“Thankfully, Keith’s got a good head on his shoulders.” Lmao

I can admire that you tried to be respectful of the deaths that occurred during the filming. 💛

There's a few Star Wars related facts with the Omen. (A bit off topic, I know.) Without The Omen being a huge success, Star Wars may have never been made. Fox were in trouble, financially, and profits from this were ploughed into Star Wars. Which ended saving Fox from oblivion. George Lucas was impressed by Gil Taylor's cinematography so he phoned Richard Donner to ask about him, hiring him for Star Wars. Liz Moore, the poor unfortunate young lady who you alluded to. She was involved in a head on car collision, while being driven by special effects supervisor John Richardson in Belgium driving to the set of A Bridge too Far. She had created the first Stormtrooper helmet casts, also created the tables in the milk bar in A Clockwork Orange. The Channel 4 documentary The Curse of The Omen is on KZfaq, and is worth a watch.

I suspect that, at the time when this came out and people weren't so accustomed to horror movie formulas, revealing Mrs Baylock's sinister intention from the get go works well in that it lets the viewer know something is indeed _very_ wrong, yet no specifics of the overarching plot are revealed at that point. Saw this as a little kid in the 1970s ...my sister and I were raised Catholic, so The Omen definitely spooked me. Another production anecdote re the film is that shortly after Gregory Peck had signed on, his son killed himself. Although grieving, Peck nonetheless didn't back out of The Omen.

You hit the nail on the head about the initial interaction between Baylock and Damien. That scene always bothered me, and I never could quite articulate it until this video. It feels too heavy handed in a movie that uses subtlety as it's driving force. I deeply connected with Kathy's inner torment in my first viewing, at age 20. That aspect of the movie actually stuck with me the most, alongside the inevitable trauma those kids must have had to live with after witnessing the hanging at the birthday party. I know it's a very oddly specific detail, and never addressed, but that was deeply disturbing. I want to also add that Robert is, indisputablely, narcissistic. His stubbornness and insistance about never revealing the adoption to Kathy is part of what breaks her down. He buries it in himself, to the point where he doesn't think twice about Damien being Kathy's when Brennan first confronts him. He wanted to push her bodily autonomy regarding her choice to abort aside, because his own stubbornness was more valuable to him. Peck's performance is flawless, because you truly empathize with Robert, instead of noticing these awful traits. This is really a wonderful movie, and one of my favorites.

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When I was a kid, we were over at my grandmother's house one evening. We kids were watching TV unattended in the living room, while my parents, aunts, uncles and grandma were talking in the den at the other end of the house. What came on TV, was The Omen (1976). We watched the whole thing. Then it was time to leave. The big old house was mostly dark (you know those narrow creaking halls, blind corners, looming doorways, etc you find in old houses). The front yard was entirely dark (the area was nearly-rural back then, no security lights or streetlights). We kids tried to stay in the narrow wedge of light thrown across the yard from the front door, but it didn't quite lead to the car. And then dogs started barking. Dude, I just can't tell you how that was for a ten year-old...

They definitely should've had Julie Andrews play Mrs. Baylock! That would've been the epitome of stunt casting. ☂

All the weird things happening behind the scenes are wild I admit EXCEPT Lightning hitting the planes. Lightning strikes airliners many times per day. I've been on like 5 or 6 different fights that were hit by Lightning, it's not really a big deal at all.

Never seen this but I should. Richard Donner was one versatile son of a gun!

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I'm old enough to have first seen this film on British T.V. in the early 80's and yes the decapitation scene was shocking on first viewing. The Omen Trilogy is a great set of films. Fantastic review.

Having Baylock evil from the start is Hitchcock showing us the bomb in the drawer.

The guy who plays Keith is one of those great actors who popped up in many roles during that time period, but I continually forgot his name. Great actors down to the minor roles in this chef’s kiss of horror films. Thank you Mr. RGP to give it recognition again decades later.

This film is amazing! It’s really creepy and unsettling and such a compelling story. There’s no room to breathe here and the story moves along at a nice pace. It gets under your skin subtly and that’s what I love about it. Great horror classic!

Robert should have listened to Father Brennan, who, being a Time Lord, knows a thing or two. (Father Brennan was played by Patrick Troughton, who played the second Doctor in the original Doctor Who series.)

Great movie - A classic for sure. Nowhere near the greatness of The Exorcist for me - but certainly an enjoyable film. Its sequel 'Damien Omen 2" was also very good

What is masterful about the film is that all the deaths could be accidental so Damian could be the Anti-Christ or just a little boy surrounded by delusion adults who think him so, who either want to kill or protect him.

I saw the new prequel was coming out and it made me wanna watch these again. Just finished the first one last night and your review was perfect! It’s a classic. That last scene in the church was very hard to watch and then when Damien said “please daddy no!” 😰

Liking your enthusiasm, and yes, it was a big step up for horror films in 1976. Billie Whitelaw's character may seem a bit 'on the nose' now, but it sure worked then.

I’ve always loved this movie. The creepy vibes and horrible deaths are just a big plus. But one of the most horrifying things in the film is that elevator in the Italian hospital!! That thing is TERRIFYING! How was that a thing?! Could they still exist? You can see part of it at the 14:56 mark, but you have to actually watch the whole scene in order to experience it in its entirety. Does anyone out there know if they still have elevators like this? 😮

I just found your channel today. I'm loving it. If you can find it, the movie that was and is still a terrifying watch for this old horror hound is “The Entity”. I've never been too afraid of supernatural things but that was a hard one.

