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Release Date:
25 June 1976 (USA) moreTagline:
OUR FINAL WARNING. morePlot:
An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the literal Antichrist. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Lists of Doom IX: Dominik Stammen of Born From Pain (From Fangoria. 17 April 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
An Original Feature: 8 Remakes that should never have happened - Part 2
(From Original Sharp Says. 30 March 2009, 6:31 AM, PDT)
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A great supernatural thriller, undeservedly bashed over the years moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gregory Peck | ... | Robert Thorn |
 | Lee Remick | ... | Katherine Thorn |
| David Warner | ... | Jennings |
| Billie Whitelaw | ... | Mrs. Baylock |
| Harvey Stephens | ... | Damien |
| Patrick Troughton | ... | Father Brennan |
| Martin Benson | ... | Father Spiletto |
| Robert Rietty | ... | Monk |
| Tommy Duggan | ... | Priest |
| John Stride | ... | The Psychiatrist |
| Anthony Nicholls | ... | Dr. Becker |
| Holly Palance | ... | Nanny |
 | Roy Boyd | ... | Reporter |
| Freda Dowie | ... | Nun |
| Sheila Raynor | ... | Mrs. Horton |
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Also Known As:
Omen I (reissue title)Omen I: The Antichrist (reissue title)
Omen I: The Birthmark (reissue title)
The Antichrist (USA) (working title)
The Birthmark (USA) (working title)
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
111 min | Germany:107 min (cut version)Color:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
New Zealand:(Banned) (video release, 1989-1991) | New Zealand:R16 (1992 re-rating) | New Zealand:R18 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | Sweden:15 | Spain:18 | South Korea:15 | Canada:R (video rating) | Portugal:M/16 | UK:18 (tv rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Brazil:16 | Australia:MA (25th anniversary special edition) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R (certificate #24560) | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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Rottweilers experienced a surge in popularity in the US after the release of this film. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Toward the end of the film, Jennings says that the place name Megiddo derives from the term Armageddon. Actually, it is the other way around - "Armageddon" is a bastardization of "Har Megiddo", which, in Hebrew, means simply "mountain of Megiddo". According to Revelation 16:16, this would be the site of the last battle in history. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Father Spiletto: [voiceover] The child is dead. He breathed for a moment. Then he breathed no more. The child is dead. Dead. The child is dead.
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The Piper Dreams moreFAQ
What is a jackal?Why did Fr Brennan have a 666 birthmark if he wasn't the Antichrist himself?
Where were the cathedral scenes filmed where Damien has a conniption fit?
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"The Omen" was included in a recent book I read of THE 1000 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE! - ironic since fellow IMDb user Theo Robertson claims it was included as an entry in a similar book titled THE 50 WORST FILMS OF ALL TIME.
I've always really liked "The Omen" and, like Theo, think it is superior to "The Exorcist." It's more chilling and freaky and subtle. There isn't any fake pea soup here, either. Which isn't to say that "The Exorcist" isn't any good - but it hasn't fared as well over the years.
"The Omen" is just really good. It was released the same year as Exorcist if I'm not mistaken and Gregory Peck gives a fine performance. The part where a character's head is lopped off and rolls across a street in slow-motion, and then director Richard Donner cuts to a whole new sequence, is really chilling and bizarre.
It's that sort of eerie unexplained stuff that makes this, in my opinion, superior to a lot of the other stuff out there - i.e. many other trashy supernatural flicks that don't hold anything against this.