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Damien - Omen II

6.4

Released June 09, 1978Runtime 1h 47min

The first time was only a warning.

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Mace Neufeld Productions

20th Century Fox

Harvey Bernhard Productions

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $6,800,000
Revenue: $26,518,355
Profit/Loss: $19,718,355

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Cast

William HoldenRichard Thorn

Lee GrantAnn Thorn

Jonathan Scott-TaylorDamien Thorn

Robert FoxworthPaul Buher

Nicholas PryorCharles Warren

Lew AyresBill Atherton

Sylvia SidneyAunt Marion

Lance HenriksenSergeant Neff

Lucas DonatMark Thorn

Elizabeth ShepherdJoan Hart

Ian HendryMichael Morgan (uncredited)

Leo McKernCarl Bugenhagen (uncredited)

Allan ArbusPasarian

Fritz FordMurray

Meshach TaylorDr Kane

John J. NewcombeTeddy

John Charles BurnsButler

Paul CookColonel

Diane DanielsJane

Robert E. InghamTeacher

William B. FosserMinister

Corney MorganGreenhouse Technician

Russell P. DeliaTruck Driver

Judith DowdMaid

Thomas O. Erhart Jr.Sergeant #1

Sorin Serene PricopiePasarian's Assistant

Robert J. Jones Jr.Tour Guide

Rusdi LaneJim Gardner

Charles MountainBurial Priest

Cornelia SandersYoung Girl

Felix ShumanDr. Fiedler

James SpinksTechnician #1

Owen SullivanByron

William J. WhelehanSecurity Guard

Crew

Don TaylorDirector

Al NicholsonFirst Assistant Director

Jerry BallewFirst Assistant Director

Richard Luke RothschildSecond Assistant Director

H. Bud OttoScript Supervisor

Bob DahlinSecond Assistant Director

David SeltzerCharacters

Stanley MannScreenplay

Mike HodgesScreenplay

Harvey BernhardStory

Harvey BernhardProducer

Joseph LenziAssociate Producer

Lynn StalmasterCasting

Joseph LenziProduction Manager

Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer

Bill ButlerDirector of Photography

Robert BrownEditor

Robert De VestelSet Decoration

Bill MacSemsProperty Master

Hendrik WynandsConstruction Coordinator

Robert DawnMakeup Artist

James R. ConnellCamera Operator

George HillKey Grip

Colin J. CampbellGaffer

Al Overton Sr.Production Sound Mixer

Theodore SoderbergSound Re-Recording Mixer

Paul WellsSound Re-Recording Mixer

Douglas O. WilliamsSound Re-Recording Mixer

Godfrey MarksDialogue Editor

Edward RossiSound Editor

Richard SperberSound Editor

William HartmanSound Editor

Len EngelMusic Editor

David GarfieldAssistant Editor

Willie NavarroAssistant Editor

Al GiddingsUnderwater Camera

Ira Anderson Jr.Special Effects

Max KlevenStunt Coordinator

Jack L. RichardsCamera Operator

Ed NielsenAssistant Camera

William B. FosserSet Decoration

Lillian TothMakeup & Hair

Don SmetzerStill Photographer

John D. CrededioGaffer

Robert McLainKey Grip

Gilbert TaylorCamera Operator

Derek V. BrowneAssistant Camera

Ron TabererAssistant Camera

Stanley CortezCamera Operator

Burton MillerCostume Design

Philip M. JefferiesProduction Design

Fred HarpmanProduction Design

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Reviews

This wasn't as good as Richard Donner's superb original, but it's a solid sequel. It lacks the unique sense of despair and menace of one's own child perhaps being the Antichrist, and the suspense is neither as taut nor as skillfully handled, but there are some great death scene set-pieces here, and...

Actually not half bad and kind of enjoyed this one a bit more than the first film. Still not great but had its moments, mainly seeing Damien come to realization of who he is and coming to accept it. **3.25/5**

Following from the really enjoyable "Omen" from three years earlier, our eponymous antichrist (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) is now in his teens, and together with his cousin "Mark" (Lucas Donat) attends a military academy whilst under the care of his uncle "Richard" (William Holden) and aunt "Ann" (Lee G...