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Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
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25/06/1976
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Gregory Peck
Robert Thorn
Lee Remick
Katherine Thorn
David Warner
Keith Jennings
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs. Baylock
Harvey Stephens
Damien Thorn
Patrick Troughton
Father Brennan
Martin Benson
Father Spiletto
Robert Rietti
Monk
Tommy Duggan
Priest
John Stride
Psychiatrist
Holly Palance
Young Nanny
Anthony Nicholls
Dr. Becker
Roy Boyd
Reporter
Sheila Raynor
Mrs. Horton
Robert MacLeod
Horton
Bruce Boa
Thorn's Aide
Don Fellows
Thorn's Second Aide
Patrick McAlinney
Photographer
Dawn Perllman
Chambermaid
Nancy Mannigham
Nurse
Miki Iveria
First Nun
Betty McDowall
American Secretary
Nicholas Campbell
Marine
Burnell Tucker
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Gentleman at Rugby Match (uncredited)
Guglielmo Spoletini
Italian Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Freda Dowie
Nun (uncredited)
Ya'ackov Banai
Arab (uncredited)
Harvey Bernhard
Man Walking across Street (uncredited)
Michael Byrne
Monk (uncredited)
Leo McKern
Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited)
Bill Reimbold
General (uncredited)
Michael Leader
Rugby Match Spectator (uncredited)
Mary Burleigh
Rugby Match Spectator (uncredited)
Ann Barrass
Guest at Damien’s Birthday Party
Mark Baxter
Boy (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Monk (uncredited)
Suzanne Heimer
Rugby Match Spectator
Walter Henry
Hospital Orderly
Trevor Wedlock
Man Buying Ice Cream at Safari Park (uncredited)
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For whatever reason never saw The Omen before and while it has its moments, the last 10-15 minutes were particularly great, the middle part plodded along at a slow pace with little happening that was interesting outside a scene or two. All in all, it was okay but maybe a tad overrated. **3.25/5**
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I just recently re-watched this and the remake...there's really no fair comparison. Gregory Peck wins over Liev Schreiber, but then Peck is the better actor. Lee Remick is far more believable than Julia Stiles who doesn't seem to convey the same earnest fear and suspicion. David Thewlis is a good actor, but in bit parts he always seems to phone it in and David Warner was just the more believable photographer. I mean, the 1976 The Omen is dated, but that's not a bad thing and in this case you get the sense that they were doing something fresh and really trying to frighten you...and …
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OK, so at times this is a bit far-fetched, even for a horror movie, but I reckon it is still my favourite from the genre made in the 1970s. From a rather murky start in a Roman hospital, we see Gregory Peck and wife Lee Remmick head to London where he is to be US Ambassador - along with their new baby son "Damien" (cue the squeaking violins). Not long after their arrival, their nanny commits suicide - rather gruesomely, as it happens - facilitating the arrival of "Mrs. Baylock" (a rather menacing Billie Whitelaw). As the boy ages, and fuelled by some rather ghastly prophesies by Patrick Trough…
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