Although The First Omen challenges the original Omen trilogy, it still connects with its predecessors, including the Antichrist's jackal parentage.

The First Omen' is hardly the "first" in the franchise but serves as a prequel to the 1976 classic by inventing a story of Damien's origins.

1976’s The Omen, Stevenson says, was “speaking to very specific cultural fears and anxieties of the time. It was really important for us to do that with The First Omen.

March 28 (UPI) -- The Omen franchise is now available on Hulu. The Omen (1976) and four other films in the horror franchise started streaming Thursday ahead of the release of the new movie The ...

Here, Free enters the sixth film in "The Omen" franchise. This storyline serves as a prequel to the 1976 original film. "It's a great story," Free says. "The original is a brilliant story.

Let’s call it Cult Girl Summer. Directed by Arkasha Stevenson in her feature film debut, The First Omen is the sixth film in the Omen franchise, and a direct prequel to 1976’s The Omen.

Directed with visual flair by Arkasha Stevenson, the prequel to the 1976 horror sensation is somewhat diminished by a forgone conclusion, but gets the job done.

Directed with visual flair by Arkasha Stevenson, the prequel to the 1976 horror sensation is somewhat diminished by a forgone conclusion, but gets the job done.

Arkasha Stevenson has spent the past year and a half negotiating with the MPAA to not give her an NC-17. She won.

The horror prequel “The First Omen” fills in the back story of 1976’s original “Omen" movie, which introduced hell child Damien, though it does give him a new family member: a twin sister.