Prevenge - Alice Lowe (2017)

 When I watched "Prevenge," I expected, based on the trailer, that this was going to be a fun gore-romp.

But the first act was anything but. (Except for one tiny gory murder.) It felt like a drama following the plight of a single working mom. I prepared myself for a big fat dose of dramatic angst. And "Prevenge" delivered just that.

Then I reached the twenty minute point, when "Prevenge" showed its teeth. And sure enough, we keep getting more of that. Oh, murder, murder, damn, bloody murder. It is pretty funny. It puts the "glee" into glee killing.

Before long, we find out the woman's unborn baby is behind these thrill-kill sprees. We start to hear what the child is saying to its mom. The child's inner-dialogue stays with us.

"People think babies are sweet. But I'm bitter."

We don't know what at first, but something must be avenged.

Eventually, we find out the baby is pissed because daddy was killed while rock climbing. She blames the people who were with him at the time. Actually, both mother and child have this kind of frenzied obsession to hunt them down, one by one.

As we keep going, these murders are admittedly getting delightful.

But as bold as she gets, the daughter inside her reminds her that the credit for these wonderful and satisfying killings belongs to her and mommy would not have been inspired if it were not for her.

And to be fair, the baby is more than angry. She's in pain. "A kind person is as rare as a unicorn."


In many ways, "Prevenge" is much like other slasher flicks and, porn, to be honest. The meager story-line is just an excuse to go from murder to murder. The difference is this film has a hook. The killer is a pregnant woman. That has to be somebody's fetish.

I wish I had enjoyed "Prevenge" more than I did, if only because I liked the title. It is entertaining, but not enough to recommend it.