An OK dark-comedy horror that has flashes of potential but ultimately feels a little underwhelming. Alice Lowe is a terrific comedic actress and someone I've been a fan of since her hilarious turn as Liz Asher in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, so I wish I'd enjoyed this more. The film certainly looks good and the cast are all great but it's slightly let down by the script/story, unfortunately.
I think the biggest problem is Prevenge falls between two stools - it's neither consistently funny enough to work as a comedy (but it does have its moments) nor scary/freaky enough to be a horror. Perhaps if Alice had collaborated with someone on the writing front it would have pulled it more successfully in one of these two directions - preferably the comedy. This film was obviously a bit of a pet project for Alice since she directed it as well but fingers crossed her next film has a more successful identity.
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An OK dark-comedy horror that has flashes of potential but ultimately feels a little underwhelming. Alice Lowe is a terrific comedic actress and someone I've been a fan of since her hilarious turn as Liz Asher in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, so I wish I'd enjoyed this more. The film certainly looks good and the cast are all great but it's slightly let down by the script/story, unfortunately.
I think the biggest problem is Prevenge falls between two stools - it's neither consistently funny enough to work as a comedy (but it does have its moments) nor scary/freaky enough to be a horror. Perhaps if Alice had collaborated with someone on the writing front it would have pulled it more successfully in one of these two directions - preferably the comedy. This film was obviously a bit of a pet project for Alice since she directed it as well but fingers crossed her next film has a more successful identity.