Damien - Omen II (1978)

R06/09/1978Horror, Thriller1h 47m
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The first time was only a warning.

Overview

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    William Holden

    Richard Thorn

  2. Cast 1

    Lee Grant

    Ann Thorn

  3. Cast 1

    Jonathan Scott-Taylor

    Damien Thorn

  4. Cast 1

    Robert Foxworth

    Paul Buher

  5. Cast 1

    Nicholas Pryor

    Charles Warren

  6. Cast 1

    Lew Ayres

    Bill Atherton

  7. Cast 1

    Sylvia Sidney

    Aunt Marion

  8. Cast 1

    Lance Henriksen

    Sergeant Neff

  9. Cast 1

    Lucas Donat

    Mark Thorn

This wasn't as good as Richard Donner's superb original, but it's a solid sequel. It lacks the unique sense of despair and menace of one's own child perhaps being the Antichrist, and the suspense is neither as taut nor as skillfully handled, but there are some great death scene set-pieces here, and it's not as bad as horror fans would let you think it is. I have a special place in my heart for the religious thriller, so perhaps I'm a tad more lenient than I should be in my grading, but I could very well say that the devil made me do it, or at the very least, his spawn. Jerry Goldsmith does ano...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$6,800,000.00

Revenue $26,518,355.00

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