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Post by janntosh on Oct 7, 2020 16:11:33 GMT
A true classic. It's so ominous and unsettling throughout the movie, right from the beginning (the birthday party) - the dog, the weird babysitter and the atmosphere really make you feel uneasy and it doesn't try to actively scare you with gore and jumpscares, it just sets a really great atmosphere, which makes this movie even better, because not many directors can pull that off right. And that fucking incredible score by Jerry Goldsmith Rightfully won the Academy Award now are the sequels worth watching?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Oct 7, 2020 16:22:16 GMT
I was too young to watch it in theatres when it came out. I probably watched it on VHS later one, and I remember thinking it was scary as hell (at least the first one, I am not sure what I thought of the sequels).
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 7, 2020 16:49:24 GMT
One of the best horror movies of the 1970s.
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Post by Anonymous Andy on Oct 7, 2020 17:35:17 GMT
now are the sequels worth watching? Omen II and III and imperfect but enjoyable follow-ups if you're interested in Damien growing up and into his role as Satan incarnate. Your mileage may vary, but I think II is the superior sequel. You still get the creepy kid stuff and the death scenes are kicked up a few notches. III is good but kind of plodding. Don't bother with IV or the remake. Both are virtually worthless.
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Post by James on Oct 7, 2020 17:47:17 GMT
Good movie. 2 and 3 are pretty decent too.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 7, 2020 17:48:01 GMT
Only saw the original but really enjoyed it. Something I appreciate about horror films from that era is that they took evil seriously w/o going full camp.
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Post by Raimo47 on Oct 7, 2020 18:00:17 GMT
now are the sequels worth watching?
Damien: Omen II - Yes
Omen III: The Final Conflict - Yes
Omen IV: The Awakening - No
The Omen (2006) - No
II and III are both great movies.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Oct 7, 2020 18:03:44 GMT
The first R-rated movie I saw, at the ripe old age of eleven. Truly a classic that still holds up today. The first two sequels are worthy follow-ups but don't come close to the original.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 7, 2020 18:05:27 GMT
Good movies
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 7, 2020 18:27:03 GMT
I don't care much for The Omen (1976).
Besides the score and a few creepy scenes, I am indifferent to the movie. I don't think it has very effective atmosphere, I think Gregory Peck is miscast and the story isn't all that interesting. The movie is also missing an emotional core, a reason to care about what is happening.
6/10
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Post by jcush on Oct 7, 2020 18:31:13 GMT
I'm a big fan of the original. The sequels are mediocre at best.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Oct 7, 2020 20:36:12 GMT
The second one isn't bad. William Holden, Lee Grant and Robert Foxworth are really good! The third one - forget it! I remember sitting in a large theater (this is before they all went multiplex) in the dark with my sister watching it. It was so unsettling that (this is in the days where you could smoke in movie theaters) we were trying to light our cigarettes, and our hands were shaking so bad, we couldn't do it! Terrifying!
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Post by millar70 on Oct 7, 2020 20:38:27 GMT
As is the case with many films with multiple sequels, the original is an absolute classic, the first sequel is still pretty good, then each remaining sequel gets worse and worse.
I think the original was pretty great. Very creepy, and whoever found that kid did a great job in casting.
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Post by Reynard on Oct 7, 2020 20:52:39 GMT
The Omen is really well made in every way and Gregory Peck is perfectly cast. The plot is quite mechanical and often predictable, but Donner's effective and classy directing makes it work.
Damien: Omen II is quite good, but it is easy to notice that there was a change of director since the military academy scenes are much more elegantly directed, while most of the rest is good but more workmanlike. There are some really nice ideas, like that creepy wall they found, but overall it's a bit too slasher-like, some characters are there only to be killed and so on. The boy playing Damien is really good and of course there's Lance Henriksen is a small but important role.
The Final Conflict, well ok, Neil is good and it has really strong opening scenes, some good ideas and few really good scares, like the burned baby. The plot doesn't make much sense though and The Antichrist often seems more bark than bite. His philosophical monologues about the nature of evil are nowhere near as deep as the writers probably thought. However what really makes this "final conflict" so disappointing is that the way the monks are trying to kill him breaks the rules of the series. The Final Conflict isn't exactly bad, but it could have been so much better with some rewrites.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Oct 7, 2020 23:06:06 GMT
Seem the trilogy so many times
The Omen 8/10 Damien: Omen II 7/10 Omen III The Final COnflict 6.5/10 Omen IV 4/10 Omen Remake 5/10
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 7, 2020 23:37:06 GMT
The dog in Omen 3 making mothers burn their babies with a hot iron--you don't see that anymore (though the alien in Alien vs Predator 2 injecting the pregnant woman with alien eggs was pretty horrifying and then the hospital blows up too).
To get the kid for the Omen they told him to kick Donner as hard as he could in the shin and the kid was so enthusiastic for doing it he had to be pulled away, and then they knew they found the right kid.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 7, 2020 23:45:42 GMT
I've never seen an Omen film, am I missing out? I thought "Exorcist" was okish.
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Post by Reynard on Oct 8, 2020 0:32:00 GMT
The dog in Omen 3 making mothers burn their babies with a hot iron--you don't see that anymore (though the alien in Alien vs Predator 2 injecting the pregnant woman with alien eggs was pretty horrifying and then the hospital blows up too). To get the kid for the Omen they told him to kick Donner as hard as he could in the shin and the kid was so enthusiastic for doing it he had to be pulled away, and then they knew they found the right kid. Killing little kids has always been very rare and a bit of a taboo in US mainstream horror, I don't think The Final Conflict was a watershed one way or another. Italian horror films have some kid getting killed in about every third production. Cultural differences. Never heard that story about casting "Damien" before. Well, everyone knows that a child actor's real personality must be close to that of the character he is going to play. There is only so much acting that a kid can do. So how do you cast a young antichrist? I suppose that's one way of doing it...
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Oct 8, 2020 0:33:06 GMT
I actually prefer the second. For me, the original is a fairly standard evil little kid movie. The second is about that kid as a somewhat average teenager realizing he's the antichrist, which is a far more compelling story imo.
The third is only worth watching if you're a fan of Sam Neill chewing scenery like bubblegum. I don't think I've seen 4. I heard the remake took the Psycho 1998 route of being shot for shot so I skipped it.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 8, 2020 0:43:32 GMT
I actually prefer the second. For me, the original is a fairly standard evil little kid movie. The second is about that kid as a somewhat average teenager realizing he's the antichrist, which is a far more compelling story imo. The third is only worth watching if you're a fan of Sam Neill chewing scenery like bubblegum. I don't think I've seen 4. I heard the remake took the Psycho 1998 route of being shot for shot so I skipped. The remake is not shot for shot in the way Psycho (1998) is, but it is very similar. The main differences are the tone is way more in your face dread and the child performance is very self-aware and cringe-y. I actually think the remake has parts that are more effective than the original and I actually prefer Liev Schreiber's performance to Gregory Peck's performance. Peck has always felt somewhat out of place in the original for me. The original is better, but I don't hate the remake by any means. Roger Ebert famously preferred the remake.
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