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Summary: a total waste of time watching this
Review: I think this is the only movie I have ever watched where EVERY SINGLE ACTOR is absolutely horrible. I mean this is as if they just offered anyone parts in this movie. The acting, props, everything is so bad that you wonder if they had the budget of a high school drama club/type production. Not only that, but the movie is very short, leaving out a SUBSTANTIAL amount of information. If you want some insight with nothing left out, get Ann Rule's book "The Stranger Beside Me". It is excellent and much better than this trash.
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Summary: It's Alright Depending On Your Expectations
Review: Growman's review really hit the nail on the head here. Though this film centers around a real life murderer, it's NOT an insightful biopic. Sure, there are important scenes which really happened, but the movie only shows what it needs to in terms of reality. Lets face it, this film is B horror expoitation schlock, pure and simple. It's no different than the other direct to video B horror flicks like Junior or Cheerleader Massacre that are currently on the New Release wall. And really, you should view it as such, coz there isn't much of a message here only to see the horrible events from Ted Bundy's point of view. Maybe that was the point. I don't think so though. Burke's performance is creepy though.
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Summary: Quite good
Review: From all these recent real-life serial killer movies (Ed Gein, Night Stalker, Gacy, Dahmer), Ted Bundy is definatly the best one. I'd call it realistic, entertaining and quite well made (filming, editing, acting). It's considerably accurate compared to movies like Dahmer or Gacy (even though in reality Ted Bundy maintained cool and low profile). If you liked "American Psycho", you'll probably love this one. If you want accurancy - get Ted Bundy or Ed Gein, and skip movies like Dahmer and Crawlspace (aka Gacy).
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Summary: Exploitation is Back!
Review: There has been a recent wave of new exploitation films centralized on serial killers. This movie about Ted Bundy is bound to get a cult following. Only twenty minutes into the film and Ted has killed several women, masturbated in public, tortured his girlfriend and is playing with mummified corpses. If this is your sort of thing, then Ted Bundy will deliver on all counts.This is a shocking film and the cruelty that Ted inflicts on his female victims defies belief. Ted Bundy is played exceptionally well by Michael Reilly Burke in a deadpan manipulative way when he is acting normal with his girlfriend and others, but when he is out killing (which comprises about 95% of this movie) his character opens up in leaps and bounds with lashing of black humor. Check out the scene where he tries to explain the "rape gear" during an interrogation with a detective or how he plays a cop to get a woman into his killing vehicle of choice (a bright yellow Volkswagen Beetle) at the shopping mall. Bundy is one dominating and controlling character and the film does disturb and is extremely sexually graphic in nature. Instead of delving too much into Bundys background, the investigation or his psychology, the director goes for straight out exploitation. So how does it pan out? The truth is that this film does nothing to honor Bundys victims, treats women very badly (except for the twist ending) and IS exploitation through and through. It is often funny and hilarious in a black sort of way. Is it morally right? NO! Is it political correct? NO! Does this film have a message? NO!........... but it sure as a hell is a ton of fun in a "Texas Chain Saw Massacre" sort of way. In short the exploitation films of the 70s have just been given a revamp in this great low-budget murder-fest that never tries to be anything more than what it is - adult popcorn fodder, and for that it gets five stars.
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Summary: One of the better Seriel Killa movies around.......
Review: THE HORN!
This is a pretty good movie for a seriel killa flick. It was certainly than that jobber of a flick called Dahmer..dont go there word life! and was a faster pace film than Ed Gein..Word Life. Its not that scary untill you get to the exucation scene and that will scare the word life heck out of you. I was watching this movie at aroun 1 a.m. and when they went through the exucauton scene it literally scared the heck out of me. I had to put a Cubs NLDS series game against Atlanta on in the background just to be able to get calm downed. So it will haunt you a little bit. I'd say its worth a purches on dvd because it does have meat and nudity so its a good flim. F-Buindy but long live the moovie.
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Summary: A chilling exploration/exploitation of a diseased mind.
Review: Michael Reilly Burke gives a terrifyingly believable performance as Ted Bundy- termed the first "serial killer" by FBI profilers. Directed & Co-Written by Matthew Bright with Stephen Johnston; the movie traces Bundy's reign of terror from 1974 in Seattle. Ironically, an ex law/psychology student & volunteer for a teen crisis helpline, Bundy was born illegitimate & grew up believing his mother was actually his sister.
