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* BodyHorror/DeathByChildbirth/FetusTerrible: How Damian's son is born.
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* BodyHorror/DeathByChildbirth/FetusTerrible: BodyHorror/ DeathByChildbirth / FetusTerrible: How Damian's son is born.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The novel is set in the year 2000, and at one point the character needs to look up a piece of information. He does so by requesting the use of a hotel's sole computer, which a giant monstrosity that is wheeled into his room by the hotel staff. He asks if the staff if the book he is looking for in the computer's database, to which the staff member assures him that the computer holds every book. Later, while using the computer, the character makes queries to the computer which then draws logical conclusions based on the questions he asks it, something which no computer in any era is able to do. Computers can organize information, it's still up to people to draw conclusions from that data.
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* BodyHorror/DeathByChildbirth/FetusTerrible: How Damian's son is born.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The novel is set in the year 2000, and at one point the character needs to look up a piece of information. He does so by requesting the use of a hotel's sole computer, which a giant monstrosity that is wheeled into his room by the hotel staff. He asks if the staff if the book he is looking for in the computer's database, to which the staff member assures him that the computer holds every book. Later, while using the computer, the character makes queries to the computer which then draws logical conclusions based on the questions he asks it, something which no computer in any era is able to do.Computers Perhaps the author didn't realize that even in the future computers can only organize information, it's still up to people to draw conclusions from that data.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The novels were written in the early 1980s, and set in the year 2000.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The novel is set in the year 2000, and at one point the character needs to look up a piece of information. He does so by requesting the use of a hotel's sole computer, which a giant monstrosity that is wheeled into his room by the hotel staff. He asks if the staff if the book he is looking for in the computer's database, to which the staff member assures him that the computer holds every book. Later, while using the computer, the character makes queries to the computer which then draws logical conclusions based on the questions he asks it, something which no computer in any era is able to do.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The novels were written in the early 1980s, and set in the year 2000.
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The movie followed a cycle of '[[EnfantTerrible demonic]] [[CreepyChild child]]' movies, such as ''RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheExorcist'', and was itself followed by three sequels (''Damien: Omen II'', ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'', and ''Omen IV: The Awakening'') and a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie ''{{Holocaust 2000}}''.
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The movie followed a cycle of '[[EnfantTerrible demonic]] [[CreepyChild child]]' movies, such as ''RosemarysBaby'' and ''Film/TheExorcist'', and was itself followed by three sequels (''Damien: Omen II'', ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'', and ''Omen IV: The Awakening'') Awakening''). After the first three films were novelized, two non-canon book sequels were written by Gordon McGill (''Omen IV: Armageddon 2000'' and ''Omen V: The Abomination'') chronicling the exploits of Damien's son and his attempts to cause the end of the world through interfering with the international peace process. There were a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie ''{{Holocaust 2000}}''.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The novel is set in the year 2000, and at one point the character needs to look up a piece of information. He does so by requesting the use of a hotel's sole computer, which a giant monstrosity that is wheeled into his room by the hotel staff. He asks if the staff if the book he is looking for in the computer's database, to which the staff member assures him that the computer holds every book. Later, while using the computer, the character makes queries to the computer which then draws logical conclusions based on the questions he asks it, something which no computer in any era is able to do. Computers can organize information, it's still up to people to draw conclusions from that data.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The novel is set in the year 2000, and at one point the character needs to look up a piece of information. He does so by requesting the use of a hotel's sole computer, which a giant monstrosity that is wheeled into his room by the hotel staff. He asks if the staff if the book he is looking for in the computer's database, to which the staff member assures him that the computer holds every book. Later, while using the computer, the character makes queries to the computer which then draws logical conclusions based on the questions he asks it, something which no computer in any era is able to do. Computers can organize information, it's still up to people to draw conclusions from that data.
