There's So Much Backlash Over Chad Michael Murray's New Ted Bundy Movie
Chad Michael Murray has been cast in yet another movie about American serial killer Ted Bundy, and the announcement has seen a huge amount of backlash across Twitter. Per Screen Daily, American Boogeyman "follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase 'serial killer.'" Chad Michael Murray plays Bundy, while the film also stars Lin Shaye and Holland Roden.
Voltage Pictures president and COO Jonathan Deckter said of the film, “Ted Bundy is such a fascinatedly divisive character and is the true personification of evil. Murray is so talented and expertly captures Bundy’s charm and seductive nature, traits that the notorious killer exploited to win the trust of his victims as well as society."
Sure, but a lot of people have questions about why, exactly, we need another movie that glorifies Bundy's "charm and seductive nature." As one person on Twitter wrote, "He was a vile monster who gruesomely ended the lives of probably more than 30 young women. Please stop making this true-crime consumer-porn trash." And as another said "No thanks, Ted Bundy movie. If I want a story about a white guy who murders women I’ll just watch the news."
Here's my script for a Ted Bundy biopic.
FADE IN:
EXT. FIELD - DAY
NARRATOR (V.O.)
He was an asshole.
FADE OUT— Billy Jensen (@Billyjensen) May 26, 2021
"Ted Bundy was a deceptively attractive and good looking man"
bro looked like this tf you mean???? pic.twitter.com/ynm39ygiOa— StoneColdSteveAutism #MutohV3?? (@themanwhossad) May 26, 2021
No thanks, Ted Bundy movie. If I want a story about a white guy who murders women I’ll just watch the news.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 26, 2021
The CDC recommends that we don’t need a new Ted Bundy movie.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) May 26, 2021
Ted Bundy wasn't hot, also he didnt trick women by being hot, he targeted nice women, pretended to be injured and then when they helped him he killed them. he was just a gross disgusting jerk loser who took advantage of the kindness of others to cause pain and death.
— Jessi Sheron makes mermaid comics (@JessiSheron) May 27, 2021
society has progressed past the need for more ted bundy films
— jackie (@siakcis) May 26, 2021
NO MORE TED BUNDY FILMS. I AM BEGGING. NO ONE NEEDS THIS MANY TED BUNDY FILMS. hollywood has really crossed the line into sensationalizing this fucking loser. rewarding him with a legacy for murdering 30 innocent women. shut the fuck up already.
— bug girl (@buggirl) May 26, 2021
Really? A new sexy Ted Bundy movie is due out? Can Hollywood please stop force-feeding us this bullshit? Was there a demand for this? He was a vile monster who gruesomely ended the lives of probably more than 30 young women. Please stop making this true-crime consumer-porn trash
— Lance Reenstierna (@LReenstierna) May 26, 2021
society if hollywood stops giving us ted bundy movies and romanticizing an actual fucking monster pic.twitter.com/1MBilG8uer
— aster ???: * (@kinjkihu) May 26, 2021
American Boogeyman is slated for an August 2021 release.
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