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Ted Bundy

  • 2002
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Michael Reilly Burke in Ted Bundy (2002)
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The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.

  • Director
    • Matthew Bright
  • Writers
    • Stephen Johnston
    • Matthew Bright
  • Stars
    • Michael Reilly Burke
    • Boti Bliss
    • Julianna McCarthy
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Matthew Bright
    • Writers
      • Stephen Johnston
      • Matthew Bright
    • Stars
      • Michael Reilly Burke
      • Boti Bliss
      • Julianna McCarthy
    • 151User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Michael Reilly Burke
    Michael Reilly Burke
    • Ted Bundy
    Boti Bliss
    Boti Bliss
    • Lee
    • (as Boti Ann Bliss)
    Julianna McCarthy
    Julianna McCarthy
    • Professor
    Jennifer Tisdale
    Jennifer Tisdale
    • Pretty Girl
    Michael Santos
    • Man at the Window
    Annalee Autumn
    Annalee Autumn
    • Girl Attacked on Street
    • (as Anna Lee Wooster)
    Steffani Brass
    Steffani Brass
    • Julie
    Samantha Tabak
    • Vincennes
    • (as Tricia Dickson)
    Meadow Sisto
    • Welch
    Eric DaRe
    Eric DaRe
    • Male Partygoer
    • (as Eric Dare)
    Melissa Schmidt
    Melissa Schmidt
    • Female Partygoer
    Deborah Offner
    Deborah Offner
    • Beverly
    Zarah Little
    • Garber
    Alison West
    • Randall
    Matt Hoffman
    Matt Hoffman
    • Arnie
    Renee Intlekofer
    Renee Intlekofer
    • Cutler
    • (as Renee Madison Cole)
    Orly Tepper
    Orly Tepper
    • Dead Girl in Woods
    Jason Collins
    Jason Collins
    • Washington Cop
    • Director
      • Matthew Bright
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      • Stephen Johnston
      • Matthew Bright
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    7TheAnimalMother

    A Menacing And Somewhat Surreal Bundy Film

    If you are really into serial killers, I strongly recommend this. In some ways it's quite unique, and the lead performance is very menacing. The film almost seems like a farce at times, but in a way that perhaps captures the surreal aspect of serial killing in a way rarely, if ever caught well on camera before(Although American Psycho touches this area as well.). It's far from a perfect film, but it is a worthy watch for many fans of the subject. While the tone of the film may offend some deeply, for others who can stomach the crudeness, they actually may find this film to be very funny at times. I know I did. Now don't get me wrong, the things Ted Bundy did are obviously not funny at all. Nonetheless this film takes a bit of a different look at things from the perspective of Bundy, and at times it can be quite entertaining here. In this way it ends up being a strange but somewhat thought provoking film. As I said, if you are interested in the genre, I strongly recommend taking a look at this film. It's not the best Bundy film, but it is well worth a watch for many. Some of the funniest moments in the film have to do more with Bundy's apparent kleptomaniac tendencies. Some could say that this film is fairly disrespectful to his victims and overall is in bad taste. I can understand this definitely. Though I felt the film sort of evens itself out in the end by showing what a coward Bundy really was. Nor did I feel that the film glorified Bundy in any way. What you see is a monster of a man for sure, which is what he was. A monster when in control, but more like a crybaby when he wasn't. As with all serial killer films, watch at your own risk. 7/10.
    veemoffa

    Brutal movie about a brutal man

    This movie is not for the faint-of-heart; it's a story about a vicious serial killer, and does not pretty up the subject matter. Thus there are numerous scenes of bloody and perverse sex, dead bodies galore, lots of profanity, and an overall atmosphere of sickness. None of this is pleasant to watch, but is entirely appropriate for the subject matter.

    The script stays close to fact, although it leaves out some important information; neglecting, for example, to mention that one woman Bundy approached at Lake Sammamish refused to follow him into the parking lot. Her evidence provided a description and a name to a previously faceless monster, the first real lead the police had in the case. The movie also fails to give any real sense of the era in which Bundy flourished. In the swinging seventies, it was not so uncommon for women to get into cars or otherwise accept approaches from total strangers -- one reason for Bundy's success.

    This film suffers from a lack of focus and purpose. It does give a good sense of the progression of Bundy's hideous career: the burglarizing, purse-snatching, shoplifting peeping tom gradually deteriorates into the brutal, raping, murdering serial killer. We see his alcoholism, his ability to be totally charming when necessary, and his knack for attracting "enabling" girlfriends into his life. What we don't see is anything of the inner Bundy. Granted, any depiction of the "inner Bundy" would be pure speculation, but a good movie would at least make an attempt to give some motive for Bundy's violent compulsions. All this movie does is make some vague references to his illegitimacy.

    I need to also mention the incredibly poor taste in background music. In some sequences, light-hearted music is playing while Bundy is committing heinous acts of violence. (Christmas music in one case!) Perhaps the director meant to indicate that all this horror was just plain fun to Bundy; but the effect is to cheapen the scenes and even make them comic.

    The verdict: Iffy. Lacks depth, and occasionly shows poor taste. Leaves out important information. On the plus side, it is well-acted, and does not attempt to sugar coat the ugly facts of violence. If you want a thoughtful examination of Bundy's character and the era in which he lived, this is not the right movie.
    7Coventry

    Unpleasantness all around

    "Ted Bundy" is definitely one of the most unpleasant viewing experiences I struggled myself through this year, but - then again - that is only logical since the actual Ted Bundy also was one of the most unpleasant persons to ever walk the planet's surface. And then still, I certainly don't have to complain about feeling unpleasant, because the (too) many people that crossed paths with Bundy, notably the victims and their families, truly must have gone through hell.

