A highly entertaining serial killer satire that delves into violence, sex, and filmmaking in a post #metoo world, I Blame Society marks the arrival of Gillian Wallace Horvat as a filmmaker worth watching out for.

The origin of I Blame Society both on-screen and off is traced back to a compliment filmmaker Gillian Wallace Horvat received by friends: “You would make a good murderer”. Her creative brain firing on all cylinders, Horvat took this compliment to task, and with Go-Pro camera strapped to head and selfie stick in hand she found, planned, and executed her first murder. And then the next. And more after that.

Of course, these murders are fictional, as told through a mockumentary in which Horvat plays a deranged version of himself, yet the targets of her scorn – the publics obsession with violence, an artist’s dedication to their craft, the artificial nature of Hollywood, and the still hovering glass ceiling over female filmmakers - are on point.

I Blame Society is as much a condemnation of the films industry as it is a clever serial-killer mockumentary. While the idea of a filmmaker following a serial killer is hardly original (Man Bites Dog, etc), the meta-upon-meta-approach that Horvat takes here works very well, as does her approach to horror genre filmmaking, and her use of social commentary that elevates the material rather than distract.

A big factor for the film’s success is Horvat’s work on screen as well as behind the lens. Starting the film as a dispirited filmmaker unsure of what her future holds, Horvat the character becomes even more confident with every kill that she captures on camera for a project that, in her sociopathic psychotic mind, believes will be her ticket to receive the respect she deserves as an artist. Disarmingly, shockingly funny at times, Horvat delivers great one-liners throughout, while also not shy in getting grizzly with one particular sequence in a bathroom sure to make many squirm.

An unexpected yet logical conclusion brings home many of the point that Horvat’s inspired and deranged feature film debut presents with smarts and great storytelling chops. I Blame Society is a killer good movie.