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Ten years after the release of the original movie, writer David Seltzer returned to the story that made us all afraid of little boys in scary little suits! See how well you remember 2006's Omen with our quiz!
On what date was The Omen released?
Halloween 2006
Halloween 2007
June 6, 2006
The movie was intentionally released on "6.06.06," as the advance movie posters noted. This comes from the verse in the Book of Revelations, saying that the "beast is a man, and his number is 666."
Christmas Day, 2007
Where does The Omen open?
a hospital
an embassy
a bedroom
an observatory
The film opens in the Vatican observatory, where a lone astronomer-priest is observing the skies. He sees a three-headed comet, which alarms him. This leads to a montage of pages from old books, with illustrations of goat-headed men and pentagrams, which any fan of Buffy would enjoy.
What is Robert Thorn's job?
diplomat
Thorn is based in Rome and speaks Italian. We see this when he brushes off the nurse at the maternity ward, early on.
FBI agent
photographer
Secretary of State
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Who played Robert Thorn?
Daniel Craig
Colin Farrell
Liam Neeson
Liev Schreiber
Schreiber often brings a calm competence to his roles, and, when necessary, a physical menace. Those qualities will eventually be needed here.
Who played Katherine (Kate) Thorn?
Amber Benson
Kate Beckinsale
Gwyneth Paltrow
Julia Stiles
Stiles gained attention with the Taming of the Shrew remake, Ten Things I Hate About You. Her co-star was Heath Ledger, who, sadly, died quite young.
Whose idea is it that Thorn should replace his stillborn baby with an orphaned infant?
a doctor's
a nurse's
a priest's
The baby was born in exactly the same hour that the Thorn baby was born dead. We're no experts, but that coincidence sounds too good to be true.
his own
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How does Kate react to the baby switch?
she loves the new child immediately
she wants the new baby, but is afraid of being found out
she won't go near the new baby at first, but maternal instinct wins out
she doesn't know
Robert Thorn takes this drastic step because the baby they lost "was everything" to Kate. Worse, there was internal damage during the delivery, and Kate might not be able to have another child.
To what country does Thorn become the US ambassador?
Germany
England
Robert gets the job when his boss, the ambassador, is transferred there, and chooses Robert to go with him as his "number two." Then, in a highly suspicious, Rube Goldberg series of mishaps, the ambassador burns to death in a traffic accident.
Greece
Israel
Who commits suicide at Damien's birthday party?
a clown
his nanny
This might be the film's most riveting scene. The nanny stands on the roofline of the Thorn's huge old house, cheerfully shouts, "It's all for you, Damien!" and leaps. Her falling shoe smashes a wineglass, and mayhem ensues among the guests.
a child
Robert's closest friend
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Who appears to give the nanny the order to jump?
Damien
a stranger
a mime
a dog
Dogs play an important role in The Omen. Later, Damien's new nurse will adopt a Rottweiler for his protection.
Who played Father Brennan?
Corbin Bernsen
Ewan McGregor
Pete Postlethwaite
Father Brennan arrives from Rome the day after the birthday party and the nanny's suicide. He doesn't exactly make a great impression at first, fanatically urging Robert to accept Jesus Christ as his savior, much like a door-to-door evangelist would.
David Thewlis
Who or what does Father Brennan say Damien's mother was?
a fallen nun
a jackal
Naturally, we assume father Brennan was speaking metaphorically. Whatever Damien is, he looks 100 percent human.
a succubus
a street prostitute
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Who played Mrs. Baylock, the new nanny?
Mia Farrow
Landing the Rosemary's Baby star for this role was a stroke of casting genius. Also, it's almost supernatural how young Farrow looks in the role!
Faye Dunaway
Melissa Joan Hart
Radha Mitchell
What is Mrs. Baylock's first name?
Alice
Carmilla
Mathilda
we never learn this
This is something of a tradition for women in household service, like Mrs. Hughes on Downton Abbey, whose name was finally revealed to be Elsie. Interestingly, some reviews and film trivia tidbits get the last name wrong: People seem to want it to be "Blaylock."
After Damien attacks his mother in the car, what else does Kate say troubles her about her son?
he rarely talks
he never cries
he's never been sick
Damien flips out on the way to church and attacks his mother. Although his problem doesn't seem to be physical in nature, Kate suggests calling a doctor for him. She says it's not natural for children not to get "colds, runny noses, the flu."
he barely sleeps
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Where does Father Brennan approach Robert a second time?
church
the embassy, again
the opera
The opera is Salome, which, incidentally, has a Biblical plot. The priest tells Robert to meet him in Bishop's Park, because "Your wife is in grave danger."
the zoo
Which role did English character actor David Thewlis play?
the original ambassador, Stephen
the photographer, Keith Jennings
Jennings is at the birthday party, then at the embassy the following day, and then at the opera when Father Brennan is there. He seems to be assigned exclusively to the Robert Thorn beat.
the first priest, Father Spiletto
the psychologist, Dr. Greer
What does Jennings see in all his photographs of Father Brennan?
a red-robed figure
a swirl-like distortion of his facial features
the number six
spikes of light or shadow pointing down at him
The spikes foreshadow Brennan's eventual death. Jennings can't know this, but he understands they're not a natural phenomenon.
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What is the name of the man that Father Brennan says will know how to kill Damien?
