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

| Aug 18, 2020

If the script's conflation of delicate conditions is never quite as outrageous or unsettling as its creator intends, Prevenge is still filled with moments that show Lowe's skill as a director and as an actress.

| Sep 28, 2017

Lowe is a more striking and resourceful actor than director, and that's fine. She's clearly a huge talent, and it's encouraging to see her finding her voice so soon, even if it's creepy baby-doll drone.

| Apr 7, 2017

If metaphors were movies, Alice Lowe's new film would be a masterwork. Instead, it's just smart fun-as well as a promising dbut.

| Apr 3, 2017

Prevenge, like many horror films, is as divisive as it is thoughtful -- no matter where you stand on it. But I assure you, it is one not to be missed. Especially now.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 30, 2017

The film is a precisely crafted black-comic nightmare in a distinctive British tradition, built around a truly extraordinary performance.

| Mar 26, 2017

A pitch-black, blood-soaked comedy and phenomenal first feature by Alice Lowe, who also stars as Ruth, the pregnant heroine.

| Mar 24, 2017

If The Boss Baby offered the family-friendly suggestion that having a child is akin to a corporate merger, Alice Lowe's gleefully demented Prevenge makes the far less pacifying argument that carrying one is more like a hostile takeover.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 24, 2017

A gonzo idea in search of better execution.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 24, 2017

This movie won't be for everybody, but fans of Lowe's prior work should be thrilled to see such a distilled dose of her perverse humor.

| Mar 23, 2017

Lowe's take on pre- and postnatal depression and the dark side of motherhood is undeniably unique. If nothing else, you've got to respect a woman who will push herself through a doggy door while seven months pregnant for her art.

| Original Score: B | Mar 23, 2017

What hoists this bloody battiness above much of the scrappily low-budget horror pack is the smartness of its execution and the strength of the movie's central performance.

| Mar 22, 2017

Perversely prodding at all that we take for granted about pregnancy, Lowe has found a pitch-black, occasionally profound story about a woman's loss of control over her body and mind, pulled between forces of life and death.

| Mar 21, 2017

Alice Lowe evinces a knack for locating society's most awkward pressure points, and a willingness to punch them.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 20, 2017

What distinguishes Prevenge from the pack is the unsettling tragedy of Ruth. She's either an unwilling agent of her unborn's malice, or flat-out insane with grief.

| Mar 17, 2017

Lowe's film crazily reimagines the abortion debate as one that's out of both men and women's hands; rather, it's the prenatal tyke itself that's both in charge, and has a fondness for bloody butchery.

| Mar 16, 2017

Lowe has made a spectacular directorial debut in a film that is defiant, disturbing, and darkly hilarious.

| Mar 15, 2017

Serving as an allegory on post- and antenatal depression, Prevenge is a kaleidoscope of violence and humour, a tense tale that wickedly extracts laughs through the banality of its suburban setting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2017

Lowe, who reportedly breast-fed and changed nappies in the editing room, [has] proved herself a multitasking mother of invention. I can't wait to see what she creates next.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2017

Lowe's focused performance and her grasp of comic macabre elevate Prevenge to the status of rough-hewn gem

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 10, 2017