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Brett & Cliff's Flea Circus: A movie and TV podcast

Prevenge (2016): Alice Lowe's dark comedy masterpiece

Season 2, Ep. 12
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Alice Lowe's directorial debut Prevenge, which she also wrote and starred in, is a masterpiece of dark comedy and horror. Great writing, performances, music and camerawork all go towards making this one of our favourite films of recent times.


There's also a silly news quiz, a story about Cliff losing it and tributes to Yaphet Kotto.


Music comes from the sublime Toydrum with one of the tracks from the Prevenge soundtrack. You can listen to more and buy their music here https://toydrum.bandcamp.com.

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