1971. Young Margaret travels from America to Rome to become a nun. She starts working at a church-run orphanage where she encounters the troubled teen Carlita, who appears to suffer from terrible visions (of the religious kind, not bad eyesight). Margaret is not having a great time in the eternal city, something from her past is clearly haunting her. Soon she meets Father Brennan, a paranoid, excommunicated priest who tells her some wild conspiracy theories about the Antichrist and the devil and 666, what?
Another day, another devil baby movie? Sure, why not. This is of course a prequel to the story of one of the ultimate hellspawns — little Damien himself from The Omen (1976). It’s a solid entry in a pretty bad series of movies; lots of capable actors, golden brown photography, some fun body horror moments. But as always with these franchises, the question lingers: who asked for this? Except for all the IP-obsessed executives?
Too many cheap jump scares (twice involving car crashes). The music played during the nightclub sequence is not period correct — disco was not around in 1971. But it’s fine, whatever. Dr. Runtime does not approve (119 mins; longest of the franchise).
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