The Omen

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R,1hr 51min

Genres:

Horror,Action

Released:

June 25, 1976

Distributor:

20th Century Fox

Starring:

Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner ... More

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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	Brendon Hanley, AMG Review 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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	Gregory Peck Robert Lee Remick Katherine Thorn David Warner Jennings Billie Whitelaw Mrs. Baylock

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