The Omen (1976) Film Review

The fascinatingly diverse late director, Richard Donner, certainly created an archetype that has proven potent to this day, with his iconic first big hit. The modern wave of horror from Hereditary to Insidious to Sinister all crib from the mounting family dread over a possessed child, that admittedly is also post The Exorcist. What is often hokum wins here by playing it with a straight face, having zero fat on the screenplay and a titan like Gregory Peck at the helm. It still packs a lean punch.