. >> manson's lost girls patricia krenwinkel, leslie van houghton and atkins each are serving life sentences for murder. >> atkins is such a character and she's wonderful and beautiful and ugly and loyal and i just wanted to play her. my parents were sending me clips and articles and everything. >> atkins took a part in all eight manson family murders, including actress sharon tate, she died in prison in 2009. >> action. >> not that guy. a couple days and you'll be back to normal. >> daughter kelsey plays homecoming murder houghton. >> there's definitely a good amount of drug use, you see us smoking a lot. drugs is a very big part of who these people were and so it's a very big part of the movie. his aunt is virginia manson. for acceptance, looking for guidance. >> he plays tex the watson, convicted of seven manson kim killings and jeff ward plays the mastermind. >> i'm willing to get out and >> he talked to manson in prison in 1989. >> it was a bunch of children giving their lives for a bunching of different reasons. you know who wesley told the court? what did you think when you were stabb