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Damien: Omen II

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Sequel of:

The Omen

Sequel:

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Original title

Damien: Omen II

Year

1978

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Don Taylor, Mike Hodges

Screenwriter

Mike Hodges, Stanley Mann. Story: Harvey Bernhard

Cast

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Horror | Sequel

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The Omen

Synopsis

It is seven years later after Damien Thorn’s father tried to kill him. He is now a teenager, living in Chicago with his uncle Richard, the head of the multi-national Thorn Corporation. Damien and his cousin Mark are placed in a military academy. There some of the instructors are servants of darkness and help Damien to understand who he is and the destiny that awaits him. Others try to alert Richard as to who Damien really is. But soon those who stand in the way of Damien inheriting the Thorn Corporation or try to tell others who he is start being killed in bizarre fashions.

Critics' reviews

"The film could be subtitled 'A Portrait Of The Anti-Christ As A Young Man'. The emphasis has been shifted from parental anxiety to the frustration of a boy struggling to identify—and then reconcile—his demonic birthright."

Adam Nayman: AV Club
"If a movie can be said to snore before your eyes, Damien sustains an ungodly, unstimulating buzz"

Gary Arnold: The Washington Post
"There's really no story here, just a catalog of increasingly baroque murders."

Newsweek
"'Damien-Omen II' though it's as foolish as the first film, is rather more fun to watch and sometimes very stylish-looking."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"A rerun of the first one but satan junior is now a teenager. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Ian Nathan: Empire
"This sequel lacks the bravura pacing of the original, and though it tries to maintain the biblical tone in following the adolescence of its antichrist anti-hero, immense problems emerge."

Time Out
"Don Taylor, a director who specializes in sequels and imitations dutifully puts image to celluloid without distinction"

The Globe and Mail

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Damien: Omen II

1978

Don Taylor, Mike Hodges

6.0

(4,950)