Buzz continues to build for Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen, a prequel to the 1976 Richard Donner original. Sinister happenings in a church, the forthcoming birth of evil incarnate, people sacrificing themselves to the Dark Lord. These are the makings of a strong Omen movie, and it appears that Stevenson may have stuck the landing on this one.

But what if you’ve never seen the rest of the Omen movies? What if you didn’t even know there were multiple Omen movies? What if you’d like to get all caught up before The First Omen hits theaters on April 5th? If that sounds like you, be aware that the good folks at Hulu have your back.

Even as we speak, the entirety of the Omen franchise is now available to stream via Hulu. Here’s a quick rundown of the franchise, including a synopsis for each entry in the series:

  • The Omen (1976): American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien’s first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine’s unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien’s background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist.
  • Damien: The Omen II (1978): Richard (William Holden) and Ann Thorn (Lee Grant) have taken their 13-year-old nephew, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), into their Chicago home following the death of Richard’s brother seven years earlier. The Thorns love the child, whom they are sending to military school, but not everyone is so sanguine about his presence. Soon after Great Aunt Marion (Sylvia Sidney) expresses concerns about the boy, she dies suddenly and unexpectedly. And she is certainly not the last.
  • Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981): In this second sequel to The Omen, Antichrist Damien Thorn (Sam Neill) is now a successful 32-year-old businessman ready to fulfill his destiny. As Damien is appointed United States ambassador to Britain, priests led by Father DeCarlo (Rossano Brazzi) try to kill him. While Damien prepares for the return of Jesus Christ, he takes advantage of his relationship with Kate Reynolds (Lisa Harrow) to recruit her son, Peter (Barnaby Holm), as his follower.
  • Omen IV: The Awakening (1991): A Virginia congressman (Michael Woods) and his wife (Faye Grant) see signs of the devil in their adopted daughter, Delia (Asia Vieira).
  • The Omen (2006): A new age of evil threatens to arise when an American diplomat (Liev Schreiber) and his wife (Julia Stiles) learn that the child (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) they adopted may be the son of Satan. Mystical signs point to the Antichrist’s coming battle for dominion over heaven and Earth.

Yes, that’s five – count ’em, five – The Omen movies for you to whet your whistle with while you wait for Stevenson’s film to hit theaters. Fire up the Hulu app, make yourself some popcorn, light a few black candles, and allow yourself to be carried away to a world where children are somehow even less trustworthy than they are in our own! Oh, and do let me know how The Omen IV: The Awakening is. I had no idea that one even existed until about five minutes ago.

Once again, The Final Omen hits theaters on April 5th.

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