"Un tueur si proche" : Ann Rule et Ted Bundy

Ann Rule files paperwork at a crisis center, meticulously logging calls from frightened women. Her coworker Ted carries boxes of documents for her, flashing his famously charming smile. This 2026 documentary TV movie dissects the improbable friendship between the future true crime queen and one of history's most charismatic serial killers. Through archival footage, Rule's personal diaries, and reconstructions of their 1970s Seattle interactions, the film reveals how horror can wear a familiar face. It operates at the intersection of psychological portrait, detective story, and a study of evil masquerading as normalcy. The narrative tension comes from watching Rule's gradual, reluctant realization that the kind man she knows is responsible for the atrocities dominating news headlines.