Arkasha Stevenson

Arkasha Stevenson’s 1971 set The Omen prequel is a gloriously gothic vision mixed with genuine body horror and dark critique of extended abuse in the Catholic Church, and it is sophisticated and chilling. Two characters return from the original film. Father Brennan (originally played by Patrick Troughton and here played by Ralph Ineson) and Father Spiletto. Otherwise, The First Omen written by Ben Jacoby is mostly an original beast which plays with the lore set out by Seltzer but does so in a manner more punishing and psychologically sadistic than any of the films since the original.