The Final Conflict (1981)

The now adult Antichrist plots to eliminate his future divine opponent while a cabal of monks plot to stop him.

Director:

Graham Baker

Writers:

David Seltzer (characters), Andrew Birkin

Stars:

Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sam Neill	...	Damien Thorn
Rossano Brazzi	...	DeCarlo
Don Gordon	...	Harvey Dean
Lisa Harrow	...	Kate Reynolds
Barnaby Holm	...	Peter Reynolds
Mason Adams	...	President
Robert Arden	...	American Ambassador
Leueen Willoughby	...	Barbara Dean
Marc Boyle	...	Brother Benito
Milos Kirek	...	Brother Martin
Tommy Duggan	...	Brother Mattius
Louis Mahoney	...	Brother Paulo
Richard Oldfield	...	Brother Simeon
Tony Vogel	...	Brother Antonio
Arwen Holm	...	Carol

Storyline

Now come into his full knowledge and power, the Anti-Christ in the body of Damien Thorne is about to strike his final blow. The Christ-child has been born again, on the Angel Isle, Great Britain (Scotland, England & Wales). The plan is simple, kill the Christ child to prevent him from growing up to bring the return of Christ and death of the Anti-Christ.

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Plot Keywords:

evil | ambassador | antichrist | woman wears only a man's shirt | second coming | 

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Taglines:

The power of evil is no longer in the hands of a child.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 1981 (USA)

Also Known As:

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Filming Locations:

Brocket Hall, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,571,675, 22 March 1981, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$20,471,342

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Graham Baker says actor Rossano Brazzi would turn up to the set each day with the script under one arm and whistling the tune from the song he sang in the earlier classic musical South Pacific (1958).

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Goofs

Damien states, while talking to The President, that in two years from that time it will be 1984, making it 1982. If that is the case, than The Omen should be set in the 1950s, not 1976, as it obviously is. This could be due to the fact that at the time the Producers and the studio hadn't anticipated the sequels and the associated time-line.

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Quotes

Kate Reynolds: And who is this... Antichrist?
DeCarlo: The American Ambassador, Damien Thorn.
Kate Reynolds: [laughs] That's ridiculous. I know Damien Thorn.
DeCarlo: You know Thorn the man... but do you know his soul?

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Left Behind: The Movie (2019)

User Reviews

Damien pt.3

This was great i think,, you have Damien all grown up,, not a kid anymore,, this is pretty cool i think,, now you have all that evil in an adult, which by the way is very scary, Sam Neill does a wonderful job in this, and is very creepy evil at the same time. Add to the fact that the plot was very good too,, you have the monks trying to kill Damien for one,, then you have Damien trying to kill all of the male babies born of the 24th of March,, makes for a very interesting race against time for Damien. If you follow the trilogy though the timeline is quite off, but i guess when they made the first one, they didn't realize it would become a franchise,, but nonetheless, over the past week i have watched all 3 of the Omen's and have seen the new one in the Theatre's when it came out,, i think the trilogy is very good with the story tied together the way it is, overall i give this part 3 a definite thumbs up.