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* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
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* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles [[Music/TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
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* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
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* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster crying child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A lot actually, but two that sick out the most is the death of the one priest who is mauled to death by bloodhounds during a hunt and another priest who burns to death whilst trapped in melting plastic sheets. [[NightmareFuel Ouch.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A lot actually, but two that sick stick out the most is the death of the one priest who is mauled to death by bloodhounds during a hunt and another priest who burns to death whilst trapped in melting plastic sheets. [[NightmareFuel Ouch.]]]] And what makes it worse is that the latter doesn't die fast.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Oh so VERY AVERTED.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A lot actually, but two that sick out the most is the death of the one priest who is mauled to death by bloodhounds during a hunt and another priest who burns to death whilst trapped in melting plastic sheets. [[NightmareFuel Ouch.]]
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to mobilise SWAT (who are...)
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Damian threatens Mark with this after he rejects his offer to rule Earth, leading to his death. It's notable as it's the only death in the franchise that Damian appears to feel actual remorse for.
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Damian Damien threatens Mark with this after he rejects his offer to rule Earth, leading to his death. It's notable as it's the only death in the franchise that Damian Damien appears to feel actual remorse for.
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Damian threatens Mark with this after he rejects his offer to rule Earth, leading to his death. It's notable as it's the only death in the franchise that Damian appears to feel actual remorse for.
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* ArcWords: "Look at me Damien! It's all for you!"
** Also doubles as [[spoiler:{{famous last words}}]].
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Damien, of course, bears the MarkOfTheBeast (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
** Also doubles as [[spoiler:{{famous last words}}]].
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Damien, of course, bears the MarkOfTheBeast (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
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* ArcWords: "Look at me Damien! It's all for you!"
you!"
** Also doubles as[[spoiler:{{famous last words}}]].
[[spoiler:FamousLastWords]].
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Damien, of course, bears the MarkOfTheBeast (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
** Also doubles as
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Damien, of course, bears the MarkOfTheBeast (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
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** 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.
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** 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.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
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* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
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* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
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* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
!!!]].
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]] ]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth.
Earth.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
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* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
* ProphecyTwist: Damien attempts to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
* ProphecyTwist: Damien attempts to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
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* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: NiceJobBreakingItHerod: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
* ProphecyTwist: Damien attempts to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in[[TheBible [[Literature/TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
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* ScrewDestiny: Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
* ProphecyTwist: Damien attempts to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in
* ScrewDestiny: Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
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* DaddysGirl: Delia doesn't like her mother much, but whenever she has been naughty, she only has to look at her father with [[PuppyDogEyes puppy dog eyes]] and tell him a made-up story (usually one that her father can relate to because of personal childhood experience), and she has him wrapped around her finger.
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* DaddysGirl: Delia doesn't like her mother much, but whenever she has been naughty, she only has to look at her father with [[PuppyDogEyes puppy dog eyes]] PuppyDogEyes and tell him a made-up story (usually one that her father can relate to because of personal childhood experience), and she has him wrapped around her finger.
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* DaddysGirl: Delia doesn't like her mother much, but whenever she has been naughty, she only has to look at her father with [[PuppyDogEyes puppy dog eyes]] and tell him a made-up story (usually one that her father can relate to because of personal childhood experience), and she has him wrapped around her finger.
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* HybridMonster: [[spoiler:Damien's real father is the Devil... and his mother was a ''jackal''.]]
* NunsAreSpooky: Like the one who tells Thorn that she can't give him any information about his child.
* OffingTheOffspring: The 'Bad Seed' variant. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
* OffingTheOffspring: The 'Bad Seed' variant. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
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* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[ReligionOfEvil 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.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The first two films end like this.
* SugaryMalice: The babysitter.
* SwitchedAtBirth
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The first two films end like this.
* SugaryMalice: The babysitter.
* SwitchedAtBirth
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The priest in the courtyard during the thunderstorm.
* OffWithHisHead: Jennings's death, still considered by horror buffs to be one of the best deaths of all time.
* SpookyPhotographs: Every single picture Jennings takes contains some clue about how the subject will die by Satan's influence.
* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
** Although he [[WildMassGuessing might not have been putting on a performance]]
* OffWithHisHead: Jennings's death, still considered by horror buffs to be one of the best deaths of all time.
* SpookyPhotographs: Every single picture Jennings takes contains some clue about how the subject will die by Satan's influence.
* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
** Although he [[WildMassGuessing might not have been putting on a performance]]
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth.
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
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* UnwillingSuspension: Happens to the one of the monks in the third film, who is then wrapped in plastic and is [[ManOnFire caught on fire]].
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* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and [[spoiler: the antichrist died infront of the risen Jesus]] how could it have been more final?
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and [[spoiler: the antichrist died infront of the risen Jesus]] how could it have been more final?
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* HybridMonster: [[spoiler:Damien's real father is the Devil... and his mother was a ''jackal''.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The priest in the courtyard during the thunderstorm.
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The priest in the courtyard during the thunderstorm.
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
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* NunsAreSpooky: Like the one who tells Thorn that she can't give him any information about his child.
* OffingTheOffspring: The 'Bad Seed' variant. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
* OffWithHisHead: Jennings's death, still considered by horror buffs to be one of the best deaths of all time.
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[ReligionOfEvil 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.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The first two films end like this.
* OffingTheOffspring: The 'Bad Seed' variant. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
* OffWithHisHead: Jennings's death, still considered by horror buffs to be one of the best deaths of all time.
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[ReligionOfEvil 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.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The first two films end like this.
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* SpookyPhotographs: Every single picture Jennings takes contains some clue about how the subject will die by Satan's influence.
* SugaryMalice: The babysitter.
* SwitchedAtBirth
* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and [[spoiler: the antichrist died infront of the risen Jesus]] how could it have been more final?
* UnwillingSuspension: Happens to the one of the monks in the third film, who is then wrapped in plastic and is [[ManOnFire caught on fire]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first film Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
** Although he [[WildMassGuessing might not have been putting on a performance]]
* SugaryMalice: The babysitter.
* SwitchedAtBirth
* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and [[spoiler: the antichrist died infront of the risen Jesus]] how could it have been more final?
* UnwillingSuspension: Happens to the one of the monks in the third film, who is then wrapped in plastic and is [[ManOnFire caught on fire]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first film Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
** Although he [[WildMassGuessing might not have been putting on a performance]]
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* {{Hellhound}}: Damien is guarded by a squadron of Rottweilers.
* MarkOfTheBeast: Damien has a small birthmark [[spoiler:on his scalp]] resembling three sixes.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
* OminousLatinChanting: Ave Satani.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* MarkOfTheBeast: Damien has a small birthmark [[spoiler:on his scalp]] resembling three sixes.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
* OminousLatinChanting: Ave Satani.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Damien was supposed to die at the end of the first movie, but Donner was persuaded to change the ending to allow for sequels.
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ExecutiveMeddling: The director wanted Damien to be ''fifteen'' in the sequel, according to WordOfGod. He wanted this because he thought it would be interesting to give Damien a girlfriend ''before'' he discovers what he is, ensuring {{Angst}} when he has to chose [[ThePowerOfLove love]] or [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]]. The execs forced him to accept Damien at 12. It's very ironic that nowadays the execs would be pushing to have Damien older.
* EyeScream: A woman has her two eyes beaked by a raven, letting her completely blind and then making her get hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood [[spoiler: and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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. [[spoiler: [=McKern=] is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.]]
* EyeScream: A woman has her two eyes beaked by a raven, letting her completely blind and then making her get hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood [[spoiler: and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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. [[spoiler: [=McKern=] is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.]]
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* EyeScream: The iron from the third movie.
* FamousLastWords: [[TheAntiChrist Damien]]: "[[{{Jesus}} Nazarene]]...you have won ''nothing''."
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
* HannibalLecture: 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 MotiveRant about Damien avenging [[TheDevil his father's]] exile from {{Heaven}}.
* InfantImmortality: Averted.
