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feeling that the world or the West was in terminal decline gave the film a resonance that its subsequent sequels lacked. Beyond the success of the film, Duren wrote that the impact of the film on popular culture can be seen in the way that many people accept the dispensationalist reading of the Book of Revelation as the correct interpretation whereas in fact, the dispensationalist interpretation was and still is rejected by many churches. Duren wrote that dispensationalism had once been a "fringe" theory within Protestant theology, but due to the popularity of
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unfortunate accidents. Seltzer rejected the ambiguity favored by Donner and pressed for an interpretation of his script that left no doubt for the audience that Damien Thorn was the Antichrist and that all of the deaths in the film were caused by the malevolent power of Satan, the interpretation that Bernhard chose to go with.
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does succeed in its attempt to frighten, terrorize, and just plain scare the pants off most of the audience. Impressive performances ... plus a chilling mock-religious score by Jerry Goldsmith and the skillful direction of Richard Donner, all contribute to the suspension of disbelief required to draw
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wrote: "What if the Bible is correct? What if all the signs of the Apocalypse are happening around about now? Would we believe them? Heck, would we even notice?" Duren wrote that, although it was unlikely that most people who viewed the film in 1976 accepted the dispensationalist viewpoint, the mere
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chant. According to Goldsmith's wife, Carol, the composer initially struggled with ideas for the score until one evening when he suddenly, happily announced to her, "I hear voices", referring to an orchestral chorus or choir. The Latin of this song contains some errors: "We drink the blood" must be
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For the scene where Katherine's car is attacked by baboons, production initially tried to have the baboons attack by placing food around the car (after having the zoo staff members deliberately not feed the baboons the night before filming), whilst also placing a baby baboon in the back seat of the
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According to separate interviews with Donner and Harvey Stephens, over 500 boys had auditioned for the role of Damien. The then four-year-old Stephens won the role after Donner encouraged the boys to attack him during a group audition, following which Stephens reportedly clawed at Donner's face and
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Bernhard claims Gregory Peck had been the choice to portray Ambassador Thorn from the beginning. Peck got involved with the project through his agent, who was friends with producer Bernhard. After reading the script, Peck reportedly liked the idea that it was more of a psychological thriller rather
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was written by screenwriter David Seltzer and released two weeks before the film. For the book, Seltzer augmented some plot points and character backgrounds and changed minor details, including some character names: Holly became Chessa Whyte, Keith Jennings became Haber Jennings and Father Brennan
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Robert finds the birthmark on the sleeping Damien's scalp and is attacked by Mrs. Baylock, whom he fatally stabs. Armed with the daggers, Robert drives Damien to a local cathedral. His erratic driving draws the attention of the police. Robert drags a screaming Damien onto the altar to kill him and
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franchise. Anyone who threatens his rise or stands in his way — major political donors, speechwriters for the opposing candidate, even the opposing candidate himself — ends up dying mysteriously as the result of a tragic and freakish accident, which was the hook that brought most people to the
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of 20th Century Fox. Seltzer and Donner differed over the film's message. Donner favored an ambiguous reading of the script under which it would be left for the audience to decide whether Damien was the Antichrist or whether the series of violent deaths in the film were all just a string of
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called it "a dreadfully silly film" but "reasonably well-paced. We don't have time to brood about the sillinesses of any particular scene before we are on to the next. There is not a great deal of excitement, but we manage to sustain some curiosity as to how things will work out."
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came after a discussion about the Bible with Bob Munger, a friend of Bernhard's. When Munger told him about the idea in 1973, the producer immediately contacted screenwriter David Seltzer and hired him to write a screenplay. It took a year for Seltzer to write the script.
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was released by 20th Century Fox Home Video as a standalone release as well as in a four-film set that included its three sequels. A newly restored two-disc collector's edition DVD of the film was issued in 2006, coinciding with the release of the remake.
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The film was a massive commercial success, opening in the United States and Canada on June 25, 1976, in 516 theaters. It grossed $ 4,273,886 in its opening weekend (a then-record for Fox) and $ 60,922,980 in total, ($ 334,414,696 in 2024,) generating
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Photographer Keith Jennings notices shadows in photographs of the nanny and Father Brennan that presaged their deaths. Keith shows Robert the photos along with news clippings and Biblical passages that Father Brennan had suggesting the coming of the
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Robert calls Katherine in the hospital to tell her that she must leave London. Before she can do so, Mrs. Baylock throws Katherine to her death from the window of her room. Robert and Keith befriend Antichrist exorcism expert Carl Bugenhagen in
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starring in the title role. The series aired from March 7 to May 9, 2016. The series, acting as a direct sequel to the original film, follows 30-year-old Damien, who has forgotten his demonic past, facing his true identity. Ann Rutledge
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carcass and, in the next plot, a child's skeleton with a shattered skull. Robert realizes that the child was his own son, murdered so that Damien could take his place. A pack of Rottweilers drives Robert and Keith from the cemetery.
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appears at their home, Damien's nanny publicly hangs herself during his fifth birthday party, new nanny Mrs. Baylock arrives unexpectedly, Damien violently resists entering a church, and Damien's presence frightens animals at a
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than a horror film and agreed to star in it. He was at first displeased with the props and effects for making the death scenes but was relieved to find how restrained and non-exploitative they were in the final film.
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praised Richard Donner's direction as "taut" and the performances as "strong", and noted that the script, "sometimes too expository, too predictable, too contrived, is nonetheless a good connective fibre."
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by screenwriter David Seltzer, and the logo with "666" inside the film's title as the centerpiece of the advertisement. An early screening of the film took place in numerous U.S. cities on June 6, 1976.
