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Summary: The Long Awaited Antichrist
Review: Since the Scriptures of Revelation was written scholars have argued and toiled on there meaning, especially the so called "Beast" aka Antichrist. The Omen presents is presented in a 1970's type envioronment with a couple living the American dream...until that night. When his son is born dead he adopts a look alike son, not being able to tell his wife of her true sons death. From there is blossoms into a chaotic thriller!
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Summary: It scared the crap out of me dad (cough)
Review: I juuuust made the age to review stuff on amazon, so I guess I shouldn't have watched this movie. Well, look at the big picture of the cover, and look at the look on Kathy Thorn's (the lady's) face! You see the exact same look on her face as on the science fiction movies that only air at two a.m. because they figure no one's watching anyway. Damien's King Kong, and Mrs. Thorn is the lady who sits on top of the building screaming help, help, help. We heard you the first fricken time! It's a classic and all, and honestly it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't scary. It was a lot scarier than blair witch, but that really isn't saying much. My dad rented this movie because I sat through the blair witch project when I was home alone and no one was there to screen the unnecassarily large amount of profanity for me, so he figured he'd show me the scariest movie he ever saw to scare me into never watching horror again. I was laughing once the first half hour was over. It is not that scary at all. "Today's children are very jaded! This movie scared me when I was nineteen!" he said when it was over. True, but still. If I were my age in the seventies, I can't deny that this movie would scare the crap out of me. But today it just isn't scary anymore. It was as gruesome as some of today's movies, guy gets his head chopped off, lady hangs herself, someone gets stabbed in the neck, etc. but it still wasn't enough to make the movie truely frightening. If you aren't watching this movie for a scare though, midnight movie.
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Summary: For whom the bell tolls.
Review: An upper-class married couple are delighted with the arrival of their new son,Damien.They are rich,powerful,and beautiful people,they are protected on all sides from the outside world,so nothing bad can happen to them,or even disrupt their care-free existence.Then as Damien reaches the age of five years,things take a turn for the worst.A series of grusome events take place,including Damien's nanny,hurling herself from a rooftop to hang herself,out of love,for Damien. Bad things happen to good people all the time.But the Thorne parents do not beleive such things,because they are rich,powerful,and beautiful,as is their son,Damien,the Anti-Christ. An excellent performance from Gregory Peck,as Damien's troubled Father,Robert Thorne.An extremely atmospheric film,with some memorable scenes,including:The graveyard scene,where Robert Thorne discover's,literally,the horrific truth-Damiens real Mother,and the now famous decapitation scene. Billie Whitelaw,in a small,but significant role as Mrs.Baylock,Damien's Nanny from hell,and David Warner,great as a photographer,trying to convince Robert Thorne that his son is not of this world. A very good,but not great,transfer from fox,preserving the original scope ratio of 2.35:1.Clear,sharp images for the most part,with fine detail not previously seen.Only slight traces of grain on the darkest scenes.4/5. The Sound quality on this disc is very clear,with minor background hissing,that never really distracts.The religous gregorian type chanting,an obvious trademark of the Omen theme,is almost overpowering,seemingly enhanced,especially on the most horrific scenes.3.5/5. Overall,i really did enjoy watching "The Omen" again.Previously,only being able to watch a panned and scanned VHS copy,or an edited panned T.V.version was terrible,and did no justice at all.This DVD does well to capture the unique feel of one of the best horror films ever made.
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Summary: No Competition, the Best Horror film of All Time.
Review: The Best Horror Film Of All Time... The Scariest Horror Film Of All Time... The Most Ingenious Horror Film Of All Time... "The Omen" holds all those Titles. The only other Horror movie that even comes Close to being as effective is "The Exorcist".Gregory Peck plays the Father of a boy some believe is the son of the Devil. Gregory slowly comes to believe this theory as well, and has to choose between Raising the boy as his son, and putting an end to the boy's life. Peck treats his role as nothing short of Shakespeare, which makes the film Utterly Serious and Totally Believable. Lee Remick and David Warner co star as his Equally Traumatised wife, and a Suspicious Photographer respectively. The entire cast give Deadly Serious performances which are always spot on. As Memorable Musical Scores go, "The Omen" has the Most Memorable of any Horror film I have Ever seen. It is a mixture of Weird Instruments and Satanic Chanting which is Damned Scary in Itself. Everything about the film works Perfectly, it is so well Made, so well Acted, so Scary... The only real reason one could have for Not Liking it is that it was Too Scary.
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Summary: Come out and play, Damien!
