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''And the Holy Roman Empire rises, then You and I must die. ''
''From the eternal sea he rises, creating armies on either shore ''
''Turning man against his brother 'til man exists no more. ''
''[[The Omen]]'' is a 1976 suspense/horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars [[Gregory Peck]], Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. The first film was scripted by David Seltzer, who also wrote the novel.
Though similar to ''[[
It also displays some of the bad style of [[The Seventies]] and comes across as very cheesy at times, despite generally maintaining a solid degree of intelligence and sincerity.
The movie followed a cycle of '[[Enfant Terrible|demonic]] [[Creepy Child|child]]' movies, such as ''[[
A remake was released on June 6, 2006, a release date chosen because of its significance to the Number of the Beast (666).
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* [[Animals Hate Him]]: Damien terrifies most animals. They either flee or attack him, and for good reason. The exceptions, of course, are his [[Hell Hound|guard dogs]].
* [[The Antichrist]]: Damien.
* [[Arc Words]]: "Look at me Damien! It's all for you!"
** Also doubles as {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]}}.
* [[Birthmark of Destiny]]: Damien, of course, bears the [[Mark of the Beast]] (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Damien, not to mention the nanny.
** Damien is a HIGHLY debatable example, as he never does anything evil in the first film directly, and its left ambiguous of how aware he is (and in the second film its retcon that he didn't know until he was about 13).
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: [[Subverted Trope|... not.]]
* [[Creepy Child]]: Well, he's quite adorable for the son of Satan...
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to
* [[Doomed Appointment]]: Subverted. Thorn gets the warning, but doesn't believe it.
* [[Downer Ending]]:
* [[Enfant Terrible]]: The plot of the first film. He's better behaved at the start of the second film, until he learns of his call.
** Well outside of throwing a temper tantrum when he comes near a church, and knocking his mother off the stairs (which may or may not have been a accident) its debatable on this in the first film.
* [[Even Mooks Have Loved Ones]]
* [[Eye Scream]]: The iron from the third movie.
** In the second film, one woman has her two eyes beaked by a raven, letting her completely blind and then making her
* [[Famous Last Words]]: [[The Antichrist|Damien]]: "[[Jesus|Nazarene]]...you have won ''nothing''."
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: In the third film, Damien gives one to a statue of Jesus on the Cross about how he is a weak charlatan who gives humanity false hope. The speech then goes into a [[Motive Rant]] about Damien avenging [[The Devil|his father's]] exile from [[Heaven]].
* [[Hell Hound]]: Damien is guarded by a squadron of Rottweilers.
* [[Hybrid Monster]]: {{spoiler|Damien's real father is the Devil... and his mother was a ''jackal''.}}
* [[Impaled
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted in the third film.
* [[Mark of the Beast]]: Damien has a small birthmark {{spoiler|on his scalp}} resembling three sixes.
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* [[Nuns Are Spooky]]: Like the one who tells Thorn that she can't give him any information about his child.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: The 'Bad Seed' variant. {{spoiler|It doesn't work}}.
* [[Off
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Ave Satani.
** For anyone
* [[Prophecy Twist]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien attempt to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[Anti Christ|the beasts]]" defeat to "[[The Messiah|the lamb]]" as predicted in [[The Bible|Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him.
* [[Religious Horror]]
* [[Revealing Coverup]]: At times, the Satanic forces that try to protect Damien actually wind up helping to convince skeptics that he is, indeed, the Antichrist. Had all those mysterious deaths been a little ''less'' spectacular/creepy, Thorn and others might never have believed they were anything but accidents.
* [[Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts]]: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
* [[Secret Circle of Secrets]]: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[Religion of Evil|Satan-worshiping cult]] who are loyal to the death and do the dirty work of murdering those could threaten Damien when the accidents don't.▼
* [[Screw Destiny]]: In the third film, Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
▲* [[Secret Circle of Secrets]]: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[Religion of Evil|Satan-worshiping cult]] who are loyal to the death and do the dirty work of murdering those could threaten Damien when the accidents don't.
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: The first two films end like this.
* [[Sickbed Slaying]]
* [[Spooky Photographs]]: Every single picture Jennings takes contains some clue about how the subject will die by Satan's influence.
* [[Stock Subtitle]]: ''The Awakening'' for the fourth film.
* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: The last guy from the first movie (played by Leo McKern)who knew Damien's secret is killed off in the opening minutes of ''Damien: The Omen II'', tying up a remaining loose end.
* [[Sugary Malice]]: The babysitter.
* [[Switched At Birth]]
* [[Sword Over Head]]: Despite the
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Damien starts to become this in the second film, but what do you expect from an Antichrist, even if he eventually stay calm and accepts his fate.
* [[Trilogy Creep]]: The fourth film (this a one made-for-TV deal) involved the daughter of Damien and the antichrist's return to Earth. It tried to explore the world of ''[[The Omen]]'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[The Beatles|Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into [[Canon
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and
* [[Unwilling Suspension]]: Happens to the one of the monks in the third film, who is then wrapped in plastic and is [[Man On Fire|caught on fire]].
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: In the first film Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise.
** Although he [[Wild Mass Guessing|might not have been putting on a performance]].
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''The cow jumped over the moony''
''Now take your poem; and go on ho-em''
''Or I'll have you committed - you LOONY!''
- ''The Omenous'' (Mad Magazine's adaptation)
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