It follows an author (Katja Herbers) who receives anonymous death threats on social media and decides to take revenge.

Femke Boot is a depressed newspaper columnist who is dealing with pressure from her publisher to complete her book and a seemingly endless stream of online harassers.

As she continues to track down and murder her online abusers, Femke's frequent absences begin to take a toll on her relationships with Steven and her daughter Anna.

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.

The site's critics consensus reads, "Savagely funny and viscerally unsettling, The Columnist takes the unbridled vitriol of social media to its bloodily over-the-top conclusion.

[11][12] Rue Morgue and Film Threat wrote favorable reviews, the former of which stated that it was "a sharp condemnation of those hiding behind their keyboards, hidden inside a hilarious look at a woman pushed to her breaking point.