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The Omen

- You Have Been Warned

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.

Release Date : 1976-06-25

Language :EnglishItalianLatin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mace Neufeld Productions20th Century FoxHarvey Bernhard Productions

Production Country : United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Omen IOmen I: The AntichristOmen I: The BirthmarkThe AntichristThe Birthmark

Cast

Character Name : Robert Thorn

Original Name : Gregory Peck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Katherine Thorn

Original Name : Lee Remick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Keith Jennings

Original Name : David Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Baylock

Original Name : Billie Whitelaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Damien Thorn

Original Name : Harvey Stephens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Brennan

Original Name : Patrick Troughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Spiletto

Original Name : Martin Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk

Original Name : Robert Rietti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Tommy Duggan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Psychiatrist

Original Name : John Stride

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Nanny

Original Name : Holly Palance

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Becker

Original Name : Anthony Nicholls

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Roy Boyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Horton

Original Name : Sheila Raynor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Horton

Original Name : Robert MacLeod

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thorn's Aide

Original Name : Bruce Boa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thorn's Second Aide

Original Name : Don Fellows

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Patrick McAlinney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chambermaid

Original Name : Dawn Perllman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Nancy Mannigham

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Nun

Original Name : Miki Iveria

Gender : Female

Character Name : American Secretary

Original Name : Betty McDowall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marine

Original Name : Nicholas Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secret Service Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Burnell Tucker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gentleman at Rugby Match (uncredited)

Original Name : Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Guglielmo Spoletini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun (uncredited)

Original Name : Freda Dowie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Arab (uncredited)

Original Name : Ya'ackov Banai

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Walking across Street (uncredited)

Original Name : Harvey Bernhard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Byrne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited)

Original Name : Leo McKern

Gender : Male

Character Name : General (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Reimbold

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rugby Match Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Leader

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rugby Match Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Mary Burleigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guest at Damien’s Birthday Party

Original Name : Ann Barrass

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy (uncredited)

Original Name : Mark Baxter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monk (uncredited)

Original Name : Victor Harrington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rugby Match Spectator

Original Name : Suzanne Heimer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Orderly

Original Name : Walter Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man Buying Ice Cream at Safari Park (uncredited)

Original Name : Trevor Wedlock

Gender : Male

Reviews

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

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**

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-14

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 they did. By comparison the remake is paint by numbers and offers nothing new. 1976 is, hands down the more frightening, more dramatic, and more suspenseful film. Compared to 2006. 1976 is believable.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-06

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 Troughton's "Father Brennan", Peck slowly concludes that there is something a little dodgy about him. Thing is, can he thwart the evil contained within the youngster? Richard Donner does well to build and to sustain a sense of peril from pretty much the outset of this film - aided, ably, by a Jerry Goldsmith score that uses maniacal choral vocals and strings to keep you behind the sofa. Peck isn't at his best, and some of the scenes - especially in the graveyard with the Baskervillian hounds - do stretch the imagination, but for the most part it seizes your attention and keeps it. I have to admit to being disappointed by the ending - just why did the police have to give chase?