A good horror movie that features excellent photography and some really well done horror scenes. The story is interesting, but very predictable, especially when you get to about halfway through the film. Overall the movie entertained me a lot, apart from the third act which I found rushed and a little bit messy

Went in to this with little expectations and not much knowledge of the originals. Was pleasantly surprised by the overall quality, performances and fun of the film and ended up having a great time watching!

This is way more effective than it has any right to be considering how it was marketed. It doesn't focus on the supernatural aspect, though there is a hint of that, rather it centers on the suggested and the implied, which only emphasizes the grotesque nature of it all. [spoiler] Less about the devil and his crimes, and more about the horrors committed by those with the devil inside them and the people, particularly women, used and sacrificed on the altar of their ambitions. [/spoiler]

A remake in prequel clothing. It's labelled as a prequel to *The Omen* but for most of the movie I was questionning that because it plays itself as a remake (until the ending). Now here's a hot take: I enjoyed this a little more than the original. The focus on the father instead of the antichrist in the original was such a turn-off but ***The First Omen*** doesn't replicate that mistake which is a big part of why I enjoyed this more. One thing it does replicate though is that it's too long and a little too slow in parts. I watched this and *Immaculate* as a double feature and it made me appreciate ***The First Omen*** even more, the difference in quality is flagrant and this is the better movie on every level. Nell Tiger Free obliterates Sydney Sweeney out of the park, she was born for this type of role, she's so captivating and every emotion was believable—an amazing performance! The scene where she's screaming like she's in *Possession* was so intense I stopped breathing. Her character has layers too, I appreciated the night life story arc. I'm so disappointed they recycled some of the kills from the original, they were done masterfully here but why replicate them if not to make them better? They're not! One thing they're missing is the over-the-top score to accompany them. Still, they're grotesque and bloody, the birthing scenes were hard to watch and memorable. Great cinematography all around, beautiful imagery, nice editing, beautiful costumes, killer atmosphere, good tension, not that many cheap jumpscares, creepy but not that scary. The twist was so damn obvious but it plays it as a seriously dramatic event so that was a total miss but it serves the story right. The ending is also predictable, it's everything I thought it was going to be going into the movie. What ultimately brings this movie down is the need to tie it to the original trilogy, I think it would have been better off as an original spin-off. Petition to put Nell Tiger Free in every horror movie!