"The First Omen" is a film that can only be described positively, from wonderful, incredible, great, but the most accurate and correct is that the film is a masterpiece. The script is a prequel that tells us the story of Damien Thorn's birth, and it does so in an effective and gloomy way, at times it seems predictable but soon there are wonderfully designed twists, as well as including tribute scenes to the first film from 1976. The director Arkasha Stevenson's work is first class, she tells this story in a slow way that is full of emotions, together with the editing work, the film gives a result of art cinema, with the vein of current classics such as "The VVitch" (2015), "Heriditary" (2018) or "Suspiria" (2018) to name a few. The art direction and filming locations were carefully chosen, resulting in a visual delight that the cinematography manages to exalt in each scene. The costume design transports you to the beginning of the '70s, although sometimes it falls into anachronisms such as extras who wear costumes that belong to the mid- and late '70s and not the beginning of these, there is even disco music that in 1971 had not yet been played, an example is the classic "Daddy Cool" by Boney M. The soundtrack by Mark Korven is an auditory delight and evokes the soundtrack he made for "The VVitch" in 2015. The effects are well done, it is appreciated to be able to see old school special effects, with the exception of a couple of scenes that use digital effects but decent and moderately. The makeup effects are realistic and gloomy. The film, being a co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada and Serbia, provides elements that are reminiscent of Italian cinema from the '70s, in addition to paying tribute to classics such as "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "Suspiria" (1977), "Possession" (1981) and remembering the atmosphere that "The Omen" trilogy gave a gift in its time. "The First Omen" is a formidable film, the best horror film of the year so far.