This 2016 film written and directed by Alice Lowe is an interesting story about motherhood and insanity. This film concerns a young expecting widow, Ruth (helmed by Alice Rowe) growing through mourning. The baby's father had passed away, appears in many flashbacks.
Through a series of murderous incidents, she regularly goes to her midwife (helmed very well by Jo Hartley) and baby check-ups. This film explores the mental health of the protagonist but the story loses gravity toward the third act.
The film's theme is quite hectic, sometimes reading like a black comedy, with segments with one character DJ Dan (Tom Davis) and Job interviewer, Ella (Mary Dickies) Then it moves quickly into a film about revenge with acting is quite steady but the clumsy dialogue can be a bit clique (at times tongue-in-cheek).
The violent scenes are met with mostly practical effects are gory and quite realistic. Especially the living room scene, yikes, so there's abit of shocks. The biggest surprise was the fact that the main actor, Alice Lowe was 8 months pregnant through the duration of filming!
The feel of this film was pretty much filled of transgression and obviously revenge. This film got a following as a "horror" film when it was available on Shudder.com (who distributed on media as well).
When viewing "Prevenge" its not hard to be reminded of the 1988 French film, "Baby Blood" (definitely is far more superior -- worth a look) especially segments of the communication between mother and the unborn.
But "Prevenge" does have some good moments, it's a good start for the director who's on with other projects who also a superb actor. Her talents would be well utilized for a future "VHS" anthology.