Throughout the film, Alcala (played by Daniel Zovatto) meets and preys on women before killing them, but there is one change in his crimes at the end of the film.

Rodrigo Jacques Alcala Buquor, a.k.a. Rodney Alcala, was born on Aug. 23, 1943, in San Antonio, Tex. He spent part of his childhood in Mexico before his family moved to Los Angeles. Alcala joined the army at age 17 but was discharged in 1964 following allegations of sexual misconduct and a nervous breakdown.

The actor talks about channeling her own trauma in directorial debut about 1970s serial killer Rodney Alcala, once a contestant on 'The Dating Game.'

How women are forced to handle, and suffer, the bruised egos of men fuels Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour."

That simply cannot be true” is the reaction many will have to the narrative centerpiece of Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour.” And yet: On a 1978 episode of “The Dating Game,” one of the “eligible bachelors” was a serial killer in the midst of a murder spree.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with "Woman of the Hour," a thriller constructed around the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala appearing on "The Dating Game" TV show in 1978.

"The Dating Game" seemed like a cute way to connect the sexes, until serial killer Rodney Alcala won, as seen in the Netflix film "Woman of the Hour."