* ProphecyTwist: Damien attempts to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
* FamousLastWords: [[TheAntiChrist Damien]]: "[[{{Jesus}} Nazarene]]...you have won ''nothing''."
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
* HannibalLecture: 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 MotiveRant about Damien avenging [[TheDevil his father's]] exile from {{Heaven}}.
* InfantImmortality: Averted.
* ProphecyTwist: Damien attempts to stop the second coming of Christ by killing any children born during the sign of his immanent return. This is to prevent "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
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* StockSubtitle: ''The Awakening''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HarryPotter Lupin and Dumbledore]] are in the 2006 remake.
** Robert Thorn is an AssholeVictim cop who [[{{Phantoms}} wants you to see something]].
** Robert Thorn is an AssholeVictim cop who [[{{Phantoms}} wants you to see something]].
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Damien was supposed to die at the end of the first movie, but Donner was persuaded to change the ending to allow for sequels.
** The director wanted Damien to be ''fifteen'' in the sequel, according to WordOfGod. He wanted this because he thought it would be interesting to give Damien a girlfriend ''before'' he discovers what he is, ensuring {{Angst}} when he has to chose [[ThePowerOfLove love]] or [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]]. The execs forced him to accept Damien at 12. It's very ironic that nowadays the execs would be pushing to have Damien older.
* EyeScream: 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 gettting hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.
* FamousLastWords: [[TheAntiChrist Damien]]: "[[{{Jesus}} Nazarene]]...you have won ''nothing''."
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood [[spoiler: and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA]].
* HannibalLecture: 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 MotiveRant about Damien avenging [[TheDevil his father's]] exile from {{Heaven}}.
* {{Hellhound}}: Damien is guarded by a squadron of Rottweilers.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HarryPotter Lupin and Dumbledore]] are in the 2006 remake.
** Robert Thorn is an AssholeVictim cop who [[{{Phantoms}} wants you to see something]].
** The director wanted Damien to be ''fifteen'' in the sequel, according to WordOfGod. He wanted this because he thought it would be interesting to give Damien a girlfriend ''before'' he discovers what he is, ensuring {{Angst}} when he has to chose [[ThePowerOfLove love]] or [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]]. The execs forced him to accept Damien at 12. It's very ironic that nowadays the execs would be pushing to have Damien older.
* EyeScream: 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 gettting hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.
* FamousLastWords: [[TheAntiChrist Damien]]: "[[{{Jesus}} Nazarene]]...you have won ''nothing''."
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood [[spoiler: and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA]].
* HannibalLecture: 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 MotiveRant about Damien avenging [[TheDevil his father's]] exile from {{Heaven}}.
* {{Hellhound}}: Damien is guarded by a squadron of Rottweilers.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HarryPotter Lupin and Dumbledore]] are in the 2006 remake.
** Robert Thorn is an AssholeVictim cop who [[{{Phantoms}} wants you to see something]].
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* InfantImmortality: Averted in the third film.
* MarkOfTheBeast: Damien has a small birthmark [[spoiler:on his scalp]] resembling three sixes.
* MarkOfTheBeast: Damien has a small birthmark [[spoiler:on his scalp]] resembling three sixes.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
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* OminousLatinChanting: Ave Satani.
** For anyone thats seen the film it's pretty much the first thing people think when they hear creepy latin chanting in any medium.
* ProphecyTwist: ''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 "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
** For anyone thats seen the film it's pretty much the first thing people think when they hear creepy latin chanting in any medium.
* ProphecyTwist: ''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 "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
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* ScrewDestiny: In the third film, Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
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* StockSubtitle: ''The Awakening'' for the fourth film.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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. [[spoiler: [=McKern=] is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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. [[spoiler: [=McKern=] is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.]]
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* AnimalsHateHim: Damien terrifies most animals. They either flee or attack him and for good reason. The exceptions, of course, are his [[HellHound guard dogs]].
* AsideGlance: Damien at the end of the first movie and its remake. Also even more effectively in the teaser of the remake.
