Sharon Tate’s Sister Calls the Biopic Starring Hilary Duff “Tacky, Tacky, Tacky”
8 years ago Lily Garner
Although some fans were excited to hear Hilary Duff is starring in an upcoming biopic about Sharon Tate's horrific murder in the late '60s, the late Hollywood starlet's sister is not among them.
Debra Tate was only 16 when her 26-year-old sister — then the wife of famed (and disgraced) director Roman Polanski — was brutally murdered by the followers of cult leader Charles Manson in August 1969. Sharon and four other people — Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent — were staying at Polanski's LA home in Benedict Canyon when Manson followers Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian broke in and savagely murdered them. Sharon was eight months pregnant at the time, adding an even more tragic touch to the already disturbing case.
Needless to say, Debra isn't thrilled by the news that The Haunting of Sharon Tate is in the works. During an interview with People, Debra called the film "classless" and "exploitative..