The First Omen

The First Omen

When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Horror
  • Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Sônia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom, Bill Nighy, Ralph Ineson, Nicole Sorace, Charles Dance, Andrea Arcangeli, Anton Alexander, María Caballero, Ishtar Currie Wilson, Mia McGovern Zaini, Guido Quaglione, Dora Romano, Michelangelo Dalisi, Federica Santoro, Donatella Bartoli, Mario Opinato, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Nicola Garofalo
  • Director: Arkasha Stevenson
 Comments
  • jrkdany - 1 July 2024
    Did not work
    So we know what to expect. How to build the suspense? They thought the twist will help but you can guess it right from the first scene. So the only thing that they had going for this movie falls flat.

    All the horror elements only irritates you. If they make another movie with real ghost vs "in the head" argument we should only simply switch off.

    The ending and devils number thrown all over the place, the experiments etc none of them worked. I simply fast forwarded to just logically finish the movie.

    I escaped the recent Exorcist movie but fell for this movie. That was my mistake.

    Waiting for some really strong horror movie.
  • redrobin62-321-207311 - 23 June 2024
    Better Than I'd Thought.
    The First Omen took me by surprise. Knowing nothing about the story, actors, production, etc., I went in completely blind, watching it only because it was an "Omen" film. It was well worth the excursion, though, and I thought it delivered on its promise of being a worthwhile entry in the series.

    It'd been years since I'd seen original The Omen, Damien Omen II, etc., so the entire canon wasn't exactly fresh in my mind. But that didn't matter - the core elements regarding the Antichrist (pentagrams, prophesies, etc.) were on full display. And, yes, like similar films with this subject matter, many of those common boxes were checked off complete with the occasional jump scare.

    So, is The First Omen worthy viewing in the Antichrist films sweepstakes? Yep. Hollywood, it seems, never tired of films with these themes, and for good reason - they're entertaining.