* TheAntichrist: Damien
* AsideGlance: Damien at the end of the first movie and its remake. Also even more effectively in the teaser of the remake.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to mobilise SWAT (who are...)
* DoomedAppointment: Subverted. Thorn gets the warning, but doesn't believe it.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The first two movies, plus the remake.]]
* DoomedAppointment: Subverted. Thorn gets the warning, but doesn't believe it.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The first two movies, plus the remake.]]
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* AnimalsHateHim: Damien terrifies most animals. They either flee or attack him and for good reason. The exceptions, of course, are his [[HellHound guard dogs]].
* AsideGlance: Damien at the end of the first movie and its remake. Also even more effectively in the teaser of the remake.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to mobilise SWAT (who are...)
* DoomedAppointment: Subverted. Thorn gets the warning, but doesn't believe it.
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* AsideGlance: Damien at the end of the first movie and its remake. Also even more effectively in the teaser of the remake.
* DownerEnding
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** Delia in the fourth film is a much straighter example.
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Though similar to ''Film/TheExorcist'' in several ways, ''TheOmen'' has gained prestige over time for a number of reasons: its respectability (as a profitable major-studio film with renowned actors), its seriousness (it plays as a contemporary thriller, rather than with the knowing excesses of certain aspects of the horror genre)[[hottip:*:GregoryPeck didn't even know it was a horror film until they started shooting!]], and the originality of the movie's excellent choral score by Jerry Goldsmith.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: After this movie, Damien's name became one of these.
** Which is sad because Damien is the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien a popular saint]]. It was also the name of the priest in ''The Exorcist''
** Which is sad because Damien is the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien a popular saint]]. It was also the name of the priest in ''The Exorcist''
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth. Subverted when Mark throws the offer in his face, which ends about as well as can be expected.
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Both film 2 and 3 obviously are set in their then present days so preceding films are just retcons to taking place in early
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: From on-screen evidence, the first film is set in 1975, with Damien aged five. The second film jumps seven years to 1982/83, with Damien aged 12.
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* EnfantTerrible: The plot of the first film. He's better behaved at the start of the second film, until he learns of his call.
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* EnfantTerrible: The plot of the first film. He's better behaved at the start of the second film, until he learns of his call.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.
**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.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Damien, not to mention the babysitter.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Damien, not to mention the babysitter.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)
**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)
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Though similar to ''TheExorcist'' ''Film/TheExorcist'' in several ways, ''TheOmen'' has gained prestige over time for a number of reasons: its respectability (as a profitable major-studio film with renowned actors), its seriousness (it plays as a contemporary thriller, rather than with the knowing excesses of certain aspects of the horror genre)[[hottip:*:GregoryPeck didn't even know it was a horror film until they started shooting!]], and the originality of the movie's excellent choral score by Jerry Goldsmith.
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The movie followed a cycle of '[[EnfantTerrible demonic]] [[CreepyChild child]]' movies, such as ''[=~Rosemary's Baby~=]'' and ''TheExorcist'', and was itself followed by three sequels (''Damien: Omen II'', ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'', and ''Omen IV: The Awakening'') and a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie ''[=~Holocaust 2000~=]''.
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The movie followed a cycle of '[[EnfantTerrible demonic]] [[CreepyChild child]]' movies, such as ''[=~Rosemary's Baby~=]'' ''RosemarysBaby'' and ''TheExorcist'', ''Film/TheExorcist'', and was itself followed by three sequels (''Damien: Omen II'', ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'', and ''Omen IV: The Awakening'') and a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie ''[=~Holocaust 2000~=]''.
''{{Holocaust 2000}}''.
