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American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien's first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien's background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist.

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The Omen eschews an excess of gore in favor of ramping up the suspense -- and creates an enduring, dread-soaked horror classic along the way.

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The Omen | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Gregory Peck takes everything pitch-perfect seriously. This is one of his best performances. Rated: A- Oct 21, 2019 Full Review The Omen | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Anna Baddeley Daily Telegraph (UK) The Omen contains some of the most memorable untimely deaths in cinema history. Rated: 5/5 Dec 29, 2014 Full Review The Omen | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Richard Donner directs more for speed than mood, but there are a few good shocks. Oct 9, 2012 Full Review The Omen | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Stephanie Archer Film Inquiry There is a sense of dominance, the silhouetted child remaining above the cross, the film’s refusal to move from this image delivering a devastating sense of foreshadowing – evil always wins. Jun 8, 2024 Full Review The Omen | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast Richard Donner's feature directorial debut goes hard (so does Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar winning score), with a number of truly amazing set pieces. This holds up better than you may remember! Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 5, 2024 Full Review The Omen | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) Director Richard Donner hasn't the subtlety of a Hitchcock or even a Friedkin, but if you believe that the ends justify the means, you have to give him credit. May 9, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cannon Hinnant # This movie has the creepiest soundtrack ever, specially the part with the dog and the nanny!! Recommend 10/10 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review David M Watching this (I think for the first time, but I feel I may have sneaked a childhood watch under the nose of my parents) nearly 50 years on, it's hard to separate the film itself from what it spawned or popularised. I've lost count of serial killer stories with hackneyed references to the book of Revelation, there's a lot of bad theology around that seems more based on the film than on authentic Christianity, and we've heard scores like this far too many times now. But trying to forget all that, this has a latent dread soaked into it. An American diplomat whose wife has a miscarriage, swaps his dead child for another one born at the same time (whose mother died in childbirth). He turns out to be - probably - the Antichrist. There's less gore than I expected, even if on a couple of occasions the film delights in a spectacular kill or two; but it's Gregory Peck's not perfect performance, played with the seriousness of a Shakespearean tragedy, that means this film still works quite so well. Aspects play very differently if you've adopted a deeply traumatised child with a habit of acting out their trauma dramatically, something which almost certainly wasn't on the film-makers' minds, but is there nevertheless if you do bring that to the film with you. Whatever your life experience, this remains a core horror text, and one deserving of its place. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Liam D There’s an sense a dread through the entire film and that’s thanks to the fantastic cast, Richard Donner’s strong direction and the haunting Oscar winning score by Jerry Goldsmith Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Matt F One of my favorite horror movies with Peck and Remick as the parents of the little devil (Stephens). Troughton (Dr Who) is great, as well as Warner. Also the fantastic score of Jerry Goldsmith. I stil get the willies when I hear the latin chant music when something awful is about to happen. It's all for you! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review David H childish rediculous movie. nonsense for christian consumption. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Sérgio N Revisitando essa franquia.Aqui temos um clássico dos anos quase dourados, que eu costumo colocar na mesma prateleira do Exorcista. Toda a trama, ambientação, trilha sonora, etc, são impecáveis.Infelizmente, possui algumas sequências realmente assustadoras (a nível de qualidade), mas que vamos revê-las, mesmo assim.Richard Donner ficaria bem famoso mais pra frente, com grandes obras como Superman (1 e 2), Ladyhawke, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon (1, 2, 3 e 4), Assassins, Conspiracy Theory, entre outros.Obrigatório aos fãs do gênero! Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Richard Donner Director Gregory Peck Robert Thorn Lee Remick Kathy Thorn David Warner Keith Jennings Billie Whitelaw Mrs. Baylock Leo McKern Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited)
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Synopsis American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien's first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien's background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist.

Director
Richard Donner

Producer
Harvey Bernhard

Screenwriter
David Seltzer

Distributor
Fox, 20th Century Fox, CBS/Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Production Co
20th Century Fox

Rating
R

Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 25, 1976, Original

Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2017

Runtime
1h 51m

Sound Mix
Mono

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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