| Distributor:20th Century Fox Synopsis: Satan's son has arrived on Earth and He's not about to let human parents get in the way. When his wife Katherine's (Lee Remick) pregnancy ends in a stillbirth in a Rome hospital, U.S. diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) substitutes another baby, whose mother died. Little Damien (Harvey Stephens) thrives, but, at his fifth birthday party, his nanny mysteriously dies; Father Brennan (Patrick G. Troughton) also expires after warning Thorn that he has adopted Lucifer's son. While sinister new nanny ... Full Synopsis
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| Fueled by advances in special effects, the birth of the midnight movie, and a cultural fascination with mysticism, the horror genre achieved a status in the 1970s not seen since its glory days of the 1930s. Of all the occult horror films that surfaced in the wake of 1968's Rosemary's Baby, Richard Donner's phenomenally successful The Omen (1976) was the slickest and least subversive. Derivative but ... Read Review | |
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DVD Features Director's Commentary. '666 The Omen Revealed' Documentary (46 mins). 'Curse Or Coincidence' Featurette (6 mins). Jerry Goldsmith Score Interviews (18 mins). Theatrical Trailer. The Omen [Collector's Edition] [2 Discs] The Omen [Special Edition] [2 Discs] The Omen [Steelbook] [2 Discs] The Omen [Collector's Edition] The Omen [Collector's Edition] [Terrifying Moments Faceplate] | |