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->''When the Jews return to Zion and a comet rips the sky ''
->''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. ''
''TheOmen'' is a 1976 suspense/horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars GregoryPeck, 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 ''TheExorcist'' in several ways, ''TheOmen'' has gained prestige over time for a number of reasons: its respectability (as a profitable major-studio film with renowned actors), its seriousness (it plays as a contemporary thriller, rather than with the knowing excesses of certain aspects of the horror genre)[[hottip:*:GregoryPeck didn't even know it was a horror film until they started shooting!]], and the originality of the movie's excellent choral score by Jerry Goldsmith.
It also displays some of the bad style of TheSeventies and comes across as very cheesy at times, despite generally maintaining a solid degree of intelligence and sincerity.
The movie followed a cycle of '[[EnfantTerrible demonic]] [[CreepyChild child]]' movies, such as ''[=~Rosemary's Baby~=]'' and ''TheExorcist'', and was itself followed by three sequels (''Damien: Omen II'', ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'', and ''Omen IV: The Awakening'') and a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie ''[=~Holocaust 2000~=]''.
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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!! This movie series contains examples of:
* AnimalsHateHim: Damien terrifies most animals. They either flee or attack him and for good reason. The exceptions, of course, are his [[HellHound guard dogs]].
* TheAntichrist: Damien
* ArcWords: "Look at me Damien! It's all for you!"
** Also doubles as [[spoiler:{{famous last words}}]].
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Damien, of course, bears the MarkOfTheBeast (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Damien, not to mention the babysitter.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[SubvertedTrope ... not.]]
* CreepyChild: Well, he's quite adorable for the son of Satan...
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to mobalise SWAT (who are...)
* DoomedAppointment: Subverted. Thorn gets the warning, but doesn't believe it.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The first two movies, plus the remake.]]
* EnfantTerrible: The plot of the first film. He's better behaved at the start of the second film, until he learns of his call.
* EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes
* ExecutiveMeddling: Damien was supposed to die at the end of the first movie, but Donner was persuaded to change the ending to allow for sequels.
** The director wanted Damien to be ''fifteen'' in the sequel, according to WordOfGod. He wanted this because he thought it would be interesting to give Damien a girlfriend ''before'' he discovers what he is, ensuring {{Angst}} when he has to chose [[ThePowerOfLove love]] or [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]]. The execs forced him to accept Damien at 12. It's very ironic that nowadays the execs would be pushing to have Damien older.
* EyeScream: 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 gettting hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.
* FamousLastWords: Damien: "Nazarene...you have won ''nothing''."
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood [[spoiler: and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA]].
* HannibalLecture: 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 MotiveRant about Damien avenging [[TheDevil his father's]] exile from {{Heaven}}.
* {{Hellhound}}: Damien is guarded by a squadron of black dogs.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HarryPotter Lupin and Dumbledore]] are in the 2006 remake.
** Robert Thorn is an AssholeVictim cop who [[{{Phantoms}} wants you to see something]].
* HybridMonster: [[spoiler:Damien's real father is the Devil... and his mother was a ''jackal''.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The priest in the courtyard during the thunderstorm.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in the third film.
* MarkOfTheBeast: Damien has a small birthmark [[spoiler:on his scalp]] resembling three sixes.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: After this movie, Damien's name became one of these.
** Which is sad because Damien is the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien a popular saint]]. It was also the name of the priest in ''The Exorcist''
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
* NothingIsScarier: The build up to the deaths in the original were pretty intense, the deaths themselves were terrible ways to go for the most part but almost a relief when they come.
** It could be argued that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgSX7a9yDs this teaser]] for the remake is infinitely more terrifying than the movie itself.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
* NunsAreSpooky: Like the one who tells Thorn that she can't give him any information about his child.
* OffingTheOffspring: The 'Bad Seed' variant. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
* OffWithHisHead: Jennings's death, still considered by horror buffs to be one of the best deaths of all time.
* OminousLatinChanting: Ave Satani.
** For anyone thats seen the film it's pretty much the first thing people think when they hear creepy latin chanting in any medium.
* ProphecyTwist: ''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 "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[ReligionOfEvil 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.
* ScrewDestiny: In the third film, Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The first two films end like this.
