The First Omen (2024)
from The MadHouse Hosted by Max Rios
This horror film is a prequel to the 1976 original film, “The Omen” and is the 5th film in the franchise. It was directed by Arkasha Stevenson in her directorial debut and stars Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sonia Braga & Ralph Ineson. In this film, set 5 years prior to the events of the original film, a young American novitiate is invited to an Italian orphanage to join the local monastery. She befriends a troubled young girl who is believed to cursed however, it’s not long before the American girl may also share a dark secret. The film began production in 2016 but didn’t get off the ground til 2020 after Disney had bought 20th Century Fox. Despite the merger and the 2020 pandemic, Fox still moved forward with the project and the film hit theaters on April 5, 2024 before landing on Hulu in June of the same year.
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