Very well executed

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

When the Omen first came out during the summer of 1976, it became a horror blockbuster and spawned several sequels including a made for tv fourth one as well as a bad remake as well as two short lived tv series. This movie deals with the Antichrist as well as canine carnage. Gregory Peck and Lee Remick play the parents of a young kid named Damien Throne, played by Harvey Spencer Stephens when he was around five, who is fascinated with the devil. The soundtrack is chilling and the special effects are practical but enjoyable. Worth a rental.

The Omen, directed by Richard Donner (director of The Goonies) and starring Gregory Peck as Robert Thorn and David Warner as Jennings, is an absolutely fantastic promotor not alone for the supernatural-horror genre, but for the film industry itself. Peck and Donner have both had phenomenal careers in acting, particularly Gregory Peck who has starred in Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and To Kill A Mockingbird, based on the world-renowned novel by Harper Lee. Due to a fabulous duo and supporting cast, all who perform exceptionally, the visually stunning violence is encapsulating and completely unpredictable.The film is a supernatural, horror film, centered on the Anti-Christ/Spawn of Satan, who takes the form of a human boy. Off the synopsis alone, you know it'll be hard to get it wrong.The film is renowned for its enlightenment on the number of Satan, the triple-six (666). Based off readings in the bible, The Omen captures the pure essence of supernatural-horror, and, despite the antagonist being a small child, it can become truly terrifying thanks to a great psychotic demon-bodyguard… One of the best finale sequences I've yet to witness and should (if it even can) not disappoint.

I rated this 7, which is 6.66 rounded up.Anyway, this movie ain't child's play, and much has been written about The Omen. When I first watched it, I thought "omen" meant something awful or negative. But "omen" is a neutral word but thanks to this scary motion picture, we associate it with a 666 kid-running-amok. Anyway, after the movie screened, I can imagine parents nervously checking for 666 marks on their kids' scalps and re-familiarizing themselves with the Book of Revelation. But a word of caution for parents in this predicament...the 666 may in fact be 999, as the absence of an underline on the kid's scalp may confuse things, and a 999 kid is innocent.

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.I mean, the 1976 The Omen is dated, but that's not a bad thing and in this case you get the sense that they were doing something fresh and really trying to frighten you...and they did.By comparison the remake is paint by numbers and offers nothing new.1976 is, hands down the more frightening, more dramatic, and more suspenseful film. Compared to 2006. 1976 is believable.