* SickbedSlaying
* SpookyPhotographs: Every single picture Jennings takes contains some clue about how the subject will die by Satan's influence.
* StockSubtitle: ''The Awakening'' for the fourth film.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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. [[spoiler: [=McKern=] is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.]]
* SugaryMalice: The babysitter.
* SwitchedAtBirth
* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and [[spoiler: the antichrist died infront of the risen Jesus]] how could it have been more final?
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: From on-screen evidence, the first film is set in 1975, with Damien aged five. The second film jumps seven years to 1982/83, with Damien aged 12.
* UnwillingSuspension: Happens to the one of the monks in the third film, who is then wrapped in plastic and is [[ManOnFire caught on fire]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth. Subverted when Mark throws the offer in his face, which ends about as well as can be expected.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first film Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
->''Hi-Diddle-diddle, the cat and the fiddle''
->''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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->''When the Jews return to Zion and a comet rips the sky ''
->''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. ''
''TheOmen'' is a 1976 suspense/horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars GregoryPeck, 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 ''TheExorcist'' in several ways, ''TheOmen'' has gained prestige over time for a number of reasons: its respectability (as a profitable major-studio film with renowned actors), its seriousness (it plays as a contemporary thriller, rather than with the knowing excesses of certain aspects of the horror genre)[[hottip:*:GregoryPeck didn't even know it was a horror film until they started shooting!]], and the originality of the movie's excellent choral score by Jerry Goldsmith.
It also displays some of the bad style of TheSeventies and comes across as very cheesy at times, despite generally maintaining a solid degree of intelligence and sincerity.
The movie followed a cycle of '[[EnfantTerrible demonic]] [[CreepyChild child]]' movies, such as ''[=~Rosemary's Baby~=]'' and ''TheExorcist'', and was itself followed by three sequels (''Damien: Omen II'', ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'', and ''Omen IV: The Awakening'') and a number of copycat films such as the Italian-made Kirk Douglas movie ''[=~Holocaust 2000~=]''.
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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!! This movie series contains examples of:
* AnimalsHateHim: Damien terrifies most animals. They either flee or attack him and for good reason. The exceptions, of course, are his [[HellHound guard dogs]].
* TheAntichrist: Damien
* ArcWords: "Look at me Damien! It's all for you!"
** Also doubles as [[spoiler:{{famous last words}}]].
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Damien, of course, bears the MarkOfTheBeast (hidden conveniently beneath his hair).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Damien, not to mention the babysitter.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[SubvertedTrope ... not.]]
* CreepyChild: Well, he's quite adorable for the son of Satan...
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Police in the UK (where the main character is ambassador) are not routinely armed. It would have taken much longer to mobalise SWAT (who are...)
* DoomedAppointment: Subverted. Thorn gets the warning, but doesn't believe it.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The first two movies, plus the remake.]]
* EnfantTerrible: The plot of the first film. He's better behaved at the start of the second film, until he learns of his call.
* EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes
* ExecutiveMeddling: Damien was supposed to die at the end of the first movie, but Donner was persuaded to change the ending to allow for sequels.
** The director wanted Damien to be ''fifteen'' in the sequel, according to WordOfGod. He wanted this because he thought it would be interesting to give Damien a girlfriend ''before'' he discovers what he is, ensuring {{Angst}} when he has to chose [[ThePowerOfLove love]] or [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny]]. The execs forced him to accept Damien at 12. It's very ironic that nowadays the execs would be pushing to have Damien older.
* EyeScream: 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 gettting hit by a truck. Talk about gruesome way to go.
* FamousLastWords: Damien: "Nazarene...you have won ''nothing''."
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Damien isn't very considerate of his partner in the third film, leaving her full bite- and scratchmarks.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The doctor in the second film who tests Damien's blood [[spoiler: and discovers he has ''jackal'' DNA]].
* HannibalLecture: 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 MotiveRant about Damien avenging [[TheDevil his father's]] exile from {{Heaven}}.
