Margaret (Nell Tiger Free) has come to Rome to take her vows as a nun. Until then, she works as a teacher in an all-girls orphanage, where she quickly grows attached to Carlita (Nichole Sorace), a troubled girl who has the same kinds of issues Margaret had when she was young. But Father Brennan (Ralph Ineson) believes that Carlita is in danger, that there is a splinter group within the Church that is trying to bring forth the Antichrist.
This is meant to be a prequel to The Omen, a classic Evil Child movie, but comes off much more like a remake of Rosemary's Baby with nuns. It's fine. It's just not original in any way. It's big and loud and the third act "twist" is obvious from the first 15 minutes of the movie. However, the performances are good! Nell Tiger Free has changed a lot since she played Myrcella on Game of Thrones. Veterans like Bill Nighy, Sonia Braga, and Charles Dance show up to lend some gravitas to the whole affair, and Maria Caballero steals scenes as Luz, a fellow novitiate. Horror visuals are standard but well-executed.
I would have liked this to swing a little harder for the fences. It feels very safe. It's currently streaming on Hulu.
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