The Omen

1976
R
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

139K

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Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?

Director
- Richard Donner
Writers
- David Seltzer
- Harvey Bernhard
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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

139K

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POPULARITY

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Director
- Richard Donner
Writers
- David Seltzer
- Harvey Bernhard
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
Harvey Stephens, as Damien, was largely chosen for this role from the way he attacked Richard Donner during auditions. Donner asked all the little boys to "come at him" as if they were attacking Katherine Thorn during the church wedding scene. Stephens screamed and clawed at Donner's face, and kicked him in the groin during his act. Donner whipped the kid off him, ordered the kid's blond hair dyed black and cast him as Damien.

Goofs
(at around 1h 26 mins) Toward the end of the film, Jennings says that the place name Megiddo derives from the term Armageddon. Actually, it is the other way around - "Armageddon" is a bastardization of "Har Megiddo", which, in Hebrew, means simply "mountain of Megiddo". According to Revelation 16:16, this would be the site of the last battle in history.

Quotes
Young nanny: Look at me, Damien! It's all for you.
[she jumps off a roof, hanging herself]

Crazy credits
Closing credits epilogue: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666."

Book of Revelation Chapter 13 Verse 18

Alternate versions
In the Swedish version, the scene showing Jennings being decapitated has been cut by 11 seconds.

Connections
Featured in V.I.P.-Schaukel: Episode #6.3 (1976)

Soundtracks
Ave Satani
(uncredited)
Music and Latin lyrics by Jerry Goldsmith

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classy and chilling horror

The first and best in the series of films about devil-child Damien teamed a great cast (Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Patrick Troughton, Billie Whitelaw) with Harvey Stephens in a chilling performance as the child.

The deaths most of the cast meet are inventive and in some cases, memorable for many years after viewing the film - giving the opportunity for some unusual and striking visuals, while the whole film is soaked in that loud Goldsmith score to great effect.

The sequels, alas, were poor in comparison, but 'The Omen' stands alone of its type of seventies horror schlock.