Damien: Omen II

R

1978

1h 48m

Horror

List

48%

27 Reviews

Tomatometer

49%

50,000+ Ratings

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Richard (William Holden) and Ann Thorn (Lee Grant) have taken their 13-year-old nephew, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), into their Chicago home following the death of Richard's brother seven years earlier. The Thorns love the child, whom they are sending to military school, but not everyone is so sanguine about his presence. Soon after Great Aunt Marion (Sylvia Sidney) expresses concerns about the boy, she dies suddenly and unexpectedly. And she is certainly not the last.

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Critics Consensus

Damien dishes out ghoulish scares and a biblical body count to generate some morbid fun, but this repetitious sequel lacks the sophistication of its predecessor.

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hollywoops

not a very inspiring sequel. The original was so well done and this fails in every way by comparison . It did have one or two interesting kills but still falls short of being entertaining .

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Farah R

A sequel that fails to live up to its predecessor in every way, Omen 2 disappoints by taking a lame approach to Damien's story. The film is slow and tedious, and its ending is unfulfilling.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Keith J

brilliant and very scary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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Eye C

Without been the son of the devil, 12 years olds are evils themselves, now with Damien… still not interesting, sorry.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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Tony B

This sequel has good performances, especially from Holden. Scott-Taylor is effective as a young teen who eventually accepts his destiny. Some of the kills are pretty creative. I've always liked this film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Tyler B

A underrated and overhated gem that has WAY too low ratings on here. A solid followup to a classic that imo deserves that label as well. Very well cast and written, in some ways it does it a little better than the first. Taylor's performance as Damien is top tier, he not only manages to make him human and more deep, but he makes him a sympathetic character which shoulda never happened but it makes Damien all the more rounded. By the end you are 100% invested in him and that was a great move. Grant and Holden especially are fantastic as the leads, Holden especially is a solid followup to Peck. Also a great performance from Lance Henrikson in his early career days. I can see how people hate the Thorne Industries subplot but I honestly really enjoy it, it adds a lot to the lore and explains how it all works within the family and how Damien's path to power was possible. The military school stuff was fun too, it adds a very downhome feel to the movie. His arc with his cousin's heartbreaking and what the series needed to make Damien what he was. The gore is upped quite a bit here and there's some real creative and violent death scenes which make it unique, this is the tops of that in the series. Love this one, will always defend it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Don Taylor

Director

William Holden

Richard Thorn

Lee Grant

Ann Thorn

Jonathan Scott-Taylor

Damien Thorn

Robert Foxworth

Paul Buher

Nicholas Pryor

Charles Warren

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Variety Staff

Variety

Damien is obviously wearing out his welcome.

Mar 26, 2009

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Time Out

This sequel lacks the bravura pacing of the original, and though it tries to maintain the biblical tone in following the adolescence of its antichrist anti-hero, immense problems emerge.

Aug 16, 2007

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Damien-Omen II though it's as foolish as the first film, is rather more fun to watch and sometimes very stylish-looking.

Rated: 3/5

May 9, 2005

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Damian is a very easy film to recommend or decline. If you liked The Omen, this is a welcoming exception to the rule that "second parts are never good." [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 17, 2024

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...when it's not killer, Damien: Omen II really is all filler...

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2021

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Bernard Drew

Gannett News Service

It is a handsome looking movie. Holden, with his craggily intelligent face, has reached the point in his career where he virtually can do no wrong.

Nov 1, 2019

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Synopsis

Richard (William Holden) and Ann Thorn (Lee Grant) have taken their 13-year-old nephew, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), into their Chicago home following the death of Richard's brother seven years earlier. The Thorns love the child, whom they are sending to military school, but not everyone is so sanguine about his presence. Soon after Great Aunt Marion (Sylvia Sidney) expresses concerns about the boy, she dies suddenly and unexpectedly. And she is certainly not the last.

Director: Don Taylor
Screenwriter: Harvey Bernhard, Stanley Mann, Mike Hodges
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Mace Neufeld Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2017
Runtime: 1h 48m

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