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Why this pick
Like The Omen, it treats spiritual horror with grave conviction, mounting dread through a family’s ordeal and an ominously realistic visual style rather than relying on constant shocks.
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MOVIE1976 1h 51m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In Rome, American diplomat Robert Thorn is in a hospital where his wife Katherine gives birth to a boy, who—he is told—dies. Moments after Robert is informed of a plan by the hospital chaplain, Father Spiletto, to secretly adopt an orphan whose mother died giving birth to him. Robert agrees, but does not reveal to his wife that the child is not theirs. They name the child Damien Thorn.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Gregory Peck
Robert Thorn
Lee Remick
Katherine Thorn
David Warner
Keith Jennings
Harvey Stephens
Damien
Billie Whitelaw
Mrs. Baylock
Patrick Troughton
Father Brennan
Martin Benson
Father Spiletto
Tommy Duggan
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