• The Omen (1976)

    American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien's first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more...

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The Omen
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Release Date: 1976

DVD Release Date: September 5th, 2000

R |1 hr 51 min

Plot Summary

American diplomat Robert (Gregory Peck) adopts Damien (Harvey Stephens) when his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), delivers a stillborn child. After Damien's first nanny hangs herself, Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien's background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist.

Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson

Director: Richard Donner

Genres: Horror

Production Co: 20th Century Fox

Keywords: Wife, 1970s, England, Mystery

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 100
    The Telegraph

    Much scarier than fellow possessed child flick The Exorcist, which predated it by three years, The Omen contains some of the most memorable untimely deaths in cinema history. show more

  • 50
    Eric HendersonSlant Magazine

    A bald-faced lamprey hitching its razor-tipped maw on the chassis of The Exorcist, The Omen’s Sunday-school parable of gothic Cathsploitation comes twice as thick and thrice as pious. show more

  • 63
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    The Omen takes all of this terribly seriously, as befits the genre that gave us Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist. What Jesus was to the 1950s movie epic, the devil is to the 1970s, and so all of this material is approached with the greatest solemnity, not only in the performances but also in the photography, the music and the very looks on people's faces. show more

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Awards

Nominated Supporting Actress
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (1977)
Nominated Music (Original Song)
Oscars Academy Awards (1976)
Winner Music (Original Score)
Oscars Academy Awards (1976)