Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021

1h 50m

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A specter roams the highways of a gritty and decadent 1970s America, hunting for his next prey--his name is Ted Bundy (Chad Michael Murray). Tracking him down are the intrepid female detective Kathleen McChesney (Holland Roden), working out of the Seattle Police bureau, and rookie FBI profiler Robert Ressler (Jake Hays), the government agent who coined the term "serial killer." This is the true story behind the manhunt that brought America's most fearsome boogeyman to justice.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

Honestly, there is no earthly reason for the existence of this film; it might work for the Bundyphiles but it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth for everyone else.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 30, 2021

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

American Boogeyman might be dreck, but the title gets one thing right: This boogeyman isn't going away as long as there's a buck to be made off the name.

Aug 27, 2021

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Joe Lipsett

Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting

Murray is out of his depth in this period-inaccurate film with a slippery approach to real life events. The misogyny is overdone, but the climactic sorority house attack is appropriately harrowing.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 31, 2024

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John Serba

Decider

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman aims for chilling and lands on boring, and fails mightily to justify its existence.

Dec 22, 2021

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

It's not a bad movie from a technical standpoint. But it doesn't really contribute anything new to a story told too many times about a sociopath who doesn't deserve so much of 'the Hollywood treatment,' or any of it, really.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 20, 2021

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Not only doesn't understand the definition of "boogeyman," but reaches a new low of tastelessness, transforming Bundy's barbaric ways with female victims into bottom-shelf schlock

Rated: F

Sep 1, 2021

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Dixie P

This is, without a doubt, the WORST movie about Bundy that I've ever seen. For the record, I'm a Florida resident I was 5 when he killed his last victims about 2 hours away from my hometown. I understand creative liberties to an extent but when you're doing a movie about an actual person and events, research is important. The timelines are out of sequence. His arrest in Utah was a traffic stop, not outside someone's home. Florida didn't require front car tags in '78 (I checked...hadn't since '22). The scene in the Chi Omega house was a joke. There was never a confrontation with a detective and Bundy wasn't shot. One of the most glaring mistakes was his last murders. This makes it seem like the FSU victims were his last, however his last victim was 12 yr old Kimberly Leach. However, in this, he killed her first and gave the bracelet shown in a photo of the girl to one of the sorority girls a day or so before the attacks. The person who wrote this should have their Writers Guild membership revoked and they should be banned from ever writing anything again.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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xox

I'd watch it again just because I think it's interesting and I can't stand watching documentaries, but it's quite obvious that the creators are just trying to make money off of this situation. I guess in the end they got their goal. It's good though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Kayla F

Bad. Lots of creative liberties used by the filmmakers. Acting is not good.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/22

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steve d

CMM gives it his all, but the production is clearly cheap.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This movie is the biggest clusterfuck of a movie I have ever seen. How can they mess up a true story with so many facts. At the same time the actors performances were terrible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

The existence of this movie is flat out awful! Making a horror film based off the real murders in such bad taste. Made Bundy out to be a god-like figure and it makes me furious. Just god awful and people should be ashamed of this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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A specter roams the highways of a gritty and decadent 1970s America, hunting for his next prey--his name is Ted Bundy (Chad Michael Murray). Tracking him down are the intrepid female detective Kathleen McChesney (Holland Roden), working out of the Seattle Police bureau, and rookie FBI profiler Robert Ressler (Jake Hays), the government agent who coined the term "serial killer." This is the true story behind the manhunt that brought America's most fearsome boogeyman to justice.

Director: Daniel Farrands
Producer: Lucas Jarach, Daniel Davila, Daniel Farrands
Screenwriter: Daniel Farrands
Distributor: Fathom Events
Production Co: Green Light Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 3, 2021
Runtime: 1h 50m

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