Review: The Omen (1976)
American ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is in Rome for the birth of his first child with wife Katharine (Lee Remick, perfect casting) when he is told that the child has not survived the birth. It’s 6am on the 6 th day of the 6 th month. Thorn is told that they can be given a replacement, as a woman has just died giving birth, and her baby is now orphaned. In order to save his wife the trauma and grief, Thorn reluctantly takes the offer and they name the child Damien. Several years later and now Thorn is posted to England, where some odd and violent things start happening around the now adolescent Damien (Harvey Stephens). A nanny (Holly Palance) makes a public spectacle of committing suicide at Damien’s fifth birthday party, exclaiming ‘It’s all for you!’. A trip to the zoo sees a pack of baboons violently shake the family car. And just why does Damien so badly freak out when taken to church? Even Katharine starts to have her suspicions/fears about Damien. A ranting priest (P...