Review of The Omen (1976) by Melvin W — 27 Jun 2011

Robert: Now, I've heard you. I want you to hear me: I never want to see you again.

Father Brennan: You'll see me in hell, Mr. Thorn. There, we will share out our sentence.

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666." Book of Revelation Chapter 13 Verse 18.

The Omen is among my three favorite horror movies of all-time. It features an iconic horror villain, Damien; who is played remarkably well by Harvey Stephens. Damien just happens to be the son of the Devil and when the son of the Devil is around, shit is going to go down. I feel I need to describle my favorite scene in this movie, which is among my favorite scenes of all-time. In the freakiest scene, which is masterfully put together in the movie, we are at Damiens birthday party. He's riding a merry-go-round and we here a woman screaming his name, and every time I watch this movie I think it's his mother who is standing right by the merry-go-round. It is not, it's a ctually his nanny, who is standing outside a window, on the top floor of their house, with a rope around her neck. She screams, " Look at me, Damien! It's all for you." Then she hangs herself. To me, it's one of the best put together scenes in movie history. The film features great performances from Gregory Peck and also Billie Whitelaw. White law plays Damiens nanny. She knows what he is and is there to protect him. The score is brilliant and when the chants are involved with the score it is really creepy. This is a great film and among the top horror films ever.