The first half of this movie is absolutely beautiful and is done very well for a modern film mimicking the look of early 70s Italian horror and giallos. Even the disco scene with wigs was accurately detailed for Italian fashion of the time period.
However, I do not think The First Omen is perfect. In a 21st century world where it seems like Evangelical Protestants are the ones reviving the Antichrist it's hard to swallow a Catholic plot to do something so dastardly, particularly during the era of remarkably progressive environmentalist Pope Francis. It's also tougher to handle the original Omen idea of a woman being impregnated by a goat, which they got around by doing more of a Rosemary's Baby demon ritual for the impregnation scenes.
Overall, the film is very creepy. The scenes that could potentially be mental illness are well done and I do think everyone involved did their homework. But I think the Omen II from 1978 still is the darkest and has the most disturbing kills. The First Omen is ominous, violent and frequently just plain gross (which I don't like) but it just didn't unsettle me like the earlier installments.
Oh by the way, "the mother was a jackal" was never literal it's pretty obvious the Satanists who planned the birth of Damien could have murdered the mother and buried a jackal skeleton in lieu of her real body, to hide the crime. Duh. The people taking the jackal thing literally in the year 2024 are concerning.
However, I do not think The First Omen is perfect. In a 21st century world where it seems like Evangelical Protestants are the ones reviving the Antichrist it's hard to swallow a Catholic plot to do something so dastardly, particularly during the era of remarkably progressive environmentalist Pope Francis. It's also tougher to handle the original Omen idea of a woman being impregnated by a goat, which they got around by doing more of a Rosemary's Baby demon ritual for the impregnation scenes.
Overall, the film is very creepy. The scenes that could potentially be mental illness are well done and I do think everyone involved did their homework. But I think the Omen II from 1978 still is the darkest and has the most disturbing kills. The First Omen is ominous, violent and frequently just plain gross (which I don't like) but it just didn't unsettle me like the earlier installments.
Oh by the way, "the mother was a jackal" was never literal it's pretty obvious the Satanists who planned the birth of Damien could have murdered the mother and buried a jackal skeleton in lieu of her real body, to hide the crime. Duh. The people taking the jackal thing literally in the year 2024 are concerning.
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