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The Omen was the first in a series of films based on the bestselling David Seltzer horror novel of the same name. The original installment, directed by Richard Donner, was remade in 2006.
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Brief Synopsis and Background
The film series centers around Damien Thorn (Harvey Stephens), a child raised by wealthy American ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck), and his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick). Damien is not their real child, although Katherine is not aware of this; Robert switched Katherine's stillborn child with Damien years before. However, neither Robert nor Katherine are aware that Damien is not just any child—he is the offspring of Satan and destined, by a 666 mark on his scalp, to become the Antichrist. The Thorns first suspect something is unusual about their son when several people surrounding him, including his first nanny, and then a priest, die tragically and gruesomely. -
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The film was one of several highly popular demonic films released in the 1970s, along with Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist. The Omen is remembered as one of the more terrifying horror films, mainly because of its references to Biblical apocalyptic prophecy, its strong cast, and the dawning realization on the part of Robert Thorn that he must kill his own child to save the world. -
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Afternoon all =) yesterday was a good day i managed to get all 5 of the omen films on boxset for £8 =D
@SarahBurrett | November 07, 2009 12:26 PM -
@serafinowicz If chocolate salty balls are an omen of a new dark mastermind, will you take the opp to redub ALL SW films with "the voice"?
@DocMacHall | November 06, 2009 01:15 AM -
Just watched the original Halloween film. Not as good as the memory infact the script was pretty weak/lacked suspense. Prefer the Omen films
@AdeleElizabeth | November 04, 2009 07:10 PM -
Films. Last nite-thanks to Boots, Let the Right One In. Then, thanks to me-The Omen. Now, thanks to Val-Tropic Thunder. aye
@drcsfsh | November 01, 2009 11:00 PM -
According to #kiss100fm kenya, the top 4 horror films of all time are The Exorcist, Psycho, The Ring and The Omen!
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