Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…
Michael Reilly Burke
Ted Bundy
Boti Bliss
Lee
Tracey Walter
Randy Myers
Deborah Offner
Beverly
Tom Savini
Salt Lake City Detective
Tiffany Shepis
Tina Gabler
Julianna McCarthy
Professor
Steffani Brass
Julie
Matt Hoffman
Arnie
Renee Intlekofer
Cutler
Phoebe Dollar
Richardson
Marina Black
Kate
Alexa Jago
Betty
Jennifer Tisdale
Pretty Girl
Michael Santos
Man at Window
Annalee Autumn
Girl Attacked on Street
Eric DaRe
Male Partygoer
Melissa Schmidt
Female Party Goer
Orly Tepper
Dead Girl in Woods
Susan Featherly
Bundy Victim
Alexa Nikolas
I'm Ted Kid
Jesse Rutherford
I'm Ted Kid
Katrina Miller
Gilchrest
Director, Writer
Matthew Bright
Writer
Stephen Johnston
December 1, 2014
8
The worst kind of Teddy Bear.
Tricky. As always with serial killer films, you hope that the subject is handled in such a way so as to justify you having invested time in it. Matthew Bright’s instalment into the hall of shame legacy left by one Theodore Robert Bundy, is uncompromising and unforgettable. Could the charge of exploitation be levelled at Bright and his backers? No, I don’t think so.
The advent of time where film is concerned has seen film makers now be able to tackle difficult subjects for maximum impact. Bright, in the main, follows the real life of Bundy and his vile crimes. His home life and trail of destruction are covered graphically, so if anyone was in any doubt about the measure of Bundy’s evil via previous film, TV or literary interpretations? Then this is the gaping wound of Bundy tellings, with salt poured in.
It’s nigh on impossible to recommend as an essential viewing experience, I myself haven’t been able to get some of the images out of my head some 5 days after watching it. But that’s the point, surely? Some minor fabrications aside (we cheer the events just prior to the electrocution, but it didn’t happen), this is one of the best films of the bloody sub-genre of horror it sits in. For impact and Michael Reilly Burke’s bold and scary performance as Bundy, it has artistic merit. If you have the stomach for it that is. 8/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$1,200,000.00
Revenue:
$68,716.00