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Directed by | Joe Berlinger |
Screenplay by | Michael Werwie |
Based on | The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy by Elizabeth Kendall |
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Cinematography | Brandon Trost |
Edited by | Josh Schaeffer |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $9.8 million[1] |
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is a 2019 American biographical crime drama film about the life of serial killer Ted Bundy.[2] Directed by Joe Berlinger with a screenplay from Michael Werwie, the film is based on Bundy's former girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall's memoir, The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy. The film stars Zac Efron as Bundy, Lily Collins as Kendall, Kaya Scodelario as Bundy's wife Carole Ann Boone, and John Malkovich as Edward Cowart, the presiding judge at Bundy's trial. The title of the film is a reference to Cowart's remarks on Bundy's murders while sentencing him to death.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019, and was released in the United States on May 3, 2019, by Netflix. The film received mixed reviews from critics, though Efron's performance was praised.