The Omen (DVD, 2006, Full Frame)

Some movies are so good they never should be remade. But if you do remake it it should at least be good. I think this move was made by the Anti-Christ!
It loses the whole spooky dark mood of the original

Since Hollywood has run out of good ideas we must suffer remakes of all sorts. This one may be better than its original but that's not saying much at all. The boy who plays Damien is creepy and there are a few shocking deaths throughout the story. But the pace is much too slow to keep anyone who saw the same theatrical trailer advertising a fast pace thriller interested for the whole movie. There is an all-star cast and the story has some fun twists and turns but the acting feels forced except for action sequences. Check this out if you are a fan of the original or just have to see every horror movie ever created. Anyone else can pass this one up and rest easy by doing it. 3/5

This remake of the original is really not too bad. If you are familiar with the orignal, that might make a difference because you know what to expect and the really surpising scenes are not as shocking. This movie might be great for someone who has not seen the original. The actors did very well and finely cast. It had its slow moments, or moments when you were trying to figure out who was who and what plot twists they were throwing in, but there none. It was pretty simple. The movie is remeniscent of the Final Destination series of movies because you were looking at the mysterious ways that people were getting knocked off. My only gripe was the ending. You see the horrible consequence that Damien's family ended up taking the long dirt nap and the scene ends with Damien holding hands with the Prez....then he turns around and smiles into the camera. C'mon, thats just stupid. It definitely does not end on a scary note. Oh well, overall it's not too bad and was mildly entertaining. I've spent much more on much worse. Enjoy!

Spooky like the orginal but frankly not quite as good. Perhaps more twists or deviations could have been added or deleted to make this remake even better.
Julia Styles is simply average. Liev Schreiber steals the show along with Satan's spawn( a very evil child actor).
This movie has the typical end of the world, good vs. evil context. It does remain creepy, dark and scary. Christians of all dominations, will feel goosebumps as the devil returns to Earth to steal our souls.
Mia Farrow fulfills her duty as the watcher of the Satan's son. She plays his nanny with murderous intent and a cheerful Mary Poppins like edge. Perhaps her performance is a little tongue in cheek, since she played Satan's mother in RoseMary's Baby.
Mia seems to temp fate with her connection to Charles Manson, Roman Polanski(Director of RoseMary's Baby) and the death of Sharon Tate(All of which have chilling implications.) Roman who( was married to Sharon Tate at the time of her death and she was also pregnant with his child when she was murdered) survived a concentration camp in World War Two, seems to temp fate too, with his chilling movies and their subject matter. Charlie and his family killed Sharon and her friends, good vs.evil again and on that fateful night when they died, fate stepped in since other people (famous and not so famous) were supposed to have been at Sharon's house.
Mia comes full circle as she plays evil instead of good.
Ironically, the babies are switched in the movie and the good baby is murdered so Damien, the devil's son can live. In real life, the evil sub-culture kills, the child of good (Sharon and her baby) and the sub-culture is allowed to live out long lives in prison.
Perhaps the connection is just another creepy facet of our crazy pop culture world, We can only pray to our God and hope good will always conquer evil in whatever form it takes.

I bought the remake of the Omen because I liked the original and I wanted to see what Hollywood had done to it. I was actually impressed. They had kept to the original story line. The special effects were as good as they had promised. I would recomend anyone who saw the first one to take a look at the remake.

Well, this movie it is pretty much like the orignal one just a little bit better, and I do mean just a little bit. I collect movies and mostly horror movies, and I will say this one is not one of my favorites but I am glad that I have it for my collection, and I did enjoy it a little it wasn't to bad or anything like that it's just that when I watched it I felt I already saw it a few times. I will give this movie a 3.5 Star rating out of a 5.

The movie is captivating, in nature. The actors know their roles very well, and have a good grasp of what they have to do to pull this movie off. Honestly, if you're looking for a classic scary movie without the excess gore, this is your movie. Also, it has loads of religious themes.

Thank you for your promptness I received the dvd's yesterday. I was not home when the mail ran so I checked as soon as I came home today. I am pleased with the order.

I've seen all the Omen movies and I really like this one the best. The acting is so real, much more believable than previous Omen movies. No over acting in this movie. Perfect combination of actors. I thoroughly enjoyed this Omen and John Moore's direction of this excellent film. Love it!

definantly a great remake of the original. love julis stiles. my girlfriend had to have it. good price! nothing bad can be said about this one.

I give this one an average rating, because there was nothing
special about it. It pretty much followed along the lines
of the original. I did not, however, like the added footage.
I feel that it was pretentious on John Moore’s part, and he
did not do well trying to make the movie his own. It is a movie
I'd watch maybe once or twice.

not a bad re-make but boy is it ever a re-make....everything with the exception of the first 15 minutes is the same as the original. the cast does a good job. Damien - the son of Satan - is not as creepy as the original. Mia Farrow does a pretty good job as the Nanny who protects Damien. for those of you who don't know anything about the story: a baby is given to a couple when the mother loses her child during birth - the mother does not know that another child was given to her as it would cause to much heartbreak. the child ends up being the devil and is back to take over the world. watch the original, its a classic. If you have seen the original, this one is worth a look but I wouldn't add to my collection.