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Netflix Film Prods At Ted Bundy's 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile' Appeal

Zac Efron stars as the serial killer in a film that chooses not to linger on the lurid brutality of his crimes, but to explore the sinister charisma that made them possible.
<em>Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile </em>casts Zac Efron — former star of <em></em>the <em>High School Musical </em><em></em>franchise — as serial killer Ted Bundy.

Say you're a filmmaker and you want to make a movie about Ted Bundy, arguably the most notorious serial killer of the 20th century. It's a normal impulse to have. The guy's an irresistible figure to storytellers: pure misogynistic evil who disguised himself for a decade under swashbuckling charm. Sure, maybe it's not the most original idea (again: "most notorious serial killer of the 20 century"), but Bundy existed, he killed somewhere between 30 and 100 young women, and people should remember that. So now, how do you

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