    Between 2000 and 2009, there was a gigantic wave of true crime movies about US serial killers. Since horror cinema was going through a long non-fertile and uninspired period, this was a God's gift for many directors (*) because portraits of real serial killers don't much of a plot. All the notorious figures received one or even several biopics: Ed Gein, Aileen Wuornos, Zodiac Killer, John Wayne Gacy, BTK-killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, the Lonely Heart Killers. Ted Bundy could not be left out of this list, of course, but just as Bundy himself was an unusual killer who could not be classified within the known profiles, his biopic also can't be compared to all the routine and inferior films about other serial killers.

    Why is "Ted Bundy" worth your time if you have the stomach for it? For starters because there was a multi-talented and promising (at the time, at least) director involved. Matthew Bright demonstrated, with the excellent "Freeway" and "Confessions of a Trick Baby", that he doesn't avoid sensitive taboo subjects like teen prostitution, drug addiction and child abuse. He was the ideal man to narrate the shocking but story of Bundy as raw, nihilistic, and disturbing as it really was.

    Secondly, Matthew Bright was enormously "helped" by how absurd and unfathomable the facts in the case of Ted Bundy were. His story is one of those that simply must be factual because, if it had been written as fiction, people would claim it's totally implausible and unrealistic. How is it possible that Bundy made so many victims and remained under the radar for so long, even though his modus operandi and means of transportation were so conspicuous? How can a woman remain so loyal to a man who abuses and humiliates her, like Bundy did to Lee? How can it be that someone like Bundy escapes from jail twice or receives declarations of love from hundreds of women after his conviction? The explicit violence and cruelty in this film is often hard to look at, notably the scene in the cabin and the "submission fantasy", especially when realizing this freak and monster could do whatever he pleased for several years.
    8AbbyNormalUSA

    Morbidly Fascinating/ Disturbing

    Be prepared to leave your lights on in order to sleep for at least three days after first viewing this morbidly fascinating account of mass-murdering, intelligent sociopath Ted Bundy and his descent into soul-less depravity. As a study in human nature gone wrong, this is a fascinating body of work. Particularly because this movie is, unfortunately, based on the facts, I am grateful that the viewer is not forced to witness Bundy's every demonic act, though little is actually left to mystery. Chilling, thought-provoking, disturbing, tragic, and well-made, this movie is an often shocking account of one cold-blooded monster's reign of terror.

    The best part for this viewer is that the movie allows us to see Bundy sentenced to death.

    A. Freimann
    Infofreak

    A fascinating and disturbing look at one of America's most infamous serial killers.

    Matthew Bright is best known for directing 'Freeway' and 'Freeway 2', two of the oddest movies ever to end up on the shelf at Blockbuster et al. Bright also wrote the absolutely bizarre cult classic 'Forbidden Zone', and even a telemovie about the awful 80s sit-com 'Diff'rent Strokes', so when I heard he had made this bio concerning one of the most infamous serial killers in modern history, I literally didn't know WHAT to expect. The opening sequences of 'Ted Bundy' with the unknown (to me) Bundy lookalike Michael Reilly Burke acting like a doofus in a bow tie had me wondering for a moment if Bright was going to play it strictly for laughs, but things quickly get darker and more serious. Bright adds very little of his usual black humour and flamboyant touches and the movie is all the more effective for it. The film doesn't attempt to explain why Bundy did what he did, there is no mention of his childhood or pop psychology, and I for one welcomed that. Burke increasingly became more convincing as Bundy, and the many murders were brutal and quite shocking. The long, drawn out execution at the climax was disturbing and highly effecting, and will be difficult for most viewers to forget. The strong supporting cast in the movie are largely unknowns, but keep an eye out for horror legend Tom Savini (who also did the special effects) and 'Repo Man's Tracey Walter in small but memorable roles. 'Ted Bundy' is in many ways a change in pace for Matthew Bright, but shows that there is a lot more to him than you might think. I was impressed by this movie, one of the best true life serial killer bios I have seen, and one which raises many more questions than it answers. I recommend it to anyone who is fascinated by the darker side of human nature, and puzzled by aberrant behaviour.

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    • Trivia
      In the scene when Ted and his girlfriend Lee are celebrating with friends at a party, a woman walks up to Lee introducing herself as "Beverly" and talks to her about working with Ted at a crisis center. Her character is clearly a reference to Ann Rule, a true-crime author who met and worked with the real Ted Bundy at a crisis center in Seattle, Washington during the early 1970s. Furthermore, Rule did, in fact, meet and talk with the real Ted Bundy's girlfriend at a Christmas party one year. Rule would later write a book about Bundy and his murders.
    • Goofs
      Early on in the movie Ted attacks a woman with a hammer handle. As he grabs her, the handle - which is supposed to be hard wood - bends at the base to reveal that it is rubber.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Ted Bundy: [standing in front of mirror] Hi there. Hi there. My name's Ted. Nice to meet ya. Hi there. My name's Ted. Nice to meet ya.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Vintage Video: A Chronological 80's Film Rewatch Podcast: Forbidden Zone (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Martha's Street
      by Dominic Glynn (uncredited) and Martin Smith (uncredited)

      Published by Chappell Recorded Music Library

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    • Release date
      • November 22, 2002 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bundy
    • Filming locations
      • Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • First Look International
      • Incessant Barking Productions Inc.
      • Tartan Films
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    • Budget
      • $1,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,073
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,710
      • Sep 15, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $68,716
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 39m(99 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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