THE OMEN from 20TH CENTURY FOX (1976). The production budget cost $2.8 million and the studio devised a marketing campaign which matched that budget. It was a box office smash earning $60 million in the United States. The Foreign box office climbed to $46 million with a worldwide total of $96 million.
It tells the story of Robert and Katherine Thorn who were having a baby. Their child died right after birth. The hospital father (chaplain) told Robert that a different mother died in child-birth too. A baby boy needs parents and Robert is persuaded to replace the "dead" baby with the "live" one. Robert never tells Katherine that he switched those babies. The boy is named Damien Thorn....
Five years later - The innocent looking Damien appears to be an unfounded evil force. Mysterious deaths are connected to him who is soon labeled the "Anti-Christ." Watch to the end of the story and decide whether Damien is who he appears to be.
The movie spawned 3 sequel films and a 2006 remake. You can't beat the original "Damien" though. Check it out this Halloween 2022.
Watch the classic 1976 trailer below. The movie looks fantastic today on Blu-Ray.
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