Anna Kendrick's character was based on a former actress who had a run-in with serial killer Rodney Alcala on the game show.

Rodney Alcala, also known as The Dating Game Killer, won the "Dating Game" TV show as Bachelor Number One in 1978.

The scene Kendrick is talking about follows her character, Cheryl Bradshaw, into a Hollywood casting call in 1978. When she tells the directors she isn’t comfortable with nudity, the one man stares ...

Two women survived Rodney Alcala's brutal attacks before he appeared on ABC's "The Dating Game" in 1978, as seen in Netflix's "Woman of the Hour." Here's where they are now.

The real Rodney James Alcala who was handed the death penalty for the slaying ... Acala died in California in 2021 from ...

US serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on a television dating show in 1978 and won, but never got to go on the date ...

Jett Mills also appeared on the dating show as Bachelor number 2, and has very clear memories of meeting Alcala on stage. He ...

Here is the rare condition with Dating Game killer Rodney Alcala shared with infamous serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy ...

Netflix's Woman of the Hour shows some of Rodney Alcala's victims but one not included survived her ordeal and helped to ...

Alcala, a convicted serial killer, appeared as a bachelor on an episode of “The Dating Game” in 1978, competing with two ...

The acclaimed actor talks about making her directing debut, being a cry-baby on set and how she is turning the serial killer ...

Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, "Woman of the Hour," tells the chilling and unbelievable story of serial killer Rodney ...