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Just got back from it. Good stuff. After having seen Immaculate just recently, it's interesting to note how many parallels there are between the two films. I did say when I talked a little about Immaculate that it did a good job of subverting expectations that it would be a ripoff of The Omen franchise. Even so though, there are still a lot of things in common between these two films.

On the whole, I give the slight edge to The First Omen. Both are good movies, but I think only Sweeney was stellar in that movie whilst there was a higher amount of quality amongst this one. I think both films sort of go off the rails just a little around their endings, but there was really only one way for First Omen to end I guess since it's a canonical prequel to a nearly 50 year old movie. There are some really good scenes sprinkled throughout that are pretty unnerving and visceral. You can sort of see the plot twist coming from a ways away but I don't think it takes away from the film too much. Definitely not the bumbling of a historic horror IP that Exorcist: Believer was. I still don't think that movie is as bad as most do. There's a clear step down though.