The 2019 American crime drama film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile is based on the life of serial killer Ted Bundy. The film is based on Elizabeth Kendall’s book The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy. Joe Berlinger directed it, and Michael Werwie wrote the screenplay.
Zac Efron plays Bundy in the movie. Lily Collins plays Kendall, Kaya Scodelario plays Bundy’s wife Carole Ann Boone, and John Malkovich plays the judge at Bundy’s trial, Edward Cowart. The title of the movie comes from what Cowart said about Bundy’s killings when he put him to death.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019, and Netflix put it out in the US on May 3, 2019. Critics had conflicting things to say about the movie, although Efron’s performance was lauded.
What’s The Story’s All About?
Ted Bundy meets divorced secretary Liz Kendall in 1969 Seattle. Ted helps Liz raise her daughter Molly.
In 1974, two young women were killed around Lake Sammamish. Ted-like man reportedly asked women for help with VW Beetle sailboat. A composite sketch and phone calls capture Ted the next year.
Carol DaRonch picks Ted out of a lineup and alleges he threatened to murder her. Ted goes home to a devastated Liz after posting bond and thinks he’s being set up because Carol saw his photo before the lineup. He is also sentenced to one to fifteen years in jail for aggravated kidnapping after a four-day bench trial.
Ted is sent to Aspen, Colorado, in 1977 for killing Caryn Campbell. Liz doesn’t believe Ted did it, so she drinks heavily.
Ted represents himself in court to avoid handcuffs and leg shackles. Ted escapes court by climbing out a second-story window and heading to the mountains. He’s apprehended six days later. Liz booted Ted. Later, he cuts a square in his cell’s ceiling. Two sorority members slain, three injured at Florida State. Liz hangs up after Ted’s arrest. Some ladies love and like him. Carole Ann Boone travels to Florida to visit Ted before his murder trial.
Ted can plead guilty to killing Lisa Levy, Margaret Bowman, and Kimberly Leach. Carole Ann’s visits brought Ted and her closer. Ted dates her, but Liz still watches his trials on TV. 1975, she named Ted to Seattle police. Ted proposes during the trial.
Court sees a plaster cast of Ted’s teeth and bite marks on Levy’s buttocks. The jury decides Ted killed Levy and Bowman, tried to kill three others, and broke into two homes in less than seven hours. Cowart executes murderers.
Production
Zac Efron will play serial killer Ted Bundy, and documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger will direct. Lily Collins is Elizabeth Kendall, Bundy’s girlfriend.
John Malkovich is playing Bundy’s judge, Edward Cowart. Covington, Kentucky, commenced production on January 18, 2018. James Hetfield, Angela Sarafyan, Jeffrey Donovan, Grace Victoria Cox, Kaya Scodelario, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, Dylan Baker, and Terry Kinney joined the picture in February.
Release Date
Netflix bought the domestic distribution rights to the film for $9 million after its global premiere at Sundance on January 26, 2019. On May 3, 2019, it came out both online and in theatres.
The picture grossed $9.8 million overseas, with Mexico ($5.6 million) and Italy ($1.1 million) being its biggest markets.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile UK release date
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile is a Netflix original in the US and if we talk about the release date in UK, the Sky in the UK has it. On May 3, a new movie about Ted Bundy’s life came out everywhere. The movie isn’t on Netflix in the UK, which confuses some.
In the new movie, Zac Efron plays a serial killer. On Friday, he put a message online saying that the movie would be on the streaming service.
He wrote, “Proud of this movie.” “You can watch it on Netflix.”
People in the UK who had Netflix started to wonder why they couldn’t watch the movie when people in other countries could.
Sky owns the rights to telecast Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile in the UK and Ireland. Sky Cinema broadcasts and streams the movie. People who want to watch the movie will need a subscription to Sky movies.
You can also see Extremely Wicked in the theatre, but only at a few select times.
Netflix’s UK account has been trying to explain that just because the movie was promoted on Netflix’s social media accounts doesn’t mean it’s available everywhere on Netflix.
A message to a user said, “When we don’t have the right to something in the UK/IE, all we can do is *not* talk about it here, which we haven’t.” “Sky bought the rights to the UK a very long time ago, so we couldn’t watch them here.”
But even if you don’t have a Sky Cinema subscription, you can still stream the movie in the UK.
With a NOW TV “Pass,” users can watch Sky content without having to sign a contract. Users can pay a one-time fee to watch movies on Sky for a certain amount of time instead of signing up for a full subscription.
Commentary
The film has a 54% approval rating and 5.7/10 average on Rotten Tomatoes. The film received “mixed or mediocre” reviews from 31 critics, according to Metacritic.
The Guardian’s Benjamin Lee scored the film three stars, praising Efron but calling it “uninspired.”
Vulture’s Emily Yoshida commended Efron but despised the picture.
“Joe Berlinger’s narrative film recounts Ted Bundy’s story through the eyes of his lover, but it also recreates public events.”
The video celebrated Bundy, according to the Washington Post’s Sonia Rao.
