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The Omen
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R,1hr 51min
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June 25, 1976
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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 ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Robert
Katherine Thorn
Jennings
Mrs. Baylock
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Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick and Mia Farrow in "The Omen"
David Thewlis and Liev Schreiber in "The Omen"
David Thewlis and Liev Schreiber in "The Omen"
Julia Stiles in "The Omen"
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick in "The Omen"
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts at the Cinerma Society/DKNY Jeans screening of The Omen
Sophie Dahl at the Cinerma Society/DKNY Jeans screening of The Omen
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