The Columnist

The Columnist (2019)

De Kuthoer

Why can't we just have different opinions and be nice about it?

An opinion columnist and author, subjected to constant misogynistic abuse on social media, snaps and goes on a killing spree against her online abusers.

Date of release
2019-12-20
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (62)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy, Horror, TV Movie
Director
Ivo van Aart

Casting

Interesting facts

The Columnist is a 2019 Dutch black comedy thriller film directed by Ivo van Aart. It follows an author who receives anonymous death threats on social media and decides to take revenge. The film was released on 8 January 2020 in the Netherlands.

Production

Director Ivo van Aart came up with the idea for the film alongside writer Daan Windhorst and the two immediately thought of the word "Kuthoer", "a term of abuse that you often see on social media, where there are many threats and abuses." They chose to include "De" in order to signify that it was about a single person. The two also noted that they hoped the film would be a wakeup call about online bullying and abuse.

Plans to film The Columnist were announced in 2019. Katja Herbers was brought on to play the central character of Femke Boot, a choice that van Aart states was influenced by her role in the second season of Westworld. Filming was slated to take place in early 2020.

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