

The Omen
You have been warned. If something frightening happens to you today, think about it. It may be The Omen.
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2.8M
- Box office
- $60.9M
- Language
- English
- ambassador
- prophecy
- monk
- photography
- nanny
- halloween
- paranormal phenomena
- rottweiler
- devil's son
- revelation
- satan
- anti-christ
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR25 Jun 1976
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1816 Sept 1976
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+23 Dec 1976
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1621 Feb 1977
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1525 Jun 1976
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1825 Jun 1976
FranceFR
- Theatrical1217 Nov 1976
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1625 Sept 1976
GreeceGR
- Theatrical5 Nov 1976
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1811 Feb 1977
ItalyIT
- Theatrical18+30 Sept 1976
JapanJP
- TheatricalG2 Oct 1976
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The Omen was released on 25 June 1976.
Audience reviews
3- J7/10
JPV852
10/6/2019
For whatever reason never saw The Omen before and while it has its moments, the last 10-15 minutes were particularly great, the middle part plodded along at a slow pace with little happening that was interesting outside a scene or two. All in all, it was okay but maybe a tad overrated. **3.25/5**
- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023
I just recently re-watched this and the remake...there's really no fair comparison. Gregory Peck wins over Liev Schreiber, but then Peck is the better actor. Lee Remick is far more believable than Julia Stiles who doesn't seem to convey the same earnest fear and suspicion. David Thewlis is a good actor, but in bit parts he always seems to phone it in and David Warner was just the more believable photographer…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/3/2023
OK, so at times this is a bit far-fetched, even for a horror movie, but I reckon it is still my favourite from the genre made in the 1970s. From a rather murky start in a Roman hospital, we see Gregory Peck and wife Lee Remmick head to London where he is to be US Ambassador - along with their new baby son "Damien" (cue the squeaking violins). Not long after their arrival, their nanny commits suicide - rather gruesome…
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