The Columnist, 2020. Directed by Ivo van Aart. Starring Katja Herbers, Genio de Groot, Rein Hofman, Achraf Koutet and Bram van der Kelen. SYNOPSIS: A newspaper columnist who receives death threats seeks bloody revenge on the internet trolls who make her life a nightmare. “It isn’t hard to be kind” says Femke Boot (Katja Herbers), […]
Movie Review – The Columnist (2019)
The Columnist, 2019. Directed by Ivo van Aart. Starring Katja Herbers, Claire Porro, Bram van der Kelen and Rein Hofman. SYNOPSIS: Worn down by constant, vile abuse on social media, a newspaper columnist begins to track down and kill those who threaten her life online. The opening scenes of Dutch horror-comedy The Columnist are as […]
Satirical horror-comedy The Columnist gets a UK poster and trailer
Following a n acclaimed festival run, Vertigo Releasing is bringing the Dutch satirical horror-comedy The Columnist to the UK this March. Directed by Ivo van Aart, the film stars Katja Herbers (Westworld) as Famke Boot, an author suffering from writers block who decides to make matters into her own hands and exact revenge on the […]
Arrow Video FrightFest 2020 Review – The Columnist
The Columnist, 2020. Directed by Ivo van Aart. Starring Katja Herbers, Genio de Groot, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kelen. SYNOPSIS: Columnist and author Femke is flooded with anonymous nasty messages and death threats on social media. One day she has enough and decides to take revenge. Social media-minded horror films are a dime […]
