Helter Skelter or Helter-skelter may refer to:

Arts, media, and entertainment

Film

* ''Helter Skelter'' (1949 film), a British romantic comedy * ''Helter Skelter'' (1976 film) * ''Helter Skelter'' (2004 film) * ''Helter Skelter'' (2012 film), a Japanese psychological drama based on the manga

Literature

* ''Helter Skelter'' (manga), a series by Kyoko Okazaki * "Helter Skelter", a 1731 poem and story by

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poe ...

Music

Albums

* ''Helter Skelter'' (Fred Frith and François-Michel Pesenti album), 1992 * ''Helter Skelter'' (The D.O.C. album), 1996

Songs

* "Helter Skelter" (song), by the Beatles, written by Lennon-McCartney, covered by many other artists and the inspiration for Charles Manson's adoption of the term ** "Helter Skelter", a cover by Siouxsie and the Banshees on their album ''The Scream'' ** "Helter Skelter", a cover by

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

and

Marilyn Manson Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...

* "Helter Skelter", a song on the Edge of Sanity album ''Infernal'' * "Helter Skelter", a song by Skrew * "Helter Skelter", a march by the

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

* "Helter Skelter", a house music single by

Shapeshifters In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shape-shifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through an inherently superhuman ability, divine intervention, demonic manipulation, sorcery, spells or having inherited the ...

* "Healter Skelter", a song by Shining * "Helter Skelter", a song by Meat Beat Manifesto * "Helter Skelter", an electronic song by

Tom Swoon Dorian Tomasiak (born 6 June 1993), known professionally as Tom Swoon (and previously as Pixel Cheese), is a Polish former DJ and record producer. Tom Swoon used to host Lift Off Radio on Electro City on Dash Radio. He debuted in the ''DJ Mag' ...

and Maximals * "Helter Skelter", a song by

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* "Healter Skelter", a song by Samael

Television

* "Helter Skelter", the pilot episode of the TV series '' American Horror Story'' * "Helter Skelter" (2012), a season 7 episode of the TV series ''Dexter'' * "Helter Skelter", an episode of the TV series ''Eureka Seven'' * "Helter Skelter" (2007), a season 3 episode of ''Instant Star'', a Canadian TV series * "Helter Skelter", an episode of the ''

Terror in Resonance , also known as ''Terror in Tokyo'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA. The anime was created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, with character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa and music by Yoko Kanno. The anime began airing ...

'' anime series * ''Helter Skelter: An American Myth'', a 2020 documentary miniseries on

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Video gaming

* ''Helter Skelter'' (1989), a computer game developed by

The Assembly Line The Assembly Line was a British video game development company which created games for the Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga systems. Recognized for the quality of its programming, it mostly created 3D action or puzzle games. Games they produced ...

* "Helter Skelter", a track in the 1999 video game '' R4: Ridge Racer Type 4'' * Helter Skelter, a character in the 2008 video game ''No More Heroes'' * Helter Skelter, a weapon in the 2010 video game ''

Final Fantasy XIII is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and later for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Released in Japan in December 2009 and international in March 2010, it is the ...

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Helter Skelter I'', a painting by

Mark Bradford Mark Bradford (born November 20, 1961) is an American visual artist. Born in Los Angeles, Bradford studied at the California Institute of the Arts. Recognized for his collaged painting works, which have been shown internationally, his practice al ...

Charles Manson

Helter Skelter (scenario) The Helter Skelter scenario is a theory put forward by Vincent Bugliosi, the lead prosecutor in the Tate–LaBianca murder trial. It is mostly based on the testimony of Paul Watkins, as a motive for the series of murders that were committed by th ...

, a race war prophecy said to have inspired the Tate–LaBianca murders * ''Helter Skelter'' (book), 1974, by Vincent Bugliosi about the murders ** ''Helter Skelter'' (1976 film), first adaptation of the book ** ''Helter Skelter'' (2004 film), later adaptation

Other uses

Helter Skelter (rave music promoter) Helter Skelter is one of the longest running dance music promoters in the UK. It is one of the few remaining rave music brands which promotes early underground styles of electronic dance music, as opposed to the more mainstream house music clu ...

* Helter skelter (ride), an amusement park ride * Helter Skelter Publishing, a London, England music bookshop and publisher