It's kind of ironic that after watching and pretty much hating Creep and its sequel, I went ahead and watched a movie that's been called the female version of Creep. And sure, they do share some similarities, but I ended up appreciating I Blame Society a bit more.
Well, at least a little bit. I Blame Society is a mockumentary about Gillian, a struggling filmmaker who decides to make a movie based on the one compliment she's ever received: that she'd be a great murderer. The fact that she would take a comment like that to actually be a compliment gives you some insight into her personality, and that's the basis of the film's comedy. She's kind of nuts, but she's also been driven crazy by an industry that says it wants to tell stories featuring "strong female leads," but only within the cliched boundaries they've defined.
A lot of it works, and writer/director/star Gillian Wallace Horvat is very funny. But a lot of it falls into the trap that these kinds of found footage films fall into. Multiple angles that don't make a practical sense; footage that could only have been shot if there was more than one person with a camera. It isn't quite strict enough with the conceits of the genre. But it was still more fun than Creep!
I Blame Society is currently streaming on Shudder, Kanopy, and Prime.
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