInHindsight "It's just a shot away,"]] indeed.

* What has been identified as "the end of the Summer of Love" is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert The Altamont Free Concert]]. What was to be the "Woodstock of the West" ended with considerable violence, damage, and four deaths.

* ''Film/TheWickerMan1972'': The residents of Summerisle are free-love pagans with an affinity for costumes, public sex, and nature. After an entire film of teasing them as child murderers, [[spoiler:it turns out the child, Rowan Morrison, was safe. But it was all a ploy to ensnare Sgt. Howie, who they burn alive.]]

* ''Film/TheWickerMan'': The residents of Summerisle are free-love pagans with an affinity for costumes, public sex, and nature. After an entire film of teasing them as child murderers, [[spoiler:it turns out the child, Rowan Morrison, was safe. But it was all a ploy to ensnare Sgt. Howie, who they burn alive.]]

** ''Angel, Angel, Down We Go'' (1969) has a hippie rock band move in with a wealthy Hollywood family. The charismatic lead singer of the band seduces the {{lonely|RichKid}}, overweight daughter and then her mother-- and arranges for the mother to have a skydiving "accident". Quickly retitled ''Cult of the Damned'' after the Manson murders; also one of the last films of Jennifer Jones (who plays the mother), giving it a touch of hagsploitation.

Horror Hippies often spawn from {{Commune}}s, many of their bad ideas swimming in a petri-dish of [[DrugsAreBad brain-cooking narcotics]] until they turn from quant little clubs to horrifying {{Cult}}s, all under the service of a charismatic [[TheSociopath sociopath]] that would lead them to revolution. This "revolution" usually involves kidnapping innocent people, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]], [[SerialKiller murder]], [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] and InsaneTrollLogic brought to boil by a [[Creator/AndyWarhol Warhol-Factory's]] worth of mind-bending drugs.

%%* Unsurprisingly, this trope really took off in {{Exploitation Film}}s around 1969-1971:

** Angar the Screamer is a stereotypical long-haired hippie whose screams cause people around him to hallucinate [[IKnowWhatYouFear your worst fear]]. Although he supposedly started out as a social activist, he mostly used his powers to commit crimes for personal gain.

* As ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' features UsefulNotes/CharlesManson and his followers, this is to be expected. Although [[spoiler:Dalton intervenes before they can kill anyone else]], the menace offered by them still hangs over the film.

* Jeremiahs Sand from ''Film/Mandy2018'' has all of the trappings of an evil hippie cult-leader. He leads his cult the Children of the New Dawn using [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane drugs or magic]] and PsychedelicRock using an instrument he calls "the Horn of Abraxas", the plot kicking off when he kidnaps Red's wife Mandy to forcibly indoctrinate her for no other reason than his own selfish desire for her.

* UsefulNotes/JimJones was another infamous figure from the hippie movement, who recruited peace-and-love types to join his {{Cult}} the Peoples Temple, eventually establishing the "Jonestown" compound in Guyana. Their horrifying end in a [[EverybodysDeadDave mass murder-suicide]] cemented them as the TropeCodifier for ApocalypseCult.

* UsefulNotes/JimJones was another infamous figure from the hippie movement, who recruited peace-and-love types to join his "Jonestown" compound in Guyana. The eventual [[EverybodysDeadDave mass murder-suicide]] that took place served as the TropeCodifier for ApocalypseCult.

* The TropeMaker that cemented public distrust in hippies was UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, leader of the {{Cult}} known as the Manson Family. The Manson Family was composed primarily of young women from middle-class backgrounds, many of whom were radicalized by Manson's teachings, hippie culture, communal living and a hefty diet of narcotics like LSD. According to group member Susan Atkins, the Family believed that Manson was a manifestation of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and that his prophecies were reliable concerning an imminent, apocalyptic race war. said conflict he named "Helter Skelter, after a song by Music/TheBeatles. They gained international attention after the murder of actress Sharon Tate and four others on August 9, 1969.

* Johnny Greenpeace in Gateway Championship Wrestling. He was a {{face}}, [[NobleDemon but didn't want to be]]. He was also a [[TheGiant gigantic]] blood drawing GarbageWrestler who happened to take to trees ([[CompanionCube and carry one around). The face status came from feuding with worse wrestlers, such as the equally giant Monster Clown Cabal, the [[ThePigPen literally]] unwashed Jackal, maniacal [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] and ruthless Wrestling/MsChif(who was in fact responsible for training many of his enemies)[[/folder]]

* Johnny Greenpeace in Gateway Championship Wrestling. He was a {{face}}, [[NobleDemon but didn't want to be]]. He was also a [[TheGiant gigantic]] blood drawing GarbageWrestler who happened to take to trees ([[CompanionCube and carry one around).[[/folder]]

* The TropeMaker that cemented public distrust in hippies was UsefulNotes/CharlesManson, leader of the {{Cult}} known as the Manson Family. The Manson Family was composed primarily of young women from middle-class backgrounds, many of whom were radicalized by Manson's teachings, hippie culture, communal living and a hefty diet of narcotics like LSD. According to group member Susan Atkins, the Family believed that Manson was a manifestation of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} and that his prophecies were reliable concerning an imminent, apocalyptic race war. They gained international attention after the murder of actress Sharon Tate and four others on August 9, 1969.

* Jeremiahs Sand from ''Film/Mandy2018'' has all of the trappings of an evil hippie cult-leader. He leads his cult the Children of the New Dawn using [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane drugs or magic]] and PsychedelicRock using an instrument he calls "the Horn of Abraxas", the plot kicking off when he kidnaps Red's daughter Mandy to forcibly indoctrinate her for no other reason than his own selfish desire for her.