Bundy mania arrives on UKTV

UK broadcasters are cashing in on Ted Bundy mania, too, with a sensationalised new four-part documentary. 

Really on UKTV is inviting viewers to “binge watch” what they’re describing as an “in-depth look” at the American killer in Ted Bundy: Serial Monster which again heightens the “romantic” side of the notorious criminal.

“Following the Netflix documentary and in anticipation of a film starring Zac Efron later on this year,” it tells viewers, “get inside the mind of one of America’s most notorious serial killers and join the conversation. The whole series will also be available to binge-watch on UKTV Play.” 

It adds: “You might think this is the plot of a horror film, but it’s all too real.”

The US documentary makers capitalise on Bundy’s apparent good looks, and “charm” to sell the show abroad.  

It’s these qualities that convinced movie producers in the US to cast former Disney heartthrob Zac Efron in an upcoming Hollywood feature film version.  

The makers of Ted Bundy: Serial Monster promise: “A handsome gentleman on the outside… a terrifying, depraved monster on the inside. A chameleon so deceptive that he charmed more than one hundred women to their cruel, unfortunate deaths. 

“From his beginnings as an innocent paperboy, to an admired high school athlete, to a budding attorney and rising politician, no one recognised him as the bloodiest mass murderer in US history.” 

The drama-documentary begins with a real recording of Ted Bundy’s voice before actors play out various gruesome scenes.

In one scene, Bundy, played by US TV regular Adam Long, walks into a darkened room with a crow bar, which he uses to beat his first victim around the head. 

Blood splatters the walls and bed sheets in a scene which doesn’t spare the viewer any gory detail.

In another scene, Bundy is seen rummaging in a victim’s underwear drawer.

In other scenes he’s filmed looking “troubled” and “tortured” as he walks through the woods.

Again documentary makers create an “attractive” Bundy who walks about in smart knitwear and who has an easy style around women.

The narrator declares: “It’s the summer of love, and for Ted, it’s the real thing.”

Later it describes one of his victims, Diana Edwards as “the woman of his dreams”.  

UK Premiere – Double-bill

Thursday 21 February, 10pm – Really TV