Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

[Diane in Australia]

I just finished watching this movie. I liked it. It is told from the viewpoint of Ted's ex-girlfriend, Liz. It's not a documentary of Ted's crimes. It's a visual memoir of a woman who was deeply in love with a man. My heart sure went out to Liz watching this. I was once a young single mum, and I could easily place myself in her shoes.

I felt that Zac Efron, as Ted, did a good job. He was a bit more polished, suave, and handsome, than the real Ted, which probably helped add to his mystique as Ted.

If you have seen it, what did you think? If you haven't seen it, are you planning to do so?

The real Ted, and Liz


Zac Efron as Ted, and Lily Collins as Liz

[Mary]

Diane my family tell me my chosen subject on Mastermind would be Ted Bundy ! I’m a little obsessed! I loved that movie and I agree with all you said . Have you read Liz’s book? My Phantom Prince? It’s amazing to hear it all from her viewpoint. Also you should watch Ted Bundy Falling for a Killer on Amazon Prime. Liz and Molly and Teds brother Richard tell their stories!

[Diane in Australia]

Mary wrote: "Diane my family tell me my chosen subject on Mastermind would be Ted Bundy ! I’m a little obsessed! I loved that movie and I agree with all you said . Have you read Liz’s book? My Phantom Prince? It’s amazing to hear it all from her viewpoint. Also you should watch Ted Bundy Falling for a Killer on Amazon Prime. Liz and Molly and Teds brother Richard tell their stories!"

Nice to meet another Bundyphile. :)

I haven't read her book, 'cause I couldn't afford to buy the first edition. But now that she has re-released it, it is cheaper, and I definitely intend to pick up a copy.

I wasn't crazy about the 'dramatic license' that was taken with Liz's final visit to see Ted in jail. According to Liz, the conversation took place on the phone, and was nothing like the conversation they show happening in the jail. But, otherwise, good movie. :)

I haven't seen the Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer docuseries, but I'm sure I will get around to it. :) I read an interesting article about Liz, and the doco. Here's an excerpt:

Elizabeth Kendall was shocked to learn, in 2017, that Zac Efron was playing Ted Bundy in a movie told from the perspective of the serial killer’s longtime girlfriend. Kendall was that longtime girlfriend; she had dated Bundy for about five years beginning in 1969.

“They were telling my story about Ted Bundy, and they had never contacted me,” Kendall told Vanity Fair on Thursday morning in a rare interview. Kendall turned the matter over to her attorneys, then tried to steel herself—as she had multiple times before, whenever pop culture turned its obsessive eye back to Bundy. She thought, Oh, no, here we go again, and returned to counseling. “I knew it was going to be hard,” she said. “I was just appalled that this was going to start up again.”

Kendall’s attorneys ended up brokering a collaboration between her and the Efron film, Joe Berlinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which was based on a script by Michael Werwie. Kendall spoke to Berlinger and Lily Collins, who played her in the movie—and shared her memories and photo albums of Ted. She was happy with the way that Berlinger and Collins incorporated her input, and ultimately satisfied with the finished product.

But when writer-producer Trish Wood later contacted Kendall’s lawyers about a project in which she could finally tell her Bundy story using her own voice, Kendall felt ready.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...

Liz, and her daughter, Molly, back in the day


Liz, and Molly, today

[Deirdre]

So glad Liz and Molly are here to tell their story, so many women and teens are not. Happy they are safe and sound.

[Diane in Australia]

Deirdre wrote: "So glad Liz and Molly are here to tell their story, so many women and teens are not. Happy they are safe and sound."

Definitely.