Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- ambassador
- prophecy
- monk
- photography
- nanny
- paranormal phenomena
- rottweiler
- devil's son
- revelation
- satan
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Gregory Peck
Robert Thorn
Lee Remick
Katherine Thorn
David Warner
Keith Jennings
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs. Baylock
- Harvey Stephens — Damien Thorn
- Patrick Troughton — Father Brennan
- Martin Benson — Father Spiletto
- Robert Rietti — Monk
- Tommy Duggan — Priest
- John Stride — Psychiatrist
- Holly Palance — Young Nanny
- Anthony Nicholls — Dr. Becker
- Roy Boyd — Reporter
- Sheila Raynor — Mrs. Horton
- Robert MacLeod — Horton
- Directed
- Richard Donner
- Written
- David Seltzer
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 2,460 ratings
- Studio
- Mace Neufeld Productions, 20th Century Fox, Harvey Bernhard Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1976 · You’re hereThe Omen
Where it starts.
Damien - Omen II
1978
The Final Conflict
1981
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
