This Free-To-Stream Found Footage Gem Flew Under the Radar — But It Features One of Horror’s Best Female Leads Ever
'I Blame Society' is a unique horror flick that crafts a complex and strong female lead that could even rival Norman Bates.
Horror has supplied plenty of strong female leads over the decades. From such classics as Rosemary’s Baby and Halloween to modern entries like Run Sweetheart Run and Promising Young Woman, the genre gives women the agency to fend off their monsters with wit and physical gumption. When you examine the modern landscape, one particular woman in horror leaps to mind when discussing the strong female archetype. In writer/director Gillian Wallace Horvat’s 2020 film I Blame Society, Horvat plays Gillian, a filmmaker who uses her anger and frustration over a male-dominated industry to mount a project in which she hypothetically pretends to be a serial killer. It’s her mission to prove she has the creative instincts and vision to compete with her peers. Much to her dismay, several film bros don’t buy her character as a strong female lead, so she turns up the heat and makes a real-life serial killer documentary. As a result of her gruesome work, Gillian emerges as one of horror’s strongest female characters—competing against the likes of Norman Bates.