Ted's road to crime starts off with petty theft before graduating to being a Peeping Ted before he takes his obsessions one step further; soon feeding his interest in BDSM, & committing muggings which soon escalate to murders, rapes & necrophilia (amazingly which NZs censors left in). The gruesome FX are by none other than Tom Savini who also appears in the movie as a cop.
Bundy also drives the now stereotypical serial killer car- a yellow VW Beetle, which he uses to abduct & murder college girls, usually by asking for assistance while wearing a sling. Somehow Bundy is able to charm the ladies even though in his blazer & red bow tie he looks like the King Of The Dweebs.
Unlike Dahmer or Gein, Bundy knew what he was doing was wrong. He just doesn't care. But wait a minute: David Lane & his band of outdated fogeys would have us believe it's movies like THIS that are directly to blame for creating people like Ted Bundy!
The violence in the movie is very graphic and disturbing. But is real life violence subtle? Or entertaining? That's another one of the SPCS's problems: they seem to think all films are for *entertainment*. How many Kiwi familes would sit down in front of the box on a cold winters night with a bowl of popcorn & watch ONCE WERE WARRIORS (RP16 in NZ) together purely for *ENTERTAINMENT*? Personally, when I have kids I'd prefer they watched NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (also RP16) over WARRIORS. (By kids I mean age 13+. I don't want to be misinterpreted as irresponsible).
In spite of the gore, this film doesn't glamorise Bundy & try to turn him into an anti-hero; though admittedly the film makers didn't take into account the feelings of the victim's familes; which may be a springboard for some to criticise or condemn the picture. That said, it's strangely gratifying at the end watching the scumbag get his comeuppance.
Now, you'll notice that I haven't really been mentioning Burke in my review: that's because when you watch this- he really DOES become Ted Bundy for the duration of the film. Burke would almost certainly have gotten an Oscar nomination if the Academy weren't so egotistical, selective & yes, wimpy.
TED BUNDY is an excellent movie, certainly not recommended for the faint-hearted; but for people with an interest in serial killers this is a must-see. Just don't watch it straight after dinner.
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Summary: ignore the bad reviews here..this movie is excellent
Review: i don't get the mediocre or bad reviews for this movie.. this movie is one of the best i've seen in the last year. ed gein was bad..dahmer was bad the first half but good during the second half when it flashed back to his childhood, gacy was decent i guess, but this movie was excellent. a lot of people here thrash this movie for all the rape scenes and deaths,..what were you expecting? this movie is about ted bundy. what did you expect? the movie was very well done and the commentary for the movie is also worth giving a listen to. this movie is 5 stars..without a question..one of my favorite movies of all time next to seven, the south park movie, the crow, half baked, bully, etc...
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Summary: No respect for victims
Review: Told from the point of view of Ted Bundy, this film is no holds barred, it provides some quite sickening details of the killer's actions with no explanation of what drove the man. I do wonder about the families of the victims. The victims were portrayed as one-dimensional walk-on parts. I know this is how Bundy would have seen them, as meat and nothing more, but I found it disrespectful to those who died and who were left to grieve. It is clear that the director has no idea of the enormity of these crimes and the affect on the victums' families, if he did he might have thought twice. I suppose he felt the execution scene would create a balance, but it doesn't. These were real people, not inventions, by showing us this the film would have been that much more powerful and convincing.
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Summary: watchable
Review: THis movie wasn't that bad compared to the other serial killer flicks that have been made recently. Its better than Dahmer or Gacy. has some details but not all.I would have liked to seen more about his childhood. I still think its worth a look.
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Summary: Not For Wimps !
Review: I don't know why the cover of this looks so much different than when I rented it, and I though the movie was just called "Bundy" not "Ted Bundy" but after reading the reviews, I'm 95% positive this is the same one I seen. Anyway..
This is 10x better than the Dahmer movie (don't even go there) This is a brutal, no holds bar movie that does not try and candy coat what serial killers are like. I cant believe there is a bunch of people on here complaining this is to graphic "oh i like serial killer movies...but this was to graphic"...or whatever...that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard! what did you expect? Thelma and Louise? did you ever read what this guy did?
Its mind boggling how many women were lured into this guys web, he even had women confessing their love to him while he was in prison for killing other women. That is sad. The movie covers the highlights of his life, and a lot of the killing, oh and to the guy that complained they didn't go through his whole life, childhood education, etc...what do you want them to do, bore us to death? Anyway. I give this 5 stars because I know it will offend people, that gets high marks in my book....you whiners! go rent steel magnolias or something!
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