07-28-2020, 05:12 PM
Prevenge (2016)
Comedian/actor Alice Lowe was pregnant and nobody was hiring her for any roles, so she wrote, directed and starred in this unique comedy-slasher across just a couple of weeks, while still heavily pregnant. Lowe plays Ruth, a pregnant woman who embarks on a killing spree (seemingly at the direction of her unborn child) against the people she holds responsible for her partner's death in a climbing accident. It's side-splittingly funny and head-splittingly violent. I knew I was going to love this from the weird first scene, using extreme shallow-focus photography to convey Ruth's intense feelings and the synth soundtrack is a awesome. The murders are episodic and the victims are noticeably played by fellow British comedians, which probably helped Lowe to shoot 'Prevenge' so efficiently. They mainly play the most awful people imaginable, just begging to be dispatched by Ruth. The funniest scenes are between the misanthropic, unhinged and world-weary Ruth and her relentlessly chirpy and upbeat nurse, too excited by the "miracle of birth" to notice Ruth's deadpan sarcasm.
^ I notice the trailer has toned down the swearing and violence quite a bit.
Comedian/actor Alice Lowe was pregnant and nobody was hiring her for any roles, so she wrote, directed and starred in this unique comedy-slasher across just a couple of weeks, while still heavily pregnant. Lowe plays Ruth, a pregnant woman who embarks on a killing spree (seemingly at the direction of her unborn child) against the people she holds responsible for her partner's death in a climbing accident. It's side-splittingly funny and head-splittingly violent. I knew I was going to love this from the weird first scene, using extreme shallow-focus photography to convey Ruth's intense feelings and the synth soundtrack is a awesome. The murders are episodic and the victims are noticeably played by fellow British comedians, which probably helped Lowe to shoot 'Prevenge' so efficiently. They mainly play the most awful people imaginable, just begging to be dispatched by Ruth. The funniest scenes are between the misanthropic, unhinged and world-weary Ruth and her relentlessly chirpy and upbeat nurse, too excited by the "miracle of birth" to notice Ruth's deadpan sarcasm.
^ I notice the trailer has toned down the swearing and violence quite a bit.
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