Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me - The Ted Bundy Story

Just watched the movie. Characters were fine but the plot was awful. They skipped too many murder scenes that you would expect to see. I have followed the Bundy murders and read Ann Rule's book. She is spot on easily with the Bundy case but the movie was way off. I don't remember Bundy kidnapping women in parking garage in front of people. There was supposed to be a small police chase before Bundy's arrest in Utah. Not showing the State Park kidnappings was stupid. Bundy's cast was made from plaster not fabric material. Characters were not named in the movie using the real people's names like Victoria being Stephanie awful and dumb. Not much action in it like the Ted Bundy movie. The people that made this flim should have read the book themselves and read some of the facts about Ted Bundy before screwing up what could have been one of the best True Crime films instead they did it their way and made it look PG instead of R like it should be. I would not reccomend this film at all!

hope it teaches people to not trust easily. can't trust a book by it's cover. film was very made for tv - like, but the murders were too graphic.

I got this movie knowing it probably wasn't that good. It was a decent movie, but I am someone fascinated by the screwed up Bundy mind. In that regard, it was not too bad.However, i am also a stickler for accuracy when films are based on true stories - and they changed a lot of facts in this one!Not enough to bug someone just in for entertainment, but for someone into history, sociology, or psychology, it is annoying!Names are changed, no real problem with that since it is to respect victims, but other important things really aren't mentioned, and the relationship between Ann Rule and Bundy is really blown out of proportion.I mean, it was kinda self-serving. Thing that annoyed me was Chi Omega killings: Bundy used a club of oak and left splinters everywhere. In this movie, he uses a flashlight. What is the point of this change? Soften the blow? (pun intended)Good points of the movie: does provide insight into the killings (to those who haven't read the book anyway)Ann Rule repeats her belief that Ted Bundy killed Ann Marie Burr (you will know who that is if you know Bundy lore, if not, i do not want to spoil it for you)Altogther, interested in bundy and/or the deviant mind, watch it, if not, pick something else more lighthearted. it is not really that suspenseful or violent and it is too long for something to sit down and watch for fun - unless you are interested in it like i am.

The movie moved too slow, did not have much pertinent action. Billy Campbell is a good actor, but Mark Harmon plays a much better role portraying Ted Bundy! There was however, some vital information about Ted Bundy's life that was revealed in Ann Rice's movie. I plan on buying her book The Stranger Beside Me, because I feel that it might reveal some very interesting and important facts that both The Deliberate Stranger and The Stranger Beside Me, did not expose.

This movie is based on the real life friendship between America's most famous serial killer and America's famous true crime writer. The movie states that this is her first book and that she did not know it was her coworker that was the serial killer that police were looking for. The story is told mostly from her side of the story and if you are expecting blood and guts then you will be disappointed. But if you are expecting a story that will have you thinking twice about the people you know then you have a winner here. Great acting and storytelling also will help keep you at the edge of your seat. I highly recommend this to all true crime fans!

Really enjoyed this movie. It really depicted how Bundy had two sides to his personality and how his co-worker, Ann Rule, was deceived by him, as well as how he deceived others.

Love Ann Rule. This story was a true story about TED BUNDY. And how ANN RULE worked with Ted in an office and was committing murders. She started to suspect him due to car he was driving. Its a great story and for anyone that loves true crime stories. Highly recommend this movie! Enjoy!!!

I have always done a lot of reading and enjoy TRUE STORIES especially. So far I have found that most of the True Crime writers are a group of their own and all of them are very good at what they do. The books at Amazon are very good books and most of them are quick reads.

Firstly Billy Campbell pulled off a great job in portraying `Ted Bundy.` Barbera Hershey did an equally impressive job of playing Ann Rule.Anyone who is expecting a fully fledged slasher movie will be disappointed.The violence is very infrequent and moderated.Anyone who is interested in Teds life will love it.I suppose the flaw in the movie is that it doesn't so much as mention about the murder of Kimberly Leach.It also is not accurate with names,or the first escape of Bundy.They seem to jump to the second escape.It's very well written though and the courtroom trial is impressively done.Very enjoyable made-for-TV film.

The only problem I had with this movie is the inaccuracies,such as it never mentions his first escape,or his final victim.They could have made it like a mini-series and made additional scenes which showed people why he killed.Other than this the movie is great,flawlessly written and the performances from the two leading roles deserve much credibility.

Ann Rule is an excellent True Crime author & many of her books adapted into TV movies are great but this is only okay. Way too short to adequately present the story. Barbara Hershey really did not impress me nor did the actor playing Bundy. Moderately interesting but the story has been told in movie form much better.