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Omen, The (1976) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
683 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.91/4 |
# of Ratings: |
300 |
Genres: |
Horror, Mystery |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 06/25/1976 |
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Director: |
Richard Donner |
Actors: |
Gregory Peck
Lee Remick
David Warner
Billie Whitelaw
Harvey Stephens
Patrick Troughton |
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Plot Outline:
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A diplomat secretly exchanges his wife's stillborn child with an orphaned boy. As he grows up, disturbing signs and events lead him to believe this boy is the antichrist and needs to be killed.
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Burlacu 03/08/2013 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
‘The Omen’ is chock full of creepy business: the weird nanny and her rottweiler sidekick, the zoo animals behaving erratically, the young lad on his tricycle bumping his mother over the banister, the church lightning rod spearing the priest where he stands, and of course cinema’s most iconic beheading scene, shown from multiple angles in juicily slow motion. |
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Yojimbo 06/25/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
Cult classic religious myth based gothic horror conjuring a palpable sense of dread through suggestion and atmosphere rather than the liberal doses of blood and gore we've come to expect. |
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mitchellyoung 11/22/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
There's some cheesiness to this horror film (I particularly found the decapitation scene to be a little over-the-top), but there's also enough creepiness to make the film worth watching. It's not "jump out of your seat" scary most of the time, but it is generally unsettling. |
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Snoogans 11/14/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
Besides 'The Exorcist', this is one of the best uses of religious tones in a horror film. Surprising and scary. |
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09/17/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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666 at it's best. |
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In 1968, an innocent woman gave birth to the Antichrist (Rosemary's Baby). In 1973, Satan himself took control of a teenage girl, scaring people witless for ages (The Exorcist). In 1976, his son came back, this time under the appearance of a five-year old boy...
Over 30 years later, The Omen remains one of the best horror films of all time. I watched it again a few days ago, and I had trouble falling asleep the following night. Like in Halloween, there's almost no gore at all, but that doesn't weaken its ability to shock. If you want real horror but can't stand blood, The Omen is perfect. The movie begins in Rome, where American diplomat Robert Thorne (Gregory Peck) is told his son died just after birth. Since his wife (Lee Remick) doesn't know about it, he accepts father Spiletto's offe... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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11/19/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Can't Overlook the Very Slow Scenes of Discovery |
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I know I’m in the minority here but I actually prefer the 2006 version with Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber over this one. There were barely any genuine scares and I found it appalling that some people compare this to the masterful “The Exorcist” and “Rosemary’s Baby.” Sure, they have the anti-Christ issue as a commonality but quality-wise, this film is far from those classics. I did like the performances here, however, especially Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. I believed Peck to be the protective husband who did not want his wife to find out that their biological son had died so he adopted a baby behind his wife’s back. Remick was both funny and convincing during the parts where she was being attacked. As for Harvey Stephens, who played Damien, he’s creepy as hell and I thought he really w... |
Rating of
2/4 |
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