Damien Thorn

Damien Thorn as portrayed by Harvey Stephens in Richard Donner's 1976 film "The Omen."

I hate the fact that the original version is being forgotten amidst all the hype of the remake, and that my tribute to Damien on today 06/06/06 could be seen as embracing all that sub-par nonsense. I struggled with it and thought about doing something else like the Demon from "Curse of the Demon," but when you get right down to it there really was only ever one choice, and it was Damien.

I remember watching "The Omen" on HBO several times when I was a kid, and a lot of it was lost one me (I didn't grow up with anything resembling a religious upbringing, so I didn't really get that whole aspect of it) Damien to me was just another monster that would have to be put down. But I remember being really creeped out by the film. I believe that this was the first film I saw David Warner in, whom later would become one of my favorite actors.

It would have been nice if the suits in Hollyweird would have spent the money on a digital remastering of the original and released it to theaters for a week instead of making (from what I hear) a piece of garbage remake.

A couple of interesting sidenotes:

"The Omen" also stars Doctor Who #2 Patrick Troughton as Father Brennan.

It is said that Harvey Stephens got the part as the antichrist because during auditions he punched director Donner in the testicles.

There is a legend that the production suffered from a curse... check out more info here.