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The Omen Details

1976

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Starring	Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw
Director	Richard Donner
Genres	Horror

The Omen

A staid American ambassador (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Lee Remick) are heartbroken when their child is stillborn, but their heartbreak is only beginning when they adopt an orphan. As the boy grows, disaster surrounds him, beginning with the suicide of his nanny, and as the bodies pile up, his horrified father begins to believe that the boy is evil incarnate and must be destroyed. The unique climax paved the way for the two popular sequels, DAMIEN: OMEN II and OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT. Composer Jerry Goldsmith won an Academy Award for Best Score.

Starring	Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw
Director	Richard Donner
Studio	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Horror Films
Genres	Horror
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
Released	Production year: 1976 To Rent: DVD: 04 Jun 2001

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- Commercially successful variation on The Exorcist, quite professionally assembled and more enjoyable as entertainment than its predecessor.
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  Very good in its own right; and more than that in its own genre
  
  I'm a bit biased , because I have always enjoyed supernatural thrillers ( and good ones are not too easy to come by). This one is a cracker IMHO. Great cast... read more »
  
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  Very good in its own right; and more than that in its own genre
  
  I'm a bit biased , because I have always enjoyed supernatural thrillers ( and good ones are not too easy to come by). This one is a cracker IMHO. Great cast... read more »
  
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  Brillianty Sinister!
  
  The Omen is a brillianty sinister, proper scary, and very stylish seventies horror! There is real restraint in the film making, and the tension builds ... read more »
  
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  tense and creepy
  
  creepy, mouth-open tense and shocking at times. brilliant film and not at all what i expected. if you liked films such as the exorcist or rosemary's baby, ... read more »
  
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  A staid American ambassador (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Lee Remick) are heartbroken when their child is stillborn, but their heartbreak is only beginning when they adopt an orphan. As the boy grows, disaster surrounds him, beginning with the suicide of his nanny, and as the bodies pile up, his ...