Was mostly filmed in June 1969 at the Spahn Movie Ranch when the area was inhabited by the Charles Manson Family/Cult just two months before the Tate-LaBianca murders. Director Herschell Gordon Lewis and his entire film crew and cast were aware that the Manson Family was a crazed hippy cult. According to Lewis, he and his crew never met Charles Manson himself, but they were dozens of so-called Manson girls roaming around and gawking with curiosity at the crew during the filming. In a 2009 interview, Lewis recalled that the Manson Family had several pet dogs roaming around the ranch, one of which had a large bell attached to its collar which made noise every time the dog moved. Annoyed at the bell ringing which was interfering with the filming, Lewis and one of his crewmen went to the dog and began to remove the bell collar around the dog's neck when two of the Manson girls, who had been standing nearby, suddenly ran up and physically shoved both Lewis and the crewman to the ground and they loudly threatened to kill both of them if they tried to take off the bell collar or touch their dog again. Lewis and the crewman defused the situation by apologizing and walking away from a possible violent confrontation and renewed filming on the movie.
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