Following on the heels of the film "Immaculate" about nuns giving birth to the satanic in a Catholic cult, comes the First Omen about nuns giving birth to the satanic in a Catholic cult!
However the latter is a far better production that relies less on jump scares and more on slow burn horror. Warnings of "viscera" were overrated as it only graphically appeared once. There was instead a clever analysis of the natural horror of the ordeal of childbirth.
The treatment of the Catholic Church was also more balanced as it clarified that most Catholics were spiritual people, and not satanic cultists.
There was even a hidden message that sin, even one night out, was not good for nuns!
Anomalies existed. Why Satan didn't like fire for example was inconsistent with the entire history of Catholicism. Also the ending was very contrived to ensure a sequel could be resurrected if needed.
The setting was an orphanage for girls run by nuns so there was an interesting archetypal ambience about motherhood, which worked very well for the film. Every version of the feminine was on hand with a cunning foxy Cardinal Bill Nighy in the henhouse, so to speak.
It was this strange analysis of everything female, and I mean everything, that was exceptional.
However the latter is a far better production that relies less on jump scares and more on slow burn horror. Warnings of "viscera" were overrated as it only graphically appeared once. There was instead a clever analysis of the natural horror of the ordeal of childbirth.
The treatment of the Catholic Church was also more balanced as it clarified that most Catholics were spiritual people, and not satanic cultists.
There was even a hidden message that sin, even one night out, was not good for nuns!
Anomalies existed. Why Satan didn't like fire for example was inconsistent with the entire history of Catholicism. Also the ending was very contrived to ensure a sequel could be resurrected if needed.
The setting was an orphanage for girls run by nuns so there was an interesting archetypal ambience about motherhood, which worked very well for the film. Every version of the feminine was on hand with a cunning foxy Cardinal Bill Nighy in the henhouse, so to speak.
It was this strange analysis of everything female, and I mean everything, that was exceptional.