The Omen Trilogy Box Set

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In 1976 The Omen scored a hit with critics & audiences hungry for more after The Exorcist with its mixture of Gothic horror & mystery & its plot about a young boy suspected of being the personification of the anti-Christ. Directed by Richard Donner (best known for his Superman & Lethal Weapon films), The Omen gained a lot of credibility from the casting of Gregory Peck & Lee Remick as a distinguished American couple living in Engl&, whose young son Damien bears "e;the mark of the beast"e;. At a time when graphic gore had yet to dominate the horror genre, this film used its violence discreetly & to great effect & the mood of dread & potential death is masterfully maintained. It's all a bit contrived, with a lot of biblical portent & sensational fury but few would deny it's highly entertaining. Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score works wonders to enhance the movie's creepy atmosphere. Omen II takes place several years after the mysterious events that claimed the life of the US Ambassador & his wife as the now teenaged & militarily enrolled Damien Thorne is slowly being made aware of his unholy heritage & horrific destiny. Woe is he (including anyone in Damien's adoptive family & his classmates) who suspects the truth or gets in his way. While not as unrelentingly frightening as its blockbuster predecessor, this more-than-competent sequel raises some interesting questions about the nature of free will (can the anti-Christ deny his birthright?) before falling into a gory series of increasingly outlandish deaths, the best of which is a terrifyingly protracted scene beneath the ice of a frozen lake. Jerry Goldsmith (who won an Oscar for his work on the first film in the series) contributes another marvellously foreboding score. The series concludes with The Omen III: The Final Conflict, starring Sam Neill as the adult Damien--aka the son of Satan--in a battle with the heavens for control of mankind. The film ends up depending more heavily on effects & spectacle than on the kind of basic horrors that made the first movie in the series so unsettling but at least this one gives some closure to the seemingly endless saga. Classification
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