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Ted Bundy

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Ted Bundy (2002)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:8

Rotten:13

Average Rating:4.9/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence involving a sexual predator/serial killer, sexuality/nudity and language

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Sep 13, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: The accounts vary and the actual number will never be known, but the deaths of at least 36 women can be attributed to Theodore Robert Bundy. This biographical horror film begins in Seattle in 1974... The accounts vary and the actual number will never be known, but the deaths of at least 36 women can be attributed to Theodore Robert Bundy. This biographical horror film begins in Seattle in 1974 where the duplicitous nature of Bundy (Michael Reilly Burke) becomes unmistakably evident. He is working as a polite crisis hotline volunteer, but his callers don't know that he is secretly a sexual deviant in a bow tie whose sexual desires become increasingly perverse until they culminate in his killing spree. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting girlfriend (named "Lee" in the film, this woman--played by Boti Ann Bliss--wrote a book about her life with Bundy under the alias Elizabeth Kendall) dotes on her lover, whose crimes would go unsolved for years. The film follows Bundy's murderous trail through two prison escapes and his eventual execution in Florida. This detailed account of Bundy's exploits contains chilling murder sequences and a dark sense of humor. The film ends with a memorably bleak execution scene which includes archival footage of the mob outside the prison. The subject matter is not new for distributor First Look, which also released DAHMER and ED GEIN. The latter benefited from the creative team of screenwriter Stephen Johnston and producers Hamish McAlpine and Michael Muscal, who reteamed on this project. [More]

Starring: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Ann Bliss, Alexa Jego, Tracey Walter

Starring: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Ann Bliss, Alexa Jego, Tracey Walter, Joseph McDougal, Jennifer Tisdale, Steffani Brass, Tiffany Shepis, Wayne Morse

Director: Matthew Bright

Director: Matthew Bright
Producer: Hamish McAlpine, Michael Muscal
Screenwriter: Stephen Johnston, Matthew Bright
Composer: Kennard Ramsey
Studio: First Look

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Cole Smithey
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One of the rare movies that spend 100 minutes with someone only to glory in his protracted death.

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01/13/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Emanuel Levy
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He was psychothic but somehow I doubt that he was the world's biggest luser...

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11/18/02
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story, the film’s more determined to become the next Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But what about the countless other people who’d merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul?

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11/08/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material, and he can't help throwing in a few of his own touches.

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11/07/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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11/04/02
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC

Exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable.

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10/07/02
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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As Bundy, Michael Reilly Burke (Octopus 2: River of Fear) has just the right amount of charisma and menace.

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