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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
David Seltzer (written by)
Release Date:
25 June 1976 (USA) more
Tagline:
OUR FINAL WARNING. more
Plot:
An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the literal Antichrist. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
A great supernatural thriller, undeservedly bashed over the years more (247 total)
Cast
(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 |
Additional Details
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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Runtime:
111 min | Germany:107 min (cut version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
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:16
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In the closing scene, Richard Donner used reverse psychology on young Harvey Stephens telling him, "Don't you dare laugh. If you laugh, I won't be your friend." Naturally, Stephens wanted to laugh, and he instead smiled directly into the camera. more
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Continuity: When the young nanny hangs herself, the window is seen breaking in three consecutive shots (outside long, inside, outside medium); it breaks in a different way in each shot (top half, bottom half, bottom 3/4). more
Quotes:
[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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in End of Days (1999) more
Soundtrack:
The Piper Dreams more
FAQ
How many people die in "The Omen"?Why would Fr Brennan, who was in on the switch from the beginning, suddenly try to warn Robert Thorn?
What really happened to the Thorns' real son?
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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.