You have been warned. If something frightening happens to you today, think about it. It may be The Omen.
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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- Harm to children
- Body horror
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Formalists.
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Cast
- Gregory PeckRobert Thorn
- Lee RemickKatherine Thorn
- David WarnerJennings
- Billie WhitelawMrs. Baylock
- Harvey StephensDamien
- Patrick TroughtonFather Brennan
- Martin BensonFather Spiletto
- Robert RiettiMonk
- Tommy DugganPriest
- John StrideThe Psychiatrist
Crew
- Richard DonnerDirector
- David SeltzerWriter
- Gilbert TaylorDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Stuart BairdEditor
- Harvey BernhardProducer
- Charles OrmeProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
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