Alice Lowe writes, directs, and stars in this bold comedy-horror that mixes bloody gore with a very British form of pitch-black humor and a powerful female viewpoint.

| Dec 4, 2024

As sick and twisted as it is funny, while also being full of heart, showing the lengths a parent will go to to make their child happy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2023

A comedy horror that actually has... a soul to it and layers with strong female lead.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 23, 2021

It's rare to see a horror film with such a feminine point of view.

| Aug 18, 2020

[Alice Lowe's] first feature as a director is brilliant in a Jennifer Saunders way, mordant, skillful, outrageous, and true.

| Jun 8, 2020

The lead character is fascinating to watch and her decision making is puzzling at times, but the film remains interesting to watch throughout and the kills themselves are interesting.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 12, 2020

The overall thoughtfulness indicates there is a future for the multi-hyphenate artist behind the camera.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2020

Overall, Prevenge is a witty and humorously dark feature that combines the gruesome of a stalker killer with the deadpan banter of a British comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 13, 2019

[Prevenge's] a singular work, from a brilliant, clever, and hugely exciting new voice in genre film.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 7, 2019

As original and enjoyable as Prevenge is, it seldom operates at the level that it could, or should.

| Jul 26, 2019

Think Under the Skin by way of Edgar Wright, and you've probably got a general idea of the level on which this film is operating.

| Jul 24, 2019

Lowe has created a uniquely quirky filmmaking niche and it's a film that could only have been made with a woman's sensibility with its underlying theme of the fear that expecting a baby means that there's been a "hostile takeover" of her body.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 19, 2018

A case of in utero homicide, Prevenge comes born of triple-threat Alice Lowe's fertile but twisted mind.

| Original Score: C | Nov 5, 2018

There's the germ of a good concept in Alice Lowe's debut as writer-director, but the shoddy way she merges the different ideas in that concept makes Prevenge a tonal disaster.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 3, 2018

There's comedy, horror, and shocking moments of graphic gore in Alice Lowe's entertaining work of violent prenatal lunacy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2018

"Prevenge" is a misanthropic black comedy that Alice Lowe wrote, directed, and starred in while she was 7 months pregnant ... like a total badass.

| Oct 24, 2018

The writing is authentic even when it is ridiculous, but what really shines through is Lowe's dark sense of humor.

| Original Score: 7.4/10 | Oct 16, 2018

There's also some catharsis to be had in seeing a woman in power take charge and show some truly terrible men who the real boss is.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 5, 2018

Prevenge is a wonderfully original tale with the perfect balance of horror and humour.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2018

Alice Lowe's directorial debut Prevenge is funny and incredibly dark in a way that only British cinema seems to be able to achieve well.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2018