The First Omen

The First Omen is a pretty solid religious horror movie, though not as overwhelmingly atmospheric as the trailers suggested, and bound to be unfavourably compared to Immaculate which gets to go wild with a lot of the same building blocks. I kind of expected that, so my biggest letdown is the low number of spectacular “accidents” for an Omen movie, and none of them topping the all-timer from the original with the glass safety issue. (Yes, Final Destination has come and stolen that USP since.) It also carries on the amusing Omen tradition of having them kill people just after it would be useful.

The period setting was nicely used, reminding me of all the behind-the-scenes stories from the original about living in tense times. Only one big jump and that relies entirely on LOUD NOISES to work. But it toyed with enough expectations to entertain.