Review of The Omen (1976) by Jon C — 02 Oct 2013

A horror movie that succeeds using a very low budget Gregory Peck is terrific as the father and Damien played by Harvey Stephens is very scary as the son of Satan Ricard Donner, director of the 1st 'Superman' expertly uses the camera angles and the creepy score to elevate the terror throughout the score composed by Jerry Goldsmith is one of the scariest themes I've ever heard what also works for this movie is the filmmakers cleverly don't show too much about how Damien came into the lives of this couple who just wanted a child of their own; there are elements involving a pawn (protector) for Damien, the child not being able to set foot in a church which exhalts heaven, other agents such as the black dogs, and animals themselves who can sense something is very wrong and there are those truly memorable scenes of those dying at the hands of the Anti-Christ and let's not forget the last 10 min, my heart was racing in suspense unaware of the final outcome save yourself the trouble and skip the abysmal remake; this is a better form of Satanic child cinema.