Anna Kendrick's "Woman of the Hour" Trailer Is Here

One shocking true-crime story that surprisingly has not received significant coverage in the media has been, that of the infamous Dating Game Killer, Rodney Alcala, a Ted Bundy-esque serial killer who assaulted and murdered scores of young women throughout the 70s. 

It appears that is about to change with Woman of the Hour, a period crime drama film that is the directorial debut of "Pitch Perfect" star Anna Kendrick. 

The pic premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews and earlier this year won Kendrick the Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Directors to Watch. 

Netflix quickly snapped up the rights to the film in a pricey deal and now, we have our first look at the movie, which is expected to arrive on the streamer later this year.

Rodney Alcala was a rapist and serial killer who perpetrated several crimes but somehow managed to evade capture for several years. 

Pretending to be a photographer looking for models, Alcala manipulated and lured unsuspecting young girls before striking, brutally raping, and murdering them. 

Midway through his murder spree, he appeared on the '70s dating game show, The Dating Game, which used the blind-date approach to match a contestant with one of three bachelors who are hidden from the woman's view as she asks amusing questions to make her choice.

Alcala won a date with Cheryl Bradshaw, who after meeting with him, refused to go on a date with him because she found him to be creepy. 

He was eventually convicted of his crimes in 1979, a year after his appearance on the show. While he was found guilty of murdering 8 women, further investigations point to the possibility that his victims were over 130.

As with most adaptations of true-crime stories, "Woman of the Hour" takes creative liberty with its depiction. 

The pic primarily centers on the period when Alcala was on the show but also jumps back and forth to years before and after. 

It imagines Bradshaw as an actress (played by Kendrick) who is compelled by her agent to go on the show for visibility. Rather than focus solely on Alcala's gruesome crimes, "Woman of the Hour" equally examines the dynamics women often have to deal with when meeting and interacting with men.

Kendrick's directorial vision has received near-unanimous praise with a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.

She directed the movie from a script written by Ian MacAllister McDonald. 

The movie stars horror staple Daniel Zovatto (It Follows) as Rodney Alcala, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, (Arrested Development) Kathryn Gallagher, Kelley Jakle (Pitch Perfect), and Autumn Best. 

Kendrick also produced alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, and Raphael Margules.

"Woman of the Hour" is yet to receive a release date.