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Sundance audiences applaud Zac Efron as serial killer Ted Bundy, but reviews are mixed for ‘polarizing’ movie about his crimes

The hottest ticket at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival — a dramatic retelling of the story of serial killer Ted Bundy — did not disappoint in provoking reactions.

“Audiences are loving it, which is great. You could just feel it. People really seem to be connecting and getting something out of it,” filmmaker Joe Berlinger, who directed the new drama “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” said in an interview Sunday, after its premiere Saturday night and a second screening Sunday morning.

The movie casts heartthrob Zac Efron as the charismatic young man who ultimately admitted to murdering at least 30 women in the 1960s and 1970s.