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The Omen

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Directed by Richard Donner

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. From TMDB

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The Omen is a 1976 horror thriller film, directed by Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and David Warner.

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Richard Eder of The New York Times called it "a dreadfully silly film" but "reasonably well-paced. We don't have time to brood about the sillinesses of any particular scene before we are on to the next. There is not a great deal of excitement, but we manage to sustain some curiosity as to how things will work out." Variety praised Richard Donner's direction as "taut" and the performances as "strong", and noted that the script, "sometimes too expository, too predictable, too contrived, is nonetheless a good connective fibre." Roger Ebert gave the film 2.5 stars out of four, saying the "material is approached with the greatest solemnity, not only in the performances but also in the…

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  • Tyson Hesse @tysonhesse.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2024

    Adopting a dog and finding out it's part Jack Russel Terrier is literally the plot of The Omen. (in that movie they adopt a child and it's the antichrist)

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  • ᗷᖇ[IT]🎈 @babysip.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    Kicking off my Sunday horror viewings with the next installment in The Omen franchise feat. our beloved Sam Neill 🥺 #NW The Final Conflict (Omen III; 1981) 🎬 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days

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  • George Hahn @georgehahn.comBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Tonight’s scary movie: THE OMEN (1976). directed by Richard Donner

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  • Horror Facts @horrorfacts.comBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    🦉 "The Omen" 🕯️ had its own set of eerie coincidences, from plane crashes to lightning strikes, leading many to believe the film was truly cursed! ⚡✈️ #HorrorSky #HorrorFacts #HorrorMovies #TheOmen

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Omen (1976) By Chris Barnes

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2025

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Omen (1976) By Chris Barnes

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  • Paula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    The Omen. #Alphabetchallenge #WeekMForMovies

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  • Big Papa Nito @bigpapanito.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx - Best film title. EVER. (well, almost) Le Mans '66 - Vrooooooooom. Doomsday - Thankfully the Avengers free one. The Omen - Look at me, Bluesky. It's all for you

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Omen (1976) #FilmSky

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2025

    The Omen (1976) Directed by Richard Donner

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  • ᗰIᑎᗪᒪEᔕ™️ 🪩 @mindlesmandles.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2026

    Last time there was a total eclipse (11.08.99) I was 9 months +3 days pregnant with my eldest. I was desperate not to have him that day lest I birth ‘a Damien’ from The Omen film! 👿 😂 #666 Managed to hold him in a few more days thankfully! 🩵 👶🏼

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  • Phil Christman @philipchristman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    watching The Omen, thinking of @levistahl.bsky.social's thesis that the theme of every 70s movie is the material shittiness of the '70s. I would add: the theme of every 70s horror movie is DON'T HAVE KIDS

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · Jun 11, 2025

    The First Omen (2024) dir. Arkasha Stevenson 🎬 A worthy sequel / prequel / requel? We were entertained by this most recent entry in the Omen canon. Join us for a chat about the film below and let us know your thoughts on this #horror movie. #filmsky #moviesky #cinema youtu.be/v_qu-yau5ss?...

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  • Richard @ricrus77.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    Sad to hear about Sam Neill’s passing. A brilliant actor. Just some of my favourite performances by him - Damien all grown up in The Omen 3, Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, the utterly charming The Dish and Hunt For The Wilderpeople. Oh - and My Brilliant Career as well - loved that film RIP Sam ❤️

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  • weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    one thing I always loved about Sam Neill: he respected the horror film. Possession, The Omen III, Dead Calm, In the Mouth of Madness, Event Horizon, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Daybreakers, and three dinosaur movies.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2026

    The Omen (1976) 🎬🖤 Directed by Richard Donner

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  • lioneltwigg.bsky.social @lioneltwigg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Sidney Lumet and Al Pacino's best film (and one of my favourite 70s films full stop), DO YOU SEEEEEEE what a great actor Sam Neill was, the UKs cry this week and Sam Neill returns to enliven the damp squib of the Omen series with Jerry Goldsmith's help. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

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  • Hanne @hannehogberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    Between Melanias disturbing looks and her outfit ~~~ A cross between the nanny in the Omen film and the handmaid's tale

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  • Captain Midnight @thefilmfair.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Czech film poster for THE OMEN (1976 - Dir. Richard Donner) Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Patrick Troughton

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  • Dyamant @bluemarcus.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    Everytime I see Barron’s face I think of the movie “The Omen”. He is going to haunt us.