Great review! The Omen got me when I was 8 or 9, so around 1984/85. Watching it on an old 12" black and white portable Pye TV, I was a church going kid who loved the talk about angels and demons within the Old and New Testament, so the religious nature of this had me hooked. The music still puts a chill down my spine now. Pure terror poured straight into your ears. This was playing on ITV and they were showing the trilogy over 3 weeks. Needless to say I was responsible for my own fear of the dark for the rest of my childhood... Those movies made me seek out more horror and my love for those films and the genre still stick with me to this day, even though the dark holds no fear for me now.

She's A tragic character in the remake too but I think the subtly of her death in the remake is better than the more flamboyant death in original I mean I guess they explain it away like she jumped herself rather then her being thrown like what happened but its more creepier in the remake with the nanny doing the air bubble and us and the mom being forced to watch it going through the tube IV thing and go into her and of course that messes her up and obviously dye but that can be more easily explained away but I guess this could be too lol

Oh, this movie really spooked me as a child. Its bone chilling in terms of the atmosphere. Everything felt so real back then

I watched this movie when I was kid.. I probably shouldn't have watched it, lol .. the theme song stayed with me - The Omen and IT are those movies that live in the head rent-free.

He who will not be saved by the lamb shall be torn by the beast!

I think Father Brennan was very well done. He was also on morphine if you remember. It was the only part in the remake that was weak, everyone else did at least a decent job.

Much like you mentioned in the intro, i havent watched this since i was young, and i think i wasn't able to appreciate it like i might now. Youve inspired a rewatch! Thanks for this video

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Excellent review. One of my favorite satanic horror films, ever! I also love the sequels, except the 4th, it's awful. Are you looking at Damien Omen 2, and Omen 3 The Final Conflict? I really enjoy both of these films and think they got a good deal of unfair negativity.

I've done 6 reviews on this series and about to do a ranking and you've explained the plot better than I could in 6 videos lol. I even understood it better coming from you than I did the movies. Great review.

I too have not seen the omen since I was around 16, and I definitely will rewatch it before the new one comes out!

I like this movie but I wish it had more a little atmosphere. I also agree with your points.

My favorite band has an album dedicate to horror movies called....Horror Show. My first introduction to these movies was a song called Damien by them. Needless to say, it's one of my favorite songs of theirs and I love this trilogy, even the remake isn't bad. The 4th movie....well....I'll let you take care of telling the people about it. Cheers duder!

It's been more than 40 years since I saw this movie for the 1st time and from that day until my last one I will never forget Damien's plea: "No, Daddy, no"! This movie is probably one of the best book adaptations ever made (despite some unnecessary changes and small flaws).

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That intro line was 10/10

This is one of those movies that could have been left untouched. As in, no sequels or prequels. The deeply foreboding religious context leaves for all sorts of speculation. The ending both terrified and thrilled

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It wasn't the head of the baboons they put in the car, it was a baby baboon. I watched a making of doc just yesterday

One of the greatest horror movies. Part 2 is also good.

I will always remember the decapitation scene.

The operational reality is that an in-service aircraft will be struck by lightning on average once a year, or every 3 000 flight hours.

The trailer for the First Omen looks incredible to me (mostly because of the song). But I am also extremely skeptical that it might be a blantant cash crab off of the Omen IP. We know how Hollywood operates these days.

A lightening rod? 13:45

I was struggling to hold onto this movie the whole time, and then the guy got his head entirely separated from his body, with not a drop of blood in any shot, and his head bouncing off a pane of glass like a basketball, and I fully checked out. I understand it was of the time, but like…they could’ve had some blood. It all came off goofy to me, and that sealed the deal.

*edit*. Apparently I was somewhat right. They tried infants first but the troop didn't seem to care, so they put the alpha in the car. Which is strange the troop didn't react to the babies. I've seen vervets and macaques get very angry over humans having any baby monkey. I always heard it was an infant baboon in the car. I would think putting a large, aggressive male, sedated or not, in a car with a woman and small child would be way too dangerous. And Lee Remick was a woman who would flat out refuse to do a stunt she thought was too dangerous.

One thing I want to say is that when this movie came out, in 1976, all the Bible scripture wouldn't have felt pretentious or out of touch because Many more people would have been very used to hearing Bible scripture, and it wouldn't have seemed strange to hear it in a movie. Way more people were religious and went to church on a regular basis. Going at least every Sunday would have been very common. If you notice, a lot of people who were young when this came out will say how much this movie (and The Exorcist, in 1973) impacted them - especially if they were Catholic. It only feels out of touch for us, in 2023, to hear so many Bible talk because religion doesn't play as big a part in our modern society. Probably to our detriment😬.

I always wanted to know why the father had the three Sixes birthmark on his body. Was he a disciple of the anit christ? If so why did he warn the father about his son being the antichrist?

The Omen is in my top three with The Exorcist and The Shining. And I feel only dread with a new Omen coming in April after the defiling of Halloween and The Exorcist. Hollywood is possessed...with lameness and mediocrity.

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I prefer the second film

A quiet place is GARBAGE.

Nope. The picture is very nearly perfect. Billie Whitelaw was fabulous, and, definitely the "right decision." Simply refer to the dumb remake. Hard to imagine that there are "weak" points to the movie.

This video is how I learned they're making a new omen movie 💀