The original movie The Omen was of Satan incarnate in the form of a baby boy who was placed in a family with political power with lines to the future Presidency of the United States to grow into what he was to become the anti-Christ.
As I take a short look at the most influential box-office films of Satan trying to bring his anti-Christ before we had the Omen, we had Rosemary's Baby, born in New York to an unsuspecting actor's housewife. And then Satan's right arm, Pazuzu, and its band of wandering demons settling in the body of an 11-year-old girl waiting to do a pre-Rocky Balboa and Apolo Creed-esq showdown with The Exorcist.
So, by the time a chuberic toddler came along being the spawn of Satan getting his start in Washington Government, we learned these were the interesting takes on what Satan - and its human helpers would resort to doing to take over the world.
This Omen prequel, in my view, represents a significant missed opportunity on the part of the filmmakers.
As a fan of the first Omen (and the second one, with teen Damien in Military School!), I was eager to see a prequel that would seamlessly connect to the saga of Satan's most successful offspring. However, this prequel failed to do so in a way that made sense.
Why? The most horrific point of Damien's birth was that his mother was a jackal. Damien's mom was a jackal. That is quite the story, as well as those in "the church" trying to cover it to get the male baby of Satan into a top political family.
That is not a detail one forgets over the years, and it was a point I eagerly anticipated in this prequel. So, I sat through this, hoping for that connection. Instead, they took the 'Rosemary's Baby' approach, introducing numerous potential 'Rosemarys' to produce that 'son' of Satan. By doing that, they took away one of the points that helped separate the Omen from others. This fell into the same ole, same ole. A couple of updated scenes from the original Omen are over-dramatized, and there are a lot of birthing-shock scenes. But, meh.
Regrettably, I cannot recommend this as a proper prequel to 'The Omen' when it fails to include the most crucial point of its connection.
As I take a short look at the most influential box-office films of Satan trying to bring his anti-Christ before we had the Omen, we had Rosemary's Baby, born in New York to an unsuspecting actor's housewife. And then Satan's right arm, Pazuzu, and its band of wandering demons settling in the body of an 11-year-old girl waiting to do a pre-Rocky Balboa and Apolo Creed-esq showdown with The Exorcist.
So, by the time a chuberic toddler came along being the spawn of Satan getting his start in Washington Government, we learned these were the interesting takes on what Satan - and its human helpers would resort to doing to take over the world.
This Omen prequel, in my view, represents a significant missed opportunity on the part of the filmmakers.
As a fan of the first Omen (and the second one, with teen Damien in Military School!), I was eager to see a prequel that would seamlessly connect to the saga of Satan's most successful offspring. However, this prequel failed to do so in a way that made sense.
Why? The most horrific point of Damien's birth was that his mother was a jackal. Damien's mom was a jackal. That is quite the story, as well as those in "the church" trying to cover it to get the male baby of Satan into a top political family.
That is not a detail one forgets over the years, and it was a point I eagerly anticipated in this prequel. So, I sat through this, hoping for that connection. Instead, they took the 'Rosemary's Baby' approach, introducing numerous potential 'Rosemarys' to produce that 'son' of Satan. By doing that, they took away one of the points that helped separate the Omen from others. This fell into the same ole, same ole. A couple of updated scenes from the original Omen are over-dramatized, and there are a lot of birthing-shock scenes. But, meh.
Regrettably, I cannot recommend this as a proper prequel to 'The Omen' when it fails to include the most crucial point of its connection.
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