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07/04/08
The Omen (1976)
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Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 25
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 4 hrs 26 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: American ambassador Robert Thorn and his lovingly dedicated wife are expecting a child. But when the infant is stillborn a mysterious Italian priest convinces the diplomat to clandestinely adopt another of the hospital's newborn... [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw
Director: Richard Donner
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Reviews for The Omen
Goldsmith's score took the film to a level horror films generally never attained in the 1970s.
06/20/08
The fairly sedate pace and tone may be a bit dry for today's viewer, but by the film's disturbing climax and simple, superbly creepy final image, one appreciates how well it helped build the suspense.
10/14/07
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07/01/06
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06/24/06
A bald-faced lamprey hitching its razor-tipped maw on the chassis of The Exorcist, The Omen's Sunday school parable of gothic Cathsploitation comes twice as thick and thrice as pious.
06/21/06
Influenced by the success of The Exorcist, this film, well acted by Gregory Peck and Lee remick, takes the horror genre one step further and instead of a girl being possessed by the Devil, we have a boy who's the Antichrist.
06/05/06
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01/26/06
A member of the Exorcist family, it is a dreadfully silly film, which is not to say that it is totally bad.
05/09/05
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As long as movies like The Omen are merely scaring us, they're fun in a portentous sort of way.
10/23/04
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A gruesome guilty pleasure horror film, with Peck and Remick slumming, but being earnest in their performances.
05/13/04
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