Young actress Lindsay Lohan will start work on her first movie since going through a lengthy rehab stay last summer: a film about crazed murderer Charles Manson.

Lindsay Lohan will portray one of the female cult followers that gravitated around Charles Manson at the time when he was young, apparently charming to certain people and capable of convincing his followers to do things for him.

E! Online reports Lohan will portray Nancy Pitman, a woman who grew up in a wealthy household in Malibu and was so impressed when acquainted with Charles Manson at the tender age of 16, that she moved in with him and became a loyal member of his “Family.”

Pitman was home with Manson on the night he sent several of his followers to the former home of ex-business associate Terry Melcher, where they murdered actress Sharon Tate and four other persons.

The film, titled “Manson Girls,” is being produced by Brad Wyman of Junction Films, who confirmed Lohan’s casting to E! News by saying, “Yes, I am doing it with Lindsay.”

Interestingly enough, the 21-year-old seems to be forming a bit of a pattern with her recent career choices. Last year, she filmed “Chapter 27” with Jared Leto, under the direction of J. P. Schaefer. Leto portrays Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon, while Lohan plays Jude, a friend of Chapman’s.

“Chapter 27” opens in limited release this weekend.

The subject of Lohan’s previous film, “I Know Who Killed Me,” was similarly murderous, with the young actress playing a double role in a would-be psychological thriller. The movie was torn apart by critics and earned an impressive number of Razzie Awards this year.

Before Lohan starts work on “Manson Girls,” she first teams up with Jack Black and David Arquette for the quirky comedy “Ye Olde Times.” The film is due out in 2009.