Danny Zovatto plays Rodney Alcala, who hid his violence behind a soft-rock sincerity and wound up on the kitschiest show in American television. By Owen Gleiberman. Chief Film Critic. On Sept. He was coiffed like one of the Hudson Brothers, with a chiseled grin the of Engelbert Humperdinck.

Popular on Variety. Alcala is played by Daniel Zovatto, who knows how to lay on the soft-rock sincerity, but then his eyebrows will lower and the smile will melt away, leaving you with a quiet smoldering anger. This was a time when men wielding fancy cameras and an arty gaze promised to turn women into stars. Bundy makes clear that the show is a meat grinder, from the onscreen double entendres the bachelorette is assaulted with to the crudely hostile offscreen personality of the host Tony Halecalled Ed Burke here.

That mirrors what happened: a great game tips to the cops about Alcala, which he somehow evaded. This is the weakest part of the film, though, because the drama is at once overly sketchy dating on-the-nose. Their duel of wits is queasy and, by the time it arrives at a parking lot, scary. Home Film Reviews. Oct 18, pm PT. By Owen Gleiberman Plus Icon. See All. Related Stories. Jump to Comments. Read article time: 95 MIN.

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