The main reason for that is Anna Kendrick, who makes a formidable, clear-eyed directorial debut in addition to playing Bradshaw. Using plenty of her own career experiences, Kendrick presents Bradshaw’s story as a grimly common one of pervasive,

Anna Kendrick's directing debut, Netflix's 'Woman of the Hour,' tells the true story of how serial killer Rodney Alcala won 'The Dating Game' in 1978.

"Woman of the Hour," directed by and starring Anna Kendrick, is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala competing on a dating show.

Anna Kendrick’s “Woman of the Hour,” in which she makes her directorial debut and stars, premieres on Netflix on Oct. 18. It follows the real-life, tragic trail of deaths left by serial killer and sex offender Rodney Alcala in the ’70s while he was also able to become a contender of the popular game show

Anna Kendrick succeeds as both director and star, convincing as the bachelorette who chooses a monster as her date.

Review: “Woman of the Hour” will surely send many looking up this stranger-than-fiction story. But Kendrick’s achievement is in capturing, from a woman’s point of view, just how hard it can be to pick a serial killer out of an all-male line-up.

Rodney Alcala savage murder spree and infamous appearance on 'The Dating Game' is the subject of Anna Kendrick's directorial debut 'Woman of the Hour'

In her directorial debut, Anna Kendrick is taking viewers back to the year 1978, for a crime thriller based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala (played by Daniel Zova

Netflix never keeps us waiting long for their next true crime documentary, series or movie, and next up is a story so chilling you won’t believe it’s based on a true story. Woman of the Hour stars Anna Kendrick (who also directed the movie) as Cheryl Bradshaw,