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Culture November 30, 2018

See Zac Efron's creepy transformation into Ted Bundy for movie role

PHOTO: Zac Efron attends the Teen Choice Awards at the Forum, Aug. 12, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif.
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Zac Efron attends the Teen Choice Awards at the Forum, Aug. 12, 2018, in Inglewood, Calif.

Zac Efron is ready to debut his new film, "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile," where he stars as serial killer Ted Bundy.

The "High School Musical" star shared a photo on Instagram in advance of the Sundance Film Festival next month.

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Ready for Sundance! #extremelywickedshockinglyevilandvile

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Efron is dressed in a powder blue suit in the creepy pic.

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The film will tell the story of the famed killer from the point of view of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, played by actress Lily Collins,

PHOTO: Serial killer Theodore Bundy is shown Feb. 13, 1980.
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Serial killer Theodore Bundy is shown Feb. 13, 1980.

Schemin’ @joeberlinger #BehindTheScenes ?? pic.twitter.com/bs5AzPqpd9

— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) January 26, 2018

The film has an amazing cast, which also features Haley Joel Osment, John Malkovich and Jim Parsons.

Bundy murdered dozens of women in the mid-1970s before he was caught and sentenced to death. He was executed by electric chair in Florida in 1989.