Six-Six-Sixth: How to Watch the Omen Movies in Order, Including The First Omen

In 1976, Richard Donner’s The Omen harnessed some of The Exorcist’s Satanic panic with its cheek-pinchingly cute killer kid, Damien Thorn. A commercial and critical success, The Omen spawned three increasingly disappointing sequels and a ho-hum 2006 remake. A sixth Omen movie, a prequel called The First Omen, hits theaters on Friday, April 5, 2024.

R: Harvey Spencer Stevens as Damien Thorn in The Omen (1976). Go ahead. Pinch those cheeks. He won’t mind. (Video screenshot from Hulu)

• The Omen (1976)
• Damien: Omen II (1978)
• Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)

• Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
• The Omen (2006)
• The First Omen (April 5, 2024)

The original is almost always the best. That’s true with Richard Donner’s O.G. The Omen, which resonates with creeping dread, punctuated by shocking death scenes. And big-ups to the Golden Globe–nominated Harvey Spencer Stevens as the supremely creepy cherub, Damien “The Antichrist” Thorn.

This is the best of the sequels, if only for its execution of several interesting kill scenes. Jonathan Scott-Taylor could’ve been creepier as a junior-high prep schooler who doesn’t know he’s the Antichrist. So the deaths carry the film, almost to the point that Damien: Omen II has a kind of slasher-movie energy.

The great Sam Neill plays Damien Thorn, now an adult. After the first two films’ alluded to Thorn’s potential political ascendence, Damien is now the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom—just like his adoptive father in the first film. That’s scary. Even scarier is that Damien’s final conflict entails slaughtering male newborns King Solomon-style to preempt Jesus’s Second Coming.

The fourth Omen movie was a last-ditch effort to revive the series. Unfortunately, as a TV movie with a recycled story, a new devil-baby (Delia), and little blood, Omen IV: The Awakening didn’t have a prayer of recapturing the original’s black magic and keeping the Omen series viable. Or interesting.

This almost too-faithful retread of the original The Omen, came out on June 6, 2006 (6/6/06, get it?) and studios lied and said it made $12,633,666 on opening day (which makes you wonder about Late Night with the Devil’s $666,666 claim, huh?). Unlike the original, however, the film is known for style, not substance—or scares.

The First Omen, first-time director Arkasha Stevenson’s Omen prequel—where we learn Damien Thorn’s origin—comes out Friday, April 5, 2024. You can use the link below to buy tickets.

Where and when will The First Omen come to streaming? Since It is a 20th Century Fox film, our educated guess is Hulu. That means you’ll probably be able to watch every Omen movie on one streaming service when The First Omen hits Hulu (or wherever it lands). We’ll update this piece when we have a streaming release date.