Interview: I Blame Society's Gillian Wallace Horvat On Why Being A Good Murderer Isn't A Bad Thing
Gillian Wallace Horvat held all the reins when creating the dark comedyI Blame Society. The indie filmmaker served as the movie's writer, director, and lead. It follows a young filmmaker, Gillian, who finds herself struggling to get support for her debut feature film. The fictional creator, based loosely on Horvat, decides to follow through on a compliment she once received, stating she would make a good murderer.
The character documents the reaction of her peers as she questions them about her murderous capabilities and begins to explore her darker side. Gillian eventually dissolves into a manic, unhinged person — capable of dark things beyond her viewers' wildest imagination. Game Rant had the opportunity to chat with Gillian Wallace Horvat about the inspirations behind her found footage movie, her experience behind the camera, and how she initially reacted to the off-beat compliment.
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Game Rant:Were there any movie and television inspirations behind the creation of I Blame Society?
Gillian Wallace Horvat: I wasn't looking at other found footage movies for inspiration for this one because I feel like sometimes people aren't as rigorous as they could be with the execution of found footage. People want to make the movie look like a movie. So, they have these angles that are impossible for anybody to get. We wanted to make the film really stick to the rules of what a found footage movie would look like because that would make it more realistic and, therefore, more scary. It would really look like it was the document of a totally unhinged person. There was one movie that I thought nailed it, and it's called Coming Apart
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