Exclusive: Director Arkasha Stevenson talks to us about bringing her own visceral spin to the Omen franchise.
The First Omenis a direct prequel toThe Omenthat exists very deliberately within that world.
Its an Easter egg hunters heaven.
ButThe First Omenis still very much its own film, and its very deliberately a female one.
When I inherited the script, it was anOmenprequel already, Stevenson explains.
The bones were already in place.
What was so lovely about that is that I wasnt watching it through the lens of horror.
I was just watching it through the lens of watching other people, you know.
And of course theres Damiens origin story to explore.
So we did bend rules whilst trying to still keep the spirit of the original.
But we were excited to do something new and fresh.
The First Omen opens in theaters on April 5.
