As many of you know, this year marks 30 years since serial killer Ted Bundy was executed. He was given two death sentences in the 70s for murdering over 30 women. This is being remembered on this anniversary with a Netflix docuseries called "Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes," which is a four episode series that goes over an interview he had while on death row. Also with a Zac Efron movie called "Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil and Vile." Quite the title. The trailer for this film was released recently and faced severe backlash on Twitter, saying the film romanticized Bundy and plays him off as a "cool guy" and that the film is actually a love story, not about his murders.

It absolutely does romanticize this story, I am not trying to argue that, but I think it does it on purpose and for a pretty good reason.

I am no expert on Ted Bundy, the extent of what I know about him is from the Netflix series. However, what I can tell from that is that Bundy did romanticize himself and his life, he thought he was a deserving, intelligent young man who lived a cinematically glamorous life and knew how to get women. Yes, he was a manipulative sociopath, but he didn't see himself that way.

The Zac Efron film is telling a narrative story from the point of view of Ted Bundy, that is why his life and crimes seem romantic, because to him, it was. The writer and director of "Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil and Vile" also directed the Netflix documentary; he knew exactly what his goal was.

The documentary is the true events of how Bundy was insane and a terrible human being, the Efron movie is a narrative story. It's based on true events because it's told like Ted Bundy is telling the story.

If you haven't seen the Netflix series, watch it and then watch the movie trailer again and I believe you will see why it seems so romantic. The world will always know Ted Bundy was wicked, evil and vile, but he never saw himself that way.