Omen (2006) DVD

• 5.1 Dolby Digital (English)
• Dolby Digital Surround (Spanish)
• Dolby Digital Surround (French)
• Director commentary
• Never before seen alternate ending
• Extended scenes
• Behind the scenes featurettes 'Omenisms'
• 'Abbey Road Sessions'
• 'Revelations 666'

Director: John Moore
Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite

John Moores remake of Richard Donners unsettling 1976 horror classic increases the quality of production values, yet stays very true to the original. Live Schreiber (EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED) plays Robert Thorn, a wealthy American official living in Rome, whose wife, Kate (Julia Stiles, MONA LISA SMILE), has just lost her first child. At the behest of a strange priest, Robert substitutes an orphaned child for his own without Kates knowledge, and soon the small family is living an idyllic existence on a lavish estate in England. But when the child, Damian (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick), turns five years old, strange things begin to happen, beginning with a nanny’s public and very grisly suicide at the boys lavish birthday party. Kate begins to notice odd things about her child, such as the way other children don’t want to play with him, his strange provocation of animals, and his increasingly pronounced withdrawal from her. By the time she begins fearing for her life, however, it may be too late, and its up to her husband to figure out once and for all if the child really is the spawn of Satan. Thus Robert embarks on a journey that takes him back to Italy, Jerusalem, and an encounter with a priest of decidedly horrific mien; hes aided by a photographer who has figured out whats going on, and who just might be the next one to die. The atmospheric, spooky mise-en-scene, marked by an almost constant storm and grey tones interrupted by startling reds, deliciously makes the most of the films exaggeratedly apocalyptic message. The wonderful Mia Farrow (ROSEMARYS BABY) is unbelievably creepy as Damians replacement nanny.