The Omen (1976)

I've always preferred this to The Exorcist and think The Omen is far scarier.

The Exorcist is just embarrassing at times.

The Omen is my favorite Gregory Peck performance. The scene where he is on the phone and gets terrible news. His look and face as he just lays down slowly.

R1 I think the music is creepier in here than in The Exorcist. The Omen has more believability.

Donald Trump is Damien.

This is a good film. That little shit was horrible to his nanny!

R5 Which nanny? The normal one who hanged herself or the Devil's servant?

Unbelievable and contrived that an American Ambassador would substitute a child in place of the one his wife lost without telling her. WTF! And what is the ambassador's wife doing standing on a step ladder to clean the chandelier in their large mansion? It's a glossy horror film with a death every 15 minutes and Billie Whitelaw is scary. It's The Exorcist meets Rosemary's Baby and it's nowhere near as good as the latter or should I say ladder? btw when Lee Remick falls several stories from the hospital room and crashes through the roof of an ambulance, she seems to have suffered only a bloody nose.

Garbage film. Trashy and dumb. This was a cash grab to run after the success of The Exorcist.

R7 and R* This film is not trash!

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WHET to the DL poster who tried to make Maria Avedici Santoya happen?

Only four posts for the obligatory Trump comment in every thread. Usually it's at least nine. Kudos to you.

It is The Omen!

I preferred The Hymen. Far scarier.

Stuntman Alf Joint worked on both The Omen and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In the latter he plunged 430 ft into the Reichenbach Falls doubling for Eric Porter.

Using photography to predict death. Very exciting.

R1, How is The Exorcist embarrassing?

Linda Purl gave one of the best performances by a child in The Exorcist. I believe she was nominated for an Oscarr.

It's all for you Damien.....It's all for you!!!

I believe it is Linda Blair, but what do I know, I love Rottweilers!!

"Your Mother sucks socks that smell"-SNL

[quote] Using photography to predict death. Very exciting

At least 2 Twilight Zone episodes used the trope of recorded images predicting death. One uses a camera, another a tv set.

“Hello sir. Sorry your wife had a stillbirth. I think I can rustle up another baby for you. . Save her the disappointment. “

“Why, of course, thank you. As long as it isn’t a devil baby from a dead jackal. Is it, btw? A devil jackal baby?”

“Noooooooo, sir! Of course not! No, no no…..”

It is a technically good movie with great actors, beautiful cinematography, and an excellent score—but there's something about it that keeps me from revisiting it often. I am a complete horror film enthusiast, but for some reason "The Omen" is a film I am rarely compelled to rewatch. Not sure why. It's a lot more lush than "The Exorcist", but I do think "The Exorcist" is the superior film.

Single handedly ended the tricycle market

Only in your mind r24

R25 = sarcasm deficienct

What about when Lee Remick commits suicide by launching herself out of her hospital room window and falls onto an ambulance??

R26 nobody but nobody can mind read your sarcasms in that text.

Not mine, Clarice.

R27, see R7.

I could watch Gregory Peck read the phone book. To me he was a very handsome man.

My name is Damian, born just a few years before this movie. I wish the movie was never made. I was named after Saint Damian - there are three Saint Damian. Actually I love the movie and it gives me cache.

By the time this film was released, I couldn't tell Greg or Joan Crawford apart.

Surprisingly the recent series Damien, inspired by The Omen, was really good. Too bad it ended to soon.

The comparison is really apples and oranges.

The Omen is a great devil-genre horror film.

The Exorcist is an excellent adult drama about midlife crisis and disappointment that uses the devil-genre horror film as a setting.

The Exorcist scared the ever-loving shit out of my 12 year old self. The music, 'Tubular Bells ' still does. I still can't listen it.

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I liked the remake of The Omen. It wasn't as good as the original but it had it's scary moments.

R38 it had a good cast, too. Mia Farrow

Gregory Peck and Lee Remick brought class to the production

[quote] Unbelievable and contrived that an American Ambassador would substitute a child in place of the one his wife lost without telling her. WTF! And what is the ambassador's wife doing standing on a step ladder to clean the chandelier in their large mansion?

You're complaining about plausibility in a movie in which the title character is the human offspring of the Devil and a jackal??

R23 What are your favorites? I really enjoyed “The Conjuring” and “The Sentinel” as well as “The Changeling” with George C. Scott. Another one is “The Others” with Nicole Kidman.

R42 Don't forget The Innocents with Deborah Kerr and Michael Redgrave

Alan Alda and Barbara Parkins in The Mephisto Waltz.

I really enjoyed the new prequel The First Omen.

I loved ghost stories and horror movies growing up. When The Omen was released my dad dropped me off at the theater and drove away. When I got to the booth they refused to sell me a ticket because I was 12 and looked even younger. I found a grandma aged lady on the back of the line who agreed to “accompany” me.

David Warner is the best part of this movie. I can't watch the plate glass scene.

My mother was shocked that THE Gregory Peck would be in a film of this "stature"

Whatever happened to Holly Palance? She made a handful of films and disappeared.

Richard Donner (born Schwartzberg) had a long and varied career. In the 1960s he directed just about every tv series. Then he moved into tv movies. Before "The Omen" he directed "Sarah T: Portrait Of A Teenage Alcoholic" and afterwards he directed "Superman".

Omen 2 is better: Lee Grant for the win.

That scene where Mrs Baylock attacks Gregory Peck’s character was shocking for the time. That actress really “went for it”.

R48 for Momma

I can’t approve of this film because I don’t condone those unfortunate outfit and headwrap that Miss Remick wears in the scene where they leave for and are driven to the church, and then Damien goes berserk (he couldn’t tolerate her fashion taste, either!).

r54 why? Do you think it is racist?

I love that big actors did horror and scifi. Whatever I think of Charlton Heston's politics, he made [italic]Planet of the Apes[/italic], [italic] the Omega Man[/italic] and [italic]Soylent Green[/italic]. I still watch [italic]the Omega Man[/italic] from time to time.