Although this is a truly powerful piece of drama it shows how dangerous these "based on a true story" concepts are. Like most people I accepted this film as gospel in what it delivered. For anyone interested I suggest you check out a follow up book Fatal Justice which points out how Dr MacDonald has encountered many injustices and points out new evidence and confessions which basically places these "crazed hippies" at the house. Also the author of the book on which this film was based has since been discredited in relation to the false characteristics he attributed to Dr MacDonald which simply were created to sell more books and they sure did.
Review of Fatal Vision
