The Omen

"You Have Been Warned"

Jun 25 1976 R 1h 51m
Horror

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

Plot

Robert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. They are happily married and he is the US Ambassador to Great Britain, but they want nothing more than to have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that they take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees. After relocating to London, strange events - and the ominous warnings of a priest - lead him to believe that the child he took from that Italian hospital is evil incarnate.

Written by

David Seltzer, Harvey Bernhard

Directed by

Richard Donner

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Mace Neufeld Productions

Languages

Latin, Italiano, English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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