Review: The movie that made the name Damien synonymous with evil (and often used as a nickname for hyperactive children), "The Omen" has become a classic in the horror genre, in spite of its telegraphed plot twists. Gregory Peck plays Robert Thorn, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James, who after being told his child has died at birth agrees to adopt an orphaned boy in its place to appease his wife Katherine (Lee Remick), who has suffered numerous miscarriages and will undoubtedly go round the bend if she loses another child. All is bliss at the embassy in London until ... well, weird things start happening. Damien's nanny hangs herself at his third birthday party, Damien freaks out when brought to church, baboons freak out when Damien arrives in their midst. Thanks to a zealous priest and observant photographer, Thorn begins to realize that, to put it colloquially, the child ain't right. Plus there's that weird new nanny and that Rottweiler that keeps showing up ... While "The Omen" is better than other films of its ilk, it plays a little too heavy-handedly. Lee Remick, looking ethereally gorgeous, spends most of the movie sighing, crying, screaming and getting beaten up by Damien (Harvey Stephens, cherubically demonic). Peck is all eyebrows and sonorous voice. The best performance is David Warner's as the photographer. Despite the fact that it won an Oscar, Jerry Goldsmith's score is both overbearing and distracting, with the ominous Gregorian chanting that always clues the viewer that something Satan-related is about to happen. Still, it's not a bad way to spend a Saturday night, and there are a few startling moments (not to mention the now-notorious decapitation, which still looks unsettlingly real). Beats "End of Days" cold!
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Summary: The best film depiction of the anti-christ yet!
Review: There are few viewing experiences like "The Omen". This movie is one of the most astounding motion pictures of all time. It has all the usual good things associated with a great movie (talented cast, good music, good story line) but has also become a classic in the horror genre! The baby-faced incarnation of the anti-christ has become one of the most paradoxically-appealing characters of all time! (Harvey Stevens, the little boy that plays "Damien Thorne" does a superb job acting!) If you consider yourself to be a horror fan, please, see this movie! While it is definately NOT a blood bath, it is a pyschological terror that will leave you thinking about what you've just seen... months after you've seen it! With confidence, I recommend "THE OMEN"...you won't regret it!
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Summary: Who is defying to me?
Review: I think that s the best film in omen series.Good casts good director and good scenes.When this combination appear,it s getting flawless.In this film casts have been making very good role.But in this film there is a boy who seems like a psycopat. In film he s defying the his family and the others.But the main subject is double war.GOD AND THE DEVIL.And i wanna state this, damien have been using his looks very frightening defying.Shortly it s omen in every respect.
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Summary: Hilarious! A Classic of "Le Bad Cinema!"
Review: The thing that makes this film so amusing is its ham-fisted foreshadowing. We KNOW that Gregory Peck is gonna adopt that little demon. We know that his fondness for jackals is going to get someone mauled. There's just too many scenes and giveaways. We know that that photographer's gonna get beheaded- for the same reason. I remember the first time I saw this in a theater, I laughed so much I almost got thrown out. Gregory Peck's "concerned" performance is comical. He's so concerned that he'll take any baby- including "AB Normal" just to please his wife. A great film, but scary? Nah, but you do get some belly-laughs out of it!
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Summary: Good, but a few flaws
Review: I thought that this was a very entertaining movie for the most part and the acting by Gregory Peck and David Warner was very good. However, I thought that Lee Remick's performance was less than inspiring. I thought that this movie got off to a rough, slow start despite jumping right into the main plot. However, 20 minutes later I was enthralled in the plot. This was sustained until the end, which I found rather dissapointing despite a decent twist. You can basically tell that Omen II (which I have not yet scene) was on the minds of producers while they finished the original-- I never like that combination. Overall, though, a very adequate film and a great choice for fans of the genre.
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Summary: CLASSIC
Review: THIS MOVIE IS ONE OF THE BEST HORROR MOVIES EVER MADE. WHO WOULD BELIVE A LITTLE BOY WHO IS SO CUTE BE SO EVIL. IT HAS ALL THE QUALITIES OF A CLASSIC. GREGORY PECK AND LEE REMICK ARE GREAT. YOU REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR THEM IN THIS MOVIE. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY THAT TURNS OUT TO BE SO EVIL. AND THE DOG, TO THIS DAY I STAY AWAY FROM DOGS THAT LOOK LIKE IT. THE NANNY IS ALSO GOOD-SHE IS THE TYPE THAT YOU LOVE TO HATE. THIS MOVIE IS ALMOST AS SCARY AS THE EXORCIST. THERE ARE SOME GORY SCENCES, BUT IT IS BLENDED INTO THE MOVIE SO WELL THAT WITHOUT THEM THEY WOULD BE MISSED. I WOULD DEFINETLY RECCOMMEND THIS ONE.
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