'The First Omen' Surprises With An Old School Horror Trailer

Is 2024 the year of the psychological horror film? It could be, with the prequel The First Omen coming on April 5th, 2024. The movie is a prequel to the absolute smash-classic The Omen. Here’s the synopsis from 20th Century Studios.

When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate. “The First Omen” stars Nell Tiger Free (“Servant”), Tawfeek Barhom (“Mary Magdalene”), Sonia Braga (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Ralph Ineson (“The Northman”), and Bill Nighy (“Living”).

The film is directed by Arkasha Stevenson based on characters created by David Seltzer (“The Omen”), with a story by Ben Jacoby (“Bleed”) and a screenplay by Tim Smith & Arkasha Stevenson and Keith Thomas (“Firestarter”). The producers are David S. Goyer (“Hellraiser”) and Keith Levine (“The Night House”) and the executive producers are Tim Smith, Whitney Brown (“Rosaline”), and Gracie Wheelan.

From the vibes of the trailer, this is about as old school as it gets. The trailer doesn’t even give away too much like most horror movies do these days. It just lets us know the feel and look of the film, a bit of what we can expect, and that’s it. Hopefully, when it releases early this year, it’ll be as good as this trailer looks.

Here are some more images from the film and the first poster!