History YMMV / ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile

* AbilityOverAppearance: Creator/JohnMalkovich bears absolutely no resemblance to the much heavier Judge Edward Cowart who presided over Ted Bundy's murder trial in Florida. On the other hand, Malkovich's performance certainly conveys the judge's personality and reputed quirky sense of humor.

* {{Narm}}:
** ''Many'' people (especially [[WebVideo/YourMovieSucksDOTOrg Adam Johnson]]) mocked the name due to it being a heavy mouthful.
** There's a moment where Creator/HaleyJoelOsment clearly slips into his [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts Sora]] voice, undercutting an otherwise dramatic scene.

* NightmareFuel:
** Ted Bundy. While most of the horrible things he does happen offscreen, this actually [[NothingIsScarier heightens how frightening he is]] rather than diminishing it. For example, the scenes where he's acting like a loving FriendToAllChildren to Liz's daughter become absolutely ''terrifying'' once we later learn that one of his victims was a 12-year-old girl.
** One other example is how Ted explains how he killed one of his victims. Without even saying a word, he breathes on the glass window and writes on it, "hacksaw", followed by a quick montage that cuts in between him writing the word and him knocking out his would be victim and putting her in the car, all while [[HellIsThatNoise the sound of the hacksaw cutting and the sound of a splatter]] are in the background.
** The super 8 footage scene, you expect it to cut halfway and show the gruesome bodies at any moment.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** First off, the overly long title as mentioned before.
** Secondly, this film, along with the documentary ''Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes'', had unfortunately reignited an [[MonsterFangirl unhealthy interest]] in Ted Bundy among mostly female Internet and Netflix users, to the point [[https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-begs-people-to-stop-calling-serial-killer-ted-bundy-hot/ Netflix had to tell people to stop being attracted to him]].

** There's a moment where Creator/HaleyJoelOsmet clearly slips into his [[VideoGame/KingdomHearts Sora]] voice, undercutting an otherwise dramatic scene.

* {{Narm}}: ''Many'' people (especially [[WebVideo/YourMovieSucksDOTOrg Adam Johnson]]) mocked the name due to it being a heavy mouthful.

* CompleteMonster: UsefulNotes/TedBundy is a charismatic psychopath who is arrested on kidnapping charges. Once evidence is found that suggests that he is responsible for a series of murders across several states, Bundy does everything in his power to charm the public and attempt to avoid justice from the ensuing murder trial. He escapes prison, brutally murdering two women and viciously attacking two more before being recaptured after savagely beating a police officer who pulls over Bundy, who is in a stolen car. In addition, Bundy exploits the love his girlfriend Elizabeth "Liz" Kloepfer has for him in order to convince her that he is innocent, not caring about the physical and emotional toll the stress from the trial is taking on her. When she can no longer stand by him, Bundy simply moves onto a [[MonsterFangirl more compliant woman]], filling her head with the same lies he'd told Liz, while still attempting to contact Liz behind the other woman's back. Though Bundy maintains his facade of innocence for years, he eventually confesses to the murders of over 30 girls, [[WouldHurtAChild including one as young as 12]], cementing his status as one of the most infamous {{serial killer}}s in American history.

* CompleteMonster: [[ManipulativeBastard Ted Bundy]] is a charismatic psychopath who is arrested on kidnapping charges. Once evidence is found that suggests that he is responsible for a series of murders across several states, Bundy does everything in his power to charm the public and attempt to avoid justice from the ensuing murder trial. He escapes prison, brutally murdering two women and viciously attacking two more before being recaptured after savagely beating a police officer who pulls over Bundy, who is in a stolen car. In addition, Bundy exploits the love his girlfriend Elizabeth "Liz" Kloepfer has for him in order to convince her that he is innocent, not caring about the physical and emotional toll the stress from the trial is taking on her. When she can no longer stand by him, Bundy simply moves onto a [[MonsterFangirl more compliant woman]], filling her head with the same lies he'd told Liz, while still attempting to contact Liz behind the other woman's back. Though Bundy maintains his facade of innocence for years, he eventually confesses to the murders of over 30 girls, [[WouldHurtAChild including one as young as 12]], cementing his status as one of the most infamous {{serial killer}}s in American history.

* {{Narm}}:
** While Creator/JimParsons does a fine job as one of the attorneys prosecuting Bundy, it’s damn near impossible ''not'' to think of [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]] when he’s onscreen. It doesn't help that one of the film's Netflix thumbnails is just a picture of Parsons' character, as if to tell people "Hey, look! Sheldon is in this movie!"
** ''Many'' people (especially [[WebVideo/YourMovieSucksDOTOrg Adam Johnson]]) mocked the name due to it being a heavy mouthful.
** Haley Joel Osment [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCbn9rPibdo accidentally slips into]] his [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] voice.