the original The Omen,with gregory peck and lee remick, is a masterpiece of pure terror.possibly the most terrifying film ever made.gregory peck stars as robert thorne,a high level diplomat and lee remick stars as his wife katherine.when katherine miscarries their baby,robert swaps the dead child for another child from an orphanage without his wife's knowledge.not long after, sinister things begin to happen,like people dying horrible deaths under suspicious and bizarre circumstances.without giving too much away,thorne eventually discovers his child is the Antichrist.it is the events that lead up to this point which are truly terrifying.peck is brilliant as the atheist whose beliefs are challenged until he can no longer deny the truth.lee remick is great as thorne's wife who has her suspicions there is something terribly wrong with her son,but she simply dismisses these fears as paranoia.the musical score done by the late,great jerry goldsmith and aided by a choir chanting in Latin,in all the appropriate places is brlliant,adding a feeling of foreboding and doom throughout the movie,which sends chills up your spine.no other movie in recent memory can match The Omen for sheer terror.it should be noted that The Omen did not rely on gore or computer effects to achieve this level of terror but rather on pure psychological suspense and emotion.no movie in modern time can match The Omen for sheer terror.this movie is nothing short of brilliant. 10*
Review of The Omen