* {{Hellhound}}: Damien is guarded by a squadron of black dogs.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HarryPotter Lupin and Dumbledore]] are in the 2006 remake.
** Robert Thorn is an AssholeVictim cop who [[{{Phantoms}} wants you to see something]].
* HybridMonster: [[spoiler:Damien's real father is the Devil... and his mother was a ''jackal''.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The priest in the courtyard during the thunderstorm.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in the third film.
* MarkOfTheBeast: Damien has a small birthmark [[spoiler:on his scalp]] resembling three sixes.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: After this movie, Damien's name became one of these.
** Which is sad because Damien is the name of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien a popular saint]]. It was also the name of the priest in ''The Exorcist''
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHerod Nice Job Breaking It, Herod]]: ''The Final Conflict'' has Damien try to prevent the second coming of Christ by killing any and all children born during the herald of his return.
* NothingIsScarier: The build up to the deaths in the original were pretty intense, the deaths themselves were terrible ways to go for the most part but almost a relief when they come.
** It could be argued that [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgSX7a9yDs this teaser]] for the remake is infinitely more terrifying than the movie itself.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Sixes surround this kid's existence, in fact. He was born on June 6th at 6am.
* NunsAreSpooky: Like the one who tells Thorn that she can't give him any information about his child.
* OffingTheOffspring: The 'Bad Seed' variant. [[spoiler:It doesn't work]].
* OffWithHisHead: Jennings's death, still considered by horror buffs to be one of the best deaths of all time.
* OminousLatinChanting: Ave Satani.
** For anyone thats seen the film it's pretty much the first thing people think when they hear creepy latin chanting in any medium.
* ProphecyTwist: ''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 "[[AntiChrist the beasts]]" defeat to "[[TheMessiah the lamb]]" as predicted in [[TheBible Revelations]] before he's even had a chance to face him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for the forces of darkness, Jesus returns not as a mortal child but rather in his all-powerful divine form and proceeds to strike Damien down personally.]]
* ReligiousHorror
* RevealingCoverup: 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.
* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: And they go off with not so much as a hitch since they are planned by ''The Devil''.
* SecretCircleOfSecrets: Nearly other person around Damien seems to be a member of a [[ReligionOfEvil 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.
* ScrewDestiny: In the third film, Damien's motivation is to prevent his prophesied defeated at the hands of Jesus during the Second Coming.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: The first two films end like this.
* SickbedSlaying
* SpookyPhotographs: Every single picture Jennings takes contains some clue about how the subject will die by Satan's influence.
* StockSubtitle: ''The Awakening'' for the fourth film.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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. [[spoiler: [=McKern=] is the ''only'' cast member to appear in more than one movie of the series.]]
* SugaryMalice: The babysitter.
* SwitchedAtBirth
* SwordOverHead: Despite the vicitim being a [[spoiler: [[CrocodileTears crying]] [[CompleteMonster child]]]] the audience is likely screaming [[KillHimAlready KILL HIM ALREADY !!!]].
* TrilogyCreep: 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 ''TheOmen'' more, but the film had a meandering plot with more holes than [[TheBeatles Blackburn, Lancashire]] and was quietly shunted into CanonDisContinuity.
** It also had the audacity to have a sequel hook. Seriously the third movie was called "The Final Conflict" and [[spoiler: the antichrist died infront of the risen Jesus]] how could it have been more final?
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: From on-screen evidence, the first film is set in 1975, with Damien aged five. The second film jumps seven years to 1982/83, with Damien aged 12.
* UnwillingSuspension: Happens to the one of the monks in the third film, who is then wrapped in plastic and is [[ManOnFire caught on fire]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Damien tries to convince his adopted brother Mark to join him in his quest to rule the Earth. Subverted when Mark throws the offer in his face, which ends about as well as can be expected.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first film Damien puts on an impressive performance when faced with his demise. [[spoiler: And it works.]]
->''Hi-Diddle-diddle, the cat and the fiddle''
->''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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