Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes - Season 1, Episode 01: Handsome Devil

Berlinger plays with the myth of Bundy as a split personality, cutting bewildered testimonials from those who thought the law student was "the kind of man you wanted your sister to marry".

Perhaps the most ridiculously infuriating part of this story is that nobody listened to or believed women throughout the whole effing thing.

Conversations with a Killer seems neither interested in mining Ted Bundy's life for pulp thrills, nor seeking any sort of emotional catharsis for his victims and their families. It plays simply like reading a Wikipedia page - scored to electronic music.

Berlinger handles the material with the significance it deserved. His use of archival footage, images, and interviews paint a full and complete picture of the events.

The irony is everywhere.

Director Joe Berlinger brings new facts to light here including new details, expert witness interviews with people speaking out for the first time and 100 hours of Bundy's death row audio tape interviews with reporter Stephen G. Michaud.

Who doesn't want to hear Ted Bundy's creepy insights, whether they're true or not?

Conversations With a Killer, though, is far from a passionate crusade against capital punishment; featuring hours of Bundy's unimaginable crimes, the movie makes death seem like the only fitting option.

Horribly fascinating.

If we are judging Conversations with A Killer on just the merits of where it stands with its true crime brethren, the best thing to say is it's enjoyably familiar. And yes, that is a compliment.