How ‘The First Omen’ Channels ’70s Horror Imagery and Remixes the Most Terrifying Scares From the 1976 Original, and What a Sequel Might Look Like
variety.comWilliam Earl administrator SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points from “The First Omen.” Director Arkasha Stevenson grew up as a fan of “The Omen” franchise, but any anxiety she felt about helming a prequel to the 1976 original was funneled into the potential of shifting the series’ perspective. “It’s a pretty masculine franchise,” she says. “Exploring it through the point of view of a woman was exciting.
It felt like it validated its place because it already had something new to say.” The result is “The First Omen,” the sixth film in the franchise, which was last seen in a 2006 reboot.
This feature, Stevenson’s first after directing episodes of television series like “Channel Zero” and “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” puts the events in motion to start the sprawling tale of Damien, a little boy who is the Antichrist.
This kickoff chapter follows a young American woman named Margaret (Nell Tiger Free), who uncovers plans about the Antichrist’s birth while working at a church in Rome.
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