It was supposed to be just another silly episode of “The Dating Game.” At a taping of the popular TV show in 1978, host Jim Lange introduced three male suitors who were there to be cutely ...

The prolific Rodney James Alcala appeared on the show in 1978, amid his 1977-1979 killing spree. He was dubbed "The Dating Game Killer." A movie that dramatizes and resurfaces the true story of ...

Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala's introduction on a 1978 game show episode inspired Netflix's 'Woman of the Hour' Cheryl Bradshaw on 'The Dating Game.' ; Anna Kendrick as Sheryl Bradshaw in ...

Cheryl Bradshaw and Rodney Alcala's introduction on a 1978 game show episode inspired Netflix's 'Woman of the Hour' Cheryl ...

The movie stars Kendrick as Sheryl, a very close stand-in for Cheryl Bradshaw, a 28-year-old woman who in 1978 went on a popular TV show called "The Dating Game." The show's premise was simple ...

In Anna Kendrick's '70s thriller, Danny Zovatto plays Rodney Alcala, the "Dating Game" serial killer who hid his violence under a soft-rock sincerity.

It’s one of the strangest moments in television history: A notorious serial killer went on ABC’s “The Dating ... the show’s conventions, flirtatiously playing along with the game.