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To me, this movie is perfection.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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A great psychological horror flick that also mixes in some graphical scenes. Chilling atmosphere sets a great mood with the help of an awesome musical score! One of the finest in it's genre!

A-Z Horror Movie of the Day..."The Omen" (R - 1976 - US)Sub-Genre: Paranormal/DemonMy Score: 7.6Cast=8 Acting=7 Plot=8 Ending=9 Story=9 Scare=8 Jump=5 F/X=6 Creep=8 Demon=8Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son? "Look at me Damien...It's all for you." Pound for pound one of the greatest horror franchises ever made!! I feel it's a little dated, but still one of the best classic horror films. If you ever watch a possessed child movie...you almost have to compare it to Damien. Some say this is a better movie than "The Exorcist". I don't agree with that, but if you have never seen it this would be a great watch!!

As Donner tells, either you take it as thriller, either you take it religiously: i notice that the production did choice 1 and got really plagued during shooting (the featurette about it is totally scary!)... Me, i take choice 2 and as an adult today, the movie still disturbs me; thus you can imagine how i felt when i saw it as a kid!! I have always believed that dark forces torment us and that we need all our faith to get through! In all cases, the movie is an exceptional piece with all things neatly done: the European setting, the casting, the music and the kicking directing! The story never lets the tension down and rather gradually gets more and more heavy! I see that a remake has been done but i don't understand the reason as this one hasn't lost its power and nobody can take the seat of big caring Gregory, serious Warner and nasty governess... At the end, this movie is for ma as good (or as evil) as the other similar movie that upsets me: Prince of Darkness as you can really feel the cold hand of devil...

At six o'clock on the sixth of June two children are born in Rome; one is born to the wife of American diplomat Robert Thorn but dies soon after birth, the other to a woman who dies during childbirth. A priest at the hospital suggests that Thorn takes the surviving child and raise him as his own… without telling his mother.Time passes and Thorn is made Ambassador to the Court of St James. Everything goes well until the child, named Damien, is five when his nanny hangs herself in a very public manner. She is replaced by Mrs. Baylock, a sinister woman who claims to have been sent by the agency. Soon afterwards a priest tries to warn Thorn about his son; what he says sound like the ravings of a mad man; references to Revelations and prophecies about the arrival of the Antichrist! Soon afterwards the priest is killed in a freak accident and Thorn is approached by a photographer who has noticed strange shadows on pictures he had taken of the nanny and the priest that feature strange shadows that mirror the way they died. By now Thorn is very concerned so returns to Italy to discover the truth about his son… meanwhile back in London his wife is in grave danger.This is a classic '70s horror film but don't expect it to be very scary. There are a few shocks and some mildly gory moments. This doesn't mean it isn't worth watching though; the story is solid and the cast is impressive. Gregory Peck does a fine job as Robert Thorn; especially towards the end as he learns the dreadful truth and realises what he must try to do. Lee Remick is also good as his wife, Billie Whitelaw is suitably sinister as Mrs. Baylock and David Warner impresses as the photographer. Harvey Spencer Stephens doesn't really have much to do as the young Damien but he certainly manages to smile in a creepy way. The film does show its age in places and certain things seem too unlikely; notably the Thorns failing to check up on Mrs. Baylock's references and the way Robert Thorn goes off to Italy then Israel without any of the protection one would expect a senior diplomat to have… assuming he could get time off! The ending is a bit down beat but that does at least leave things open for the later films in the series. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to horror fans; especially those for like horror films inspired by religion.