Ted Bundy
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Actor: Boti Bliss, Jennifer Tisdale, Julianna McCarthy, Michael Reilly Burke, Michael SantosDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: First Look Pictures
Movie Reviews of Ted Bundy
Movie Review: The true Bundy
Summary: 5 Stars
As a female who grew up in the '70's, I found the movie "Ted Bundy" to be a fascinating account. At the age of thirteen (close to the age of his last victim), I had seen the newspaper photographs of the chameleon-like Bundy. I had heard the stories of this serial killer, who was always portrayed as a suave and brilliant charmer. He struck fear in my heart. He was a monster. My recent viewing of Matthew Bright's "Ted Bundy" has now forever erased that image of the serial killer. Instead, I have a more accurate picture of the pathetic, loser freak/geek that Bundy actually was.
Years before, I had seen the made-for-TV version of Bundy's story, played by the very good-looking Mark Harmon. Actor, Michael Reilly Burke, had more of the look of Ted Bundy; good-looking, yes, but not in Harmon's pretty-boy sort of way. Burke sometimes looked pale and waxy, with dark circles under his eyes, much like Bundy sometimes appeared in photographs and news clips. I thought Burke's portrayal was excellent.
The movie exclusively focuses the story from Bundy's perspective, giving it a unique feel. This isn't about the victims or the police investigation. This is about Bundy's bizarre and twisted world. Rather then a brilliant man gone terribly wrong, he is shown as a petty shoplifter; stealing money out of a woman's purse, stealing a potted plant from a nursery, etc. He is shown as a creepy necrophiliac, as he puts make-up on one of his victim's severed head and tells her that she's "so pretty", kissing her lips fondly.
Bundy's insecurities are in full display as he tells his girlfriend, in a sniveling, little-boy sort of way, that he just wants to be normal. In another scene, he viciously shouts at a victim that women like her don't like guys like him. (Not an exact quote.) By the end of the film I was thinking, "How did this nobody get to be so famous?" and cheered at Bundy's humiliation right before his execution.
I think this is a movie worth watching, especially for those of us who grew up under the shadow of this mad man. It is very gory and is done in horror movie fashion - definitely not for the squeamish. But Bright's portrayal of this sadistic pervert is unique and riveting.
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