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  • Dave LaFontaine @davelf.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    Many years ago, when I only knew him as the guy from the Omen, I saw the movie Sleeping Dogs (1979). Set in an alternative New Zealand, it was an amazing story of a country teetering on dictatorship that was using fighter jets to missile attack its own people.

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  • Janie Haddad Tompkins❌👑 @janiehaddad.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    It is our HALLOWEEN 2026(66) spooky watch-along of THE OMEN bonus podcast fun audio content, is that me and @pftompkins.bsky.social or Gregory Peck and Lee Remick??? Listen to our commentary with the film, eat candy and ENJOY!!! weekendwater.substack.com/p/watch-alon...

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  • Andrew Nette @pulpcurry.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    This month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the best occult films of the 1970s, Richard Donner's THE OMEN. Here's an appreciation I wrote for the British Film Institute back on its 40th birthday. www.bfi.org.uk/features/ome...

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  • Shane Lear @shanelear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    Barron Trump looks like Damien in The Omen movie.

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  • Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.orgBluesky · Feb 10, 2025

    Born on this day, film composer Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) His career spanned five decades, with 18 Oscar nominations, and one win, for THE OMEN (1976). Goldsmith was unique: he was so versatile and wrote in so many musical styles, it's impossible to pigeonhole him. Read on.. 1/4 #filmsky #musicsky

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2025

    Laszlo Nagy’s alt movie poster for 1976’s “The Omen”. I do love how brave LN’s film work is,with design choices that can directly contradict what we’re used to: this, say, is very much not what’s expected for this horror classic. Especially the colours! It’s witty & yet still respectful & it works!

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  • Adam @astranchida.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    A good-to-great week all around thankfully, because those Halloween sequels are about to piss me off again 🤣 The Omen is a classic, and Jawbreaker fun. I can’t recommend Halloween is Grinch Night enough for any spooky season lovers unfamiliar with it. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky 🎥 📽️

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 25, 2026

    June 25, 1976: Supernatural horror film "The Omen" starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick premieres in the USA.

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  • CrazyMyra @outonthemoors.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    Share an awesome 70s movie! The Omen (1976)

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  • Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 10, 2024

    5 reasons why The Omen is a Christmas movie. 1. A baby with magical powers is born 2. People going to church 3. Lovely Biblical references 4. Toasty fires 5. Spear through the head

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Feb 24, 2026

    The podcast The Scares That Shaped Us is a super fun one where various guests discuss a horror movie that had an impact on them And this recent episode has Toby Poser & John Adams of @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social talking about The Omen 😈🩸

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  • Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2026

    It’s Jerry Goldsmith’s birthday. He could compose brilliant scores for any genre. I first came across him as a kid when I watched The Omen. Ave Satani spooked the hell out of me: he created a Gregorian chant celebrating Satan instead of God. Up is down, black is white: youtu.be/b5vyuaDjJXc?...

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    A request has flooded in; why not review Tony Curtis as a disco dancing spiritualist in 1978's honkers-bonkers The Manitou? A rehash of The Omen and The Exorcist with a bonus Native American flavour, this is enjoyable nonsense, a manitou for all seasons. 3 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/08/02/t...

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  • ᗷᖇ[IT]🎈 @babysip.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Is this the remake absolutely no one asked for? 😅 We’ve got Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber though, not too shabby. After I finish this, I’m going to rewatch The First Omen, then complete my franchise ranking. Stay tuned! #NW The Omen (2006) 🎬 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days

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  • 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓵 @wor-will.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    What horror movie do you think everyone should watch at least once? The Omen (1976) Much like the Exorcist you have top actors playing fantastical material completely straight. In lesser hands it might not have worked. Jerry Goldsmith’s Chanting score alone is enough to give you nightmares.

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  • Jeff @jefmoz.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    #Howl-A-Ween #Musicchallenge #MusicSky 15. ‘TV/Movie Horror Theme Tune Fantomas- Omen (Ave Satan) Mike Patton and CO’s take on the famous: The Omen theme music.

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  • Sydney 👻 @misstacobelle96.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2024

    📽 Now Watching: The Omen!

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  • 𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑 🎬 🎃 @wor-will.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    Share a SCARY movie title that begins with the letter “O” 🎥 O is for… The Omen (1976)

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2025

    June 25, 1976: Supernatural horror film "The Omen" starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick premieres in the USA.

