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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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12/30/06
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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?

Full Review Source: Moviehole | comment Comment
11/08/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

Disturbingly superficial in its approach to the material.

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09/12/02
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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It's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel, but the result is more puzzling than unsettling.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/19/02
David Chute
David Chute
L.A. Weekly

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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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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

This piece of Channel 5 grade trash is, quite frankly, an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
09/11/02
Keith H. Brown
Keith H. Brown
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03/10/03
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

A trashy, exploitative, thoroughly unpleasant experience.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
09/13/02
Megan Turner
Megan Turner
New York Post

In the end, Ted Bundy's only justification is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac; there's no larger point, and little social context.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/10/02
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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An artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art.

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09/16/02
Mike D'Angelo
Mike D'Angelo
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11/04/02
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
BBC

He was psychothic but somehow I doubt that he was the world's biggest luser...

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08/10/04
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