Contains spoilers forThe First Omen.
If youve seenThe First Omenyoull probably know the sceneDen of Geekand director Arkasha Stevenson are talking about.
Her feet are in stirrups, she visibly distressed, and no wonder.
It is extremely disturbing and it was vitally important to Stevenson that the image made it into the film.
As the film progresses we learn that womens bodies have been violated to a horrifying extent.
Margaret is one such child, who has not died.
Her fate is to be drugged and raped by the jackal who is her own father.
Bestiality and incest combine tobirth the antichirst, Damien himself.
But you know that woman so well, that you really care.
The terror is taken to an entirely different level, because its personalized.
And we wanted to take that mindset to the body horror.
But then this image is hugely important because that is the theme of the movie.
Its a womans body being violated from the inside out.
If were going to tell that story, we need to show that imagery.
We were NC-17 For a long time.
And just had to keep going back and forth with the rating for it.
Hiding its eyes from womens bodies wouldnt do the themes justice.
The First Omen is in theaters now.
