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

The haunting true story of Seventies killer Rodney Alcala is given the Netflix treatment – but it’s a touch too glossy to feel genuine

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.

Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick, known for her bubbly personality on and off screen, has moved into decidedly different territory with her directorial debut, Woman of the Hour. The true-crime thriller,