Bugenhagen
Megiddo is the town where Bugenhagen lives. As before, Father Brennan isn't exactly the best salesman for his cause, chanting a poem about the apocalypse before getting down to the threat to Kate and why Thorn must go see Bugenhagen.
Megiddo
Van Helsing
Santa Novella
Why, according to Brennan, is Kate in danger?
Mrs. Baylock is jealous of her hold over Damien
she wants to give Damien up for adoption
she is pregnant
Damien, says Brennan, will kill the child in the womb, and then Kate. This will be to ensure that he is Thorn's sole heir.
she is having prophetic nightmares that will reveal Damien's true nature
How does Father Brennan die?
he has a heart attack while running to the church
he's struck by lightning
he's impaled through the head by a falling rod
he's impaled through the chest by a falling rod
The posts along the roofline might be lightning rods. Which is ironic, because it's a bolt of lightning that knocks one down to kill Brennan.
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What is Kate doing when Damien knocks her over a third-floor railing?
dusting bookshelves
polishing a chandelier
polishing the railing
misting houseplants
Kate is spraying the hanging plants while on a stool (in heeled shoes, no less). By the way -- she has a nanny for her son, but is hands-on with her houseplants? Hmmm.
What did the priest Brennan cover his walls with?
pages from the Bible and crucifixes
The photographer Jennings takes Thorn to see Brennan's room. "I'd say he was trying to keep something out," Jennings theorizes.
newspaper articles relating to Damien and the Thorns
murals of the Madonna and Christ
obsessive handwritten messages
When Jennings and Thorn go to Rome to look into Damien's birth, what do they find out?
the birth records from that night have disappeared
the hospital burned down
The hospital burned down five years ago -- just after Damien's birth. The fire started in the basement, where the records were, then consumed the third-floor maternity ward.
the hospital is now a museum
the Thorns' real son was recorded as being a "live birth"
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Where does Father Spiletto tell Thorn and Jennings they can find Damien's mother?
a convent
an old Etruscan cemetery
Father Spiletto does not give them a name to work with. However, when Thorn and Jennings reach the graveyard, they find a grave with the correct date on it: June 6.
the red-light district in Rome
hell
What do they find in Damien's mother's grave?
a human female skeleton
a human female skeleton, except with cloven hoofs for feet
an empty casket
a jackal skeleton
We can't explain it either, but a jackal gave birth to a human baby, apparently in a hospital. Then died and was buried under the name "Maria Santoya."
What do they find in the grave of Maria Santoya's supposed child?
just dirt
a jackal baby
a human baby's skeleton, with no apparent cause of death
a human baby skeleton with a crushed skull
Thorn now realizes the truth. His baby was not stillborn, but killed so that the Devil's son could grow up in a position of wealth and power. But seriously, wasn't there a more humane way to kill an infant than skull trauma?
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How does Mrs. Baylock kill Kate?
she causes an air embolism by injecting air into the line supplying blood
Kate appears to be getting a blood transfusion, which is odd, because the nurse has only said that she gave Kate "her nighttime meds." Still, it's a disturbingly effective scene.
she causes a heart attack by dosing her with adrenalin
she poisons her by switching her meds
she pushes her out the hospital-room window
In what country is Megiddo located?
Israel
The name Megiddo, Jennings says, is derived from a word for Armageddon. Is it just us, or does this Fleet Street photographer bust out some really impressive research skills and prophecy-interpreting abilities in the second half of the film?
Libya
Italy
Spain
How does Keith Jennings die?
beheaded by a falling sign
Jennings is on a stairway in Megiddo, picking up the daggers Thorn has just thrown aside. A hammer dropped by a roofer hits the sign on the way down, loosening its hinge. It then swings in a circular motion toward Jennings, its upper edge of metal becoming like a guillotine blade.
stabbed by one of the Megiddo daggers
killed in a plane crash
run over by a truck
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Where does Thorn find Damien's "666" birthmark?
on the sole of his foot
on his calf
on the nape of his neck
under his hair
Thorn has been instructed to look here by Bugenhagen. He slips into Damien's bedroom at night and proceeds to cut his hair while he sleeps -- leading parents of small children everywhere to wonder, 'Why didn't I think of that?'
What does Thorn recite as he prepares to stab Damien on the altar?
Brennan's poem
a Hail Mary
the Lord's Prayer
Thorn stops, dagger raised, at the line, "Deliver us from Evil," and hesitates. Then he's shot by police who have chased him to the church.
the Act of Contrition
What appears to happen simultaneously with Thorn's burial?
lightning strikes the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Bugenhagen dies
the Pope dies
In dramatic fashion, the glass of wine in the Pope's hands tips over and splashes on his white vestments. Meanwhile, an honor guard of marines is giving a 21-gun salute at Thorn's gravesite in Washington, and Damien, still alive, is holding the hand of the president himself.
a shooting star falls to earth
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According to biblical scholars, what did St. John mean when he called the number of the beast 666?
the beast's inner circle will have 666 members
the beast will be a man who miraculously lives to 666 years old before starting the apocalypse
the antichrist is a man who has a birthmark resembling three 6's
no one really knows
Scholars of eschatology -- the term for Christianity's "end times" lore -- don't agree on this. While the beast is said in Revelations to have a mark, it's not in the shape of 6's. That's an embellishment by Seltzer, the Omen screenwriter.
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