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Nell Tiger Free anchors an ambitious, creepy, often surprising Antichrist origin story

Dev Patel's 'Monkey Man' and 'The First Omen' will battle it out for 2nd place in their box office openings behind 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

Horror is all about feelings of helplessness conjured in the audience to reflect the helplessness of the characters onscreen. In that sense, The First Omen is a genuinely effective horror film.

Spoilers: Arkasha Stevenson's prequel is set before the first "Omen" film, but any future follow-ups have some serious timeline freedom.

'The First Omen' takes us into the world of Damien's story prior to him ever being a part of it and it kind of rules.

Akasha Stevenson concocts a twisted-nun backstory to 'The Omen' that's less scary than the 1976 horror classic suggested, but infinitely more profane.

A prequel to the 1976 horror classic, 'The First Omen' returns to Rome to explore the gruesome backstory behind the birth of Damien, the Antichrist.

This 70s-set prelude to the classic satanic horror has flair but struggles with the weight and familiarity of what came before

The First Omen' is hardly the "first" in the franchise but serves as a prequel to the 1976 classic by inventing a story of Damien's origins.

Nell Tiger Free stars as a novitiate caught in a nightmare scenario.