Ted Bundy (2002) (Coming from Vinegar Syndrom)

[BunyipPouch]

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collecti...ucts/ted-bundy

TED BUNDY is part of our Vinegar Syndrome Archive collection, celebrating forgotten cinematic oddities from the video store era. This collection was inspired by our own brick & mortar video store chain, The Archive, with locations in Bridgeport, CT and Aurora, CO.

Unique to this line, each hand numbered limited edition release will come fitted in a specially designed, bottom loading VHS inspired slipcase, while also including a double-sided poster.

These releases will ONLY be available on our website and at participating indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. This slipcase edition (designed by Robert Sammelin) is strictly limited to 5,000 units and may (but probably not) be followed by a standard edition in the future.

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Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy would seem to be a model citizen with a bright future. He’s handsome and has an outgoing and friendly demeanor, he’s dating an attractive woman who loves him deeply, and is doing well at college where he’s studying to become a lawyer. But beneath his “nice guy” exterior, something evil is lurking; a sinister desire to commit the most heinous and unspeakable acts of violence. Unable (or unwilling) to control his urges, Ted eventually gives into to his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…

From the twisted mind of filmmaker Matthew Bright (Freeway) comes this uniquely demented biopic telling the chilling true story of the United States’ first “household name” serial killer, TED BUNDY. Featuring Jennifer Tisdale (The House Bunny), Tiffany Shepis (Tales of Halloween), Boti Bliss (TV’s Bones), and Michael Reilly Burke (Vice, The Collector) as Bundy, and with gore effects created by Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th), Vinegar Syndrome Archive brings this unnerving study of all true madness and murder to Blu-ray, newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative!

directed by: Matthew Bright
starring: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Jennifer Tisdale, Tiffany Shepis, Tom Savini, Deborah Offner, Annalee Autumn
2002 / 99 min / 1.85:1 / English 5.1 Surround

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
• Brand new commentary track with writer/director Matthew Bright, moderated by special features producer Brad Henderson
• “Burn Bundy Burn” - an interview with writer/director Matthew Bright
• “Ted Talk” - an interview with lead actor Michael Reilly Burke
• “Seeing Evil” - an interview with lead actress Boti Bliss
• “Scoring Bundy” - an interview with composer Kennard Ramsey
• “Designing Bundy” - an interview with production designer Chris Miller
• “A Serious Red Flag” - an interview with actress Annalee Autumn
• “Highway to Bundy” - an interview with actress Phoebe Dollar
• “Believing Bundy” - an interview with actress Alexa Jago
• “Friend from Work” - an interview with actress Deborah Offner
• Reversible sleeve artwork
• English SDH subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04aR7BZN55Y&ab_channel=VinegarSyndrome

[DaylightsEnd]

I'm totally down for this. I've always enjoyed it.

[Kyle15]

Never seen but it looks cool. Might snag a copy!
Also, fun fact: this was Eric DaRe's last acting credit before he retired. That's him in the trailer.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Never seen but it looks cool. Might snag a copy!

Ummmmm, YIKES, why would you wanna buy a film glorifying a literial s*rial kill*r? It's 2023. Read the room!!!

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Ummmmm, YIKES, why would you wanna buy a film glorifying a literial s*rial kill*r? It's 2023. Read the room!!!

This film doesn't glorify him at all.

Chris

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Christian Muth

This film doesn't glorify him at all.

Chris

I Sharted

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

I Sharted

I'm seeing a pattern emerge. You may actually be....a serial sharter....

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Ummmmm, YIKES, why would you wanna buy a film glorifying a literial s*rial kill*r? It's 2023. Read the room!!!

Hey, not fair, he was also, and first by design, an interstate s*rial rapi st. He'd be very upset to see that you were trivializing/minimalizing his aggregate body of work by pigeonholing him into the subgenre of "just" another s*rial kill*r. His legion of copycats that followed soon after wouldn't like that, either. Do better!

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Never seen this but it looks cool.

It's time to correct this shocking deviant behavior. I think you'll be well pleased. It's not well-known but is certainly not among the lower-tier ilk that VS occasionally pumps out as part of its product range, with solid acting, and good rewatch value. Parts of it have enough detail that it feels like it could almost be a reenactment for a high-quality cold-case-files documentary. It's decently paced, tightly-edited, and packs a ton of true information about Bundy's moves, travels and victims into its runtime.

[Christian Muth]

The most striking thing about this one for me is the

[Show spoiler]EXTENDED execution sequence, which really lingers on the details of the execution preparation, etc. You really feel like Bundy got his just desserts with that sequence

.

Chris

[Christian Muth]

From the quoted text:

"newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative!"

From the "additional info":

"Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative"

So which is it? 4K or 2K scan and restoration?

Chris

[Rayjg]

Were video stores even around in 2002?

[GooniesGirl]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Were video stores even around in 2002?

I thought that was funny, too. I started buying DVDs in the summer of ‘99. There’s a video store here in Atlanta called Videodrome that opened in ‘’98. I think they still had VHS then.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Were video stores even around in 2002?

VHS were still produced up through the mid-00s.

[JasonMichael]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Were video stores even around in 2002?

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

VHS were still produced up through the mid-00s.

And plenty of video stores rented DVDs and Blu-rays. Our last local store just closed a month ago.

[demofob906]

Originally Posted by JasonMichael

And plenty of video stores rented DVDs and Blu-rays. Our last local store just closed a month ago.

In Belarus and Russia, we bought VHS until 2005.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Were video stores even around in 2002?

Yes, and VHS in general still stuck around at video stores in the years after. Blockbuster began gutting their selection in 2001 over DVD sales surpassing tape and phased them out in 2005. I myself recall seeing leftover bins at some locations into 06 and 07.

[meremortal]

Originally Posted by Rayjg

Were video stores even around in 2002?

Mom and pop stores were really being phased out by this time. The family owned stores also seemed like they were pretty slow to adapt to dvd. They were either closing down for financial reasons or because the major chains like Blockbuster and Hollywood Video were buying them out. It was probably an easy choice for many of them to just take the offer by that point. Nowhere near as many people were regularly renting in the 2000s. The quoted year was around the last year that vhs was still the 'dominant' format and dvd was really gaining a lot of momentum. Rental stores tended to be fairly empty during this time from what I recall compared to the 90s and as mentioned were probably more likely to be chains. The only good thing going for the next few years was Blockbuster's sales for like 4-5 movies for $20. Oddly enough, I'm pretty sure I got the dvd of the movie from this thread from one of those old sales.

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Christian Muth

From the quoted text:

"newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative!"

From the "additional info":

"Newly scanned & restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative"

So which is it? 4K or 2K scan and restoration?

Chris

THIS. Inquiring minds want to know! This title's never even had a blu ray. It'll look great either way, but I'm hoping against odds for that sweet 4k scan.

Man, VS wasn't kidding when they said they'd be dropping some slashers on us in 2023. Here we are on just Day 2 of 2023, and bingo....a true-story slasher, and actually one that's done quite well.

[GasmaskAvenger]

hopefully someone puts out the Ed Gein film from this run of movies too.