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  • Just sayin'.... @abby18335.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2025

    When ever I see pic of Baron, the movie 'The Omen' comes to mind.

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  • ErickO @emufc309.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    #Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Oct 15 | TV/movie horror theme Theme from the Omen youtu.be/JY8jWXH-L7A?...

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    On this night (1st February) in 1992, the Scala Cinema was showing The Omen (1976), It’s Alive (1974), Omen IV: The Awakening (1991), The Brood (1979) and It Lives Again (1978) as a Demon Baby all-nighter.

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  • Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    Share an awesome 70s movie! The Omen (1976).

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  • Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    I just don’t think you could sell the book today - “Haha let’s do The Omen (remember that 70s film, about the antichrist? Massive success) in the style of Just William (oh ok forget about it”

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  • ᑎᗩTᑌᖇᗩᒪ, ᒪIKE ᐯEᖇᑎOᑎ @naturallikevernon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2025

    If this isn't a movie poster for The Omen 2025, I don't know what is.

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  • Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2025

    More sick day movie watching: Rosemary's Baby (a companion to The Omen from yesterday).

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  • Shane Bettenhausen @shanewatch.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    curious how 'Gremlins 3' will turn out; the 1st rocked my young world: I ran out of theater (after the scene they hatch from the cocoons) to play Space Invaders in the lobby while my family finished the film. My disappointed dad later responded with a "The Omen/The Shining" double feature to fix me

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  • Cinematic Second Chances @cinemaseconds.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    The Visitor (1979) Dir. Giulio Paradisi- They finally did it ? melding 70's sci-fi and horror into one incomprehensible film. Close Encounters meets The Omen as space envoys from? God? come to Atlanta ? to tackle a demon girl problem. Flawed but one of the best times I've ever had at the cinema.🎞️

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  • ᗷᖇ[IT]🎈 @babysip.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Beginning my Friday Night Frights a little early today and kicking things off with the second film in The Omen franchise 👹 #NW Damien - Omen II (1978) 🎬 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days

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  • Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2025

    We went to Guildford today, for reasons. While we were there we visited the Cathedral. This is the location of the famous Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) getting impaled by a lightning rod scene, in the classic horror film "The Omen". Awesome stuff!

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  • Julie 🎃👻🎶 @juliemch.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    #AprilFilmChallenge #Moviesky 4/17. First R rated movie you saw. The Omen (1976) Honestly, I don't know what my parents were thinking 😅

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  • Michael Thomsen @michaelthomsen33.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2024

    Here in Denmark we had a royal family portrait that looked like a The Omen movie poster.

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  • "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. " @sunsetdp.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    He was probably switched at birth like in movie The Omen.

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  • B|\NGER @bangerrr.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    My 3 all time fave scariest film scores: 1. The Omen 2. Amityville Horror 3. Friday the 13th #FilmSky #HorrorSky

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  • 🚀Older Gamers | Gary Burzell🚀 @oldergamers.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    From the movie “The Omen”, look it up.

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    #nowwatching The Omen.

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  • 💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    Still one of my absolute favorite John Carpenter films. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack again lately. What fascinates me most about this film is that it might give the impression that it’s “Religious horror” in the mold of the Omen or the Exorcist, but is in fact something much stranger.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2026

    TRIVIA: Dan McDermott was denied a writing credit on 'The Omen' by the Writers Guild of America, as the screenplay was determined to be too similar to David Seltzer's script for the 1976 film. Seltzer received sole credit, despite being not being involved with the remake's production. (Wikipedia) 🖤

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  • The Scares That Shaped Us @scaresshapedus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    NEW EPISODE: Toby Poser and John Adams of @adamsfamfilms.bsky.social join the show this week to talk about their new movie MOTHER OF FLIES (on @shudder.com Friday!), and we unpack the influence and craft of 1976's THE OMEN! LISTEN NOW: redcircle.com/shows/41a2d4...

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  • Artisanal-Zyn @kill-dyl-vol2.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2025

    The Omen (1976). Director: Richard Donner One of the GOAT horrors of the 70s. This film's just as scary as the actual horrors that surround it. Many of its creators dying/coming near death in terrifying ways, even corresponding with exact events in the film. #horror #horrormovies #scary #film #70s

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