• Director(s)

    Arkasha Stevenson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    05/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    119m

  • Cast

    Bill Nighy, Charles Dance, Ralph Ineson

Film

The First Omen

strong horror, sexual threat, gore, violence, nudity, suicide

A novice nun discovers a Satanic plot in this graphic supernatural horror film prequel, whose vivid horror sequences draw on themes of childbirth, sexual violence and institutional abuse.…

A novice nun discovers a Satanic plot in this graphic supernatural horror film prequel, whose vivid horror sequences draw on themes of childbirth, sexual violence and institutional abuse.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide

injury detail

nudity

  • Director(s)

    Arkasha Stevenson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    05/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    119m

  • Cast

    Bill Nighy, Charles Dance, Ralph Ineson

strong horror, sexual threat, gore, violence, nudity, suicide
Classified Date:
13/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK
violence
One person uses a scalpel to stab another, with resulting bloody detail.
threat and horror
During a childbirth scene, a demonic claw emerges from the expectant woman's vagina. Satanists try to burn a mother and her baby alive. There are regular scenes of supernatural horror, including jump scares.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k').
sex
There are mild sex references.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In several scenes, nuns are restrained, hooded and prepared by a cult, it is implied, to be raped by a demon. A terrified nun has a vision of being groped by clawed hands and licked by a demonic tongue.
suicide
A nun sets herself on fire in front of children.
injury detail
There is a detailed and bloody Caesarean birth scene. A man is cut in half in a traffic accident, with aftermath sight of his exposed entrails. A man's skull is revealed to have been split open at the back. A woman's extensive facial burns are seen in close-up detail. There are images of babies with birth defects.
nudity
There is close-up genital nudity in a body horror context.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
27/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
27/03/2024
Version:
3D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
26/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
19/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK
Classified Date:
09/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
WDSMP UK

  • Classified date

    13/03/2024

  • Language

    English