Against the glamour of the 1977 Los Angeles ‘Woman of the Hour’ tells the interwoven story of an aspiring Hollywood actor and a deranged killer in the midst of his killing rampage. Their paths cross unexpectedly in the cursed episode of the ‘Dating Game’ show, and they get into deep trouble intertwined in the history of the city.
Starring in this interesting Netflix drama, Anna Kendrick had to go miles in order to introduce professionalism into her character. Using her subscription to Newspapers.com Kendrick delved deep into the gruesome story of the Dating Game Killer. “What has arguably become lost to the ages is the complete version of ‘The Dating Game’,” Kendrick also told Tudum.
Her work was not just done through research; she actually once drove past a victim’s residence; which makes her experience of Los Angeles in a very revealing manner. ‘I never got to say that – she could hear the ocean when she died,’ Kendrick said quietly, and for some reason, it reminded him of this particular scene in the movie where the sound of the ocean was playing in the background while a cop was clearing the crime scene.
Kendrick, alongside co-star McDonald, has built a story that explores not just the terror of the past but; the chilling feeling of being surrounded by a city that has witnessed such acts. The show ‘Woman of the Hour’ will be as deep as it needed to tell the history of the crimes in today’s world which already make it a must-have for Netflix.
Is Women of the Hour based on a real story?
In the chilling depths of the true crime world, Rodney Alcala’s harrowing saga stands out, particularly his unsettling appearance on ‘The Dating Game’ amidst a spree of brutal murders. This eerie juxtaposition of normalcy and monstrous deeds forms the backbone of the acclaimed script “Woman of the Hour,” penned by Ian McDonald. The screenplay, recognized on the 2017 Black List of best-unproduced scripts, delves deep into the sinister implications of societal indifference.
Dennis Alcala, convicted of seven murders and suspected in many more, was first murdered a decade ago and continued his murders until he was captured the following year eve of his television appearance. This is a creepy chronological history of a murderer but it is also a commentary on the human ability to deny evil for the sake of cozy normality: this point hits the spot with McDonald very strongly. “He seemed to represent something we were wrestling with as a country at the time, which is ordinary people looking the other way so that bad people could get away with bad behavior,” McDonald says.
In the music video “Woman of the Hour,” which stars Anna Kendrick, she sees the film as a way to turn attention away from the awful killer and towards the woefully disregarded victims. Its focus is on the realistic implications of incompetence and negligence of the society that let such tragedies happen. “There are too many good people here, the good people were outmatched and outgunned really by, I don’t know, incompetence and negligence and culture that didn’t care about the victims,” comments Kendrick.
In the song “Woman of the Hour” the goal is to focus on the victims and make the viewer face realities of the world that they try to bury under the formalism and mundanity. The goal of this genre of narrative is to entertain as well as enlighten and encourage the viewer to reconsider his/her place in their given society.
What is the Netflix release date for Woman of the Hour?
Woman of the Hour is expected to be released on Netflix on October 18, 2024. This is a horror show Scale, a true-crime thriller about an actress who goes on a date with a psycho based on the real story of “The Dating Game”.
What actors and actresses makeup Woman of the Hour?
Anna Kendrick as Cheryl Bradshaw
Daniel Zovatto as Rodney Alcala
Nicolette Robinson as Laura
Tony Hale as Ed
Kathryn Gallagher
Kelley Jakle as Sarah
Taylor Hastings as Melanie
Darcy Laurie as Marty
