The fatal stabbing of Sex Pistols rocker Sid Vicious' American girlfriend has been recreated in a new documentary about New York's famed Chelsea Hotel.

Vicious and Nancy Spungen endured a tumultuous, drug-fueled relationship which ended with her murder on October 12, 1978, at the hotel, where they were living at the time.

Spungen died from a single stab wound to her abdomen. Police traced the murder weapon to Vicious, who was immediately arrested for murder and later freed on bail.

He died from a heroin overdose the following February, before he could be tried.

The film, Chelsea on the Rocks, will also follow the history of legendary hotel, home in its height to stars like Bob Dylan, Milos Forman, Mark Twain, Ethan Hawke and Grace Jones.

It will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23.

Filmmaker Abel Ferrera says, "I lived on the floor with the ghosts. I didn't come in with a point to it, so I just lived there and began filming. It's about the people that lived there, the ghosts, and the people that live there now."

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