Anna Kendrick’s Woman of the Hour gets a trailer

Woman of the Hour is the new crime drama film directed by Anna Kendrick in her directorial debut. Ian MacAllister McDonald wrote the film and it is based on the life of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who in 1978 appeared on the television show The Dating Game during his murder spree. Kendrick also stars as contestant Cheryl Bradshaw.

In the 1970s Rodney Alcala went on a murder spree, luring women by posing as a photographer looking for models.

Though already a registered sex offender and recently released from prison, he infamously appeared on The Dating Game, a show that introduced a set of three bachelors each week, hidden from view as a woman asked them amusing questions before choosing a winner to go on an all-expenses-paid trip with her…

You can read our reviews of the film from TIFF 2023 here and here.

The film also stars Tony Hale, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson and Kathryn Gallagher.