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released a deluxe-edition box set—featuring the original film, along with all three sequels and the remake—and featuring newly commissioned bonus materials. The Scream Factory release features a new
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on July 19, 1975. He turned down the part on July 27, not wanting to spend an entire winter alone in Europe and also concerned that the film might have an exploitative feel if not handled carefully.
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Despite Bernhard's claim, there were other actors considered for the role because studios were reluctant to cast Peck as a child killer. Warner Bros. Pictures thought the role would be ideal for
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had also been approached for the role, but turned it down, claiming he did not want to star in a film about the devil. Holden would later portray Thorn's brother, Richard, in the sequel,
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called it "an absolutely riveting, thoroughly scary experience, a triumph of sleek film craftsmanship that will inevitably but not necessarily unfavorably be compared to
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of $ 28.5 million in the United States and Canada. Worldwide it earned rentals of $ 46.3 million from a budget of $ 2.8 million. In the United States, the film was the
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were also considered for the role of Robert Thorn. Van Dyke turned down the role because of the violence and gore; he would later call the decision "stupid".
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described the movie as " matter-of-fact exercise in Satanic blood and thunder, both less grandiloquently and less pretentiously put together than
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kicked him in the groin. Because Stephens had curly blonde hair, Donner had Stephens' hair straightened and dyed black, and gave him colored
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eschews an excess of gore in favor of ramping up the suspense—and creates an enduring, dread-soaked horror classic along the way". On
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also awarded 2.5 stars out of 4, lauding the "firepower sound track" and several "memorable" scenes, but finding the story "goofy."
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received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, grossing over $ 60 million at the U.S. box office and becoming
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films from an outsider journalist's perspective, except Kolchak is able to wrap the whole thing up neatly in an hour."
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car with a zoo official. After it failed to earn the desired effect, the official swapped out the baby baboon for the
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in 1980. A VHS reissue was released by Fox under their "Selection Series" in 2000. The same year, a special-edition
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copy yet, but as a summer thriller, it can hardly challenge the human appeal and exhilarating impact of last year's
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The success of the film in 1976 may have been due to a sense of malaise in the West at the time. As film critic
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began on October 6, 1975, and lasted eleven weeks, wrapping on January 9, 1976. Scenes were shot on location in
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named it the 31st-scariest film ever made. It has also been ranked as one of the best horror films of 1976 by
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follows a group of people who are tracking down an entity to which they are all independently linked.
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Duren notes that in the film it has to be explained to Robert Thorn that the number 666 is the "
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in 1968, but the film was unusual at the time because it concerned the "end times" predicted in
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was released following a successful $ 2.8 million marketing campaign inspired by the one from
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films in the first place. ...Palmer, again like Damien, also has a very protective Rottweiler
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The Omen (1976) (Collector's Edition) DVD Feature-Behind-the-Scenes - Casting Damien - IGN
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CHARLES HIGHAM (July 17, 1977). "What Makes Alan Ladd Jr. Hollywood's Hottest Producer?".
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of 85% based on 53 reviews and an average rating of 7.20/10. The site's consensus reads: "
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Duren, Brad (2017). "Reckoning the Number of the Beast: Premillernial Dispensationalism,
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who says that if Damien is the true Antichrist, he will bear a birthmark in the shape of
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presented the filmmakers with a special award during its 1977 commencement ceremonies.
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score of 62 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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to forgive him, but the police arrive on the scene and kill him before he can do so.
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in October 2008 as part of a four-film collection, featuring the first two sequels—
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wrote, "Despite its improbable story line and abundance of gratuitous violence,
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cut the final scenes showing the killing of Robert Thorn and Damien's survival.
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franchise into a TV series. Although Donner was attached to the project as an
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was part of a trend of films featuring cosmic horror that started with
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Road. The church used in the final climactic scene is St Peter's in
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Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs".
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called it "a dumb and largely dull movie." Duncan Leigh Cooper of
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An original score for the film, including the movie's theme song "
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when mysterious phenomena begin to plague the Thorns: a menacing
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Retrospective reviews of the film have been more favorable. On
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the audience into the film's web of terror." Richard Combs of
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The double funeral of Katherine and Robert is attended by the
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portraying Mrs. Baylock. A prequel to the first film titled
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diplomat Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine are living in
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This article is about the 1976 film. For the remake, see
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was included in Harry Medved and Harry Dreyfuss's book
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said it "offers more laughs than the average comedy."
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Films that won the Best Original Score Academy Award
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lost its unholy power long before Damien came to TV"
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one year prior, with two weeks of sneak previews, a
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"A Deadly Thriller". 2915: 2200: 2102: 2100: 2033: 1765:became Father Edgardo Emilio Tassone. 1441:California Graduate School of Theology 1435:, which accused it of misrepresenting 1346:In 1978, two years after its release, 1019:, who is impervious to harm. ... 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The Omen (soundtrack)
The Omen (2006 film)
The Omen (franchise)
Omen (disambiguation)

Tom Jung
Richard Donner
David Seltzer
Harvey Bernhard
Gregory Peck
Lee Remick
David Warner
Billie Whitelaw
Gilbert Taylor
Stuart Baird
Jerry Goldsmith
Mace Neufeld Productions
20th Century-Fox
supernatural horror film
Richard Donner
David Seltzer
Gregory Peck
Lee Remick
David Warner
Harvey Spencer Stephens
Billie Whitelaw
Patrick Troughton
Martin Benson
Leo McKern
Damien Thorn

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