Mark Harmon's unhinged smile will ruin your trust in handsome men forever.
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Acting
Mark Harmon weaponizes his own likability—chilling.
Direction
Chomsky's flat TV aesthetic makes horror feel bureaucratic.
Director
Marvin J. Chomsky
Mark Harmon
Ted Bundy
Frederic Forrest
Det. Bob Keppel
George Grizzard
Richard Larsen
Ben Masters
Det. Mike Fisher
Glynnis O'Connor
Cas Richter
M. Emmet Walsh
Det. Sam Davies
John Ashton
Det. Roger Dunn
Bonnie Bartlett
Louise Bundy
Billy Green Bush
Officer Bradley
Frederick Coffin
Jerry Thompson
Deborah Goodrich
Martha Chambers
Lawrence Pressman
Ken Wolverton
Macon McCalman
Larsen's Editor
Jeannetta Arnette
Mrs. Richter
William Boyett
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real detective Bob Keppel consulted; he'd later hunt the Green River Killer and advise on Bundy's actual 1989 execution.
This aired months before Bundy's 1986 Florida trial, making it essentially contemporary true crime—audiences watched fiction while reality unfolded.
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