[DVD NEWS] - The Omen

[DVD NEWS] - The Omen

Relive the terror of the spine-tingling horror The Omen just in time for Halloween, when, thirty years after the film was released in cinemas, the 1976 cult-classic is re-released by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The Omen 30th Anniversary Special Edition, containing brand new special features, is released to buy on DVD on 23rd October 2006. Digitally remastered versions of The Omen sequels, Damien: Omen II, Omen III: The Final Conflict and Omen IV: The Awakening are also released on DVD on the same date.

The Omen 30th Anniversary Special Edition
The Omen tells the tale of the seemingly innocent child Damien, who is adopted by Diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) when his own son is stillborn. Unbeknownst to Thorn and his wife, their son Damien (Harvey Stephens) is the incarnation of a terrifying biblical prophecy. Born on 6am on the 6th day of the 6th month his birth signifies the beginning of Armageddon; the site of the final confrontations between good and evil....

This new special edition includes a brand new commentary by director Richard Donner (X-Men), Wes Craven's definitive word on this horror classic, a featurette on The Omen Legacy and much, much more!

Damien: Omen II
Seven years on from The Omen, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), now 13, lives with his uncle and aunt in Chicago. While attending military school with his cousin, strange events and gruesome deaths seem to follow in Damien's wake... Slowly Damien begins to realise exactly what he is, and what his life is intended to accomplish.

Omen III: The Final Conflict
Damien, now mature in knowledge and power, is appointed as the new Ambassador to England and is about to launch his final assault. While being hunted by monks sworn to his destruction, Damien discovers that the Christ-child has been born again, and sets upon destroying him through a process of elimination.

Omen IV: The Awakening
Damien may have been defeated, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl, Delia. When her adoptive mother Karen realises her child was born under suspicious circumstances she beings to investigate. A series of bizarre accidents occur, and Karen begins to suspect everyone of conspiring against her as she unravels the truth about her baby...

The Devil make work for idle hands, so grab your copy one of the most terrifying films of all time with The Omen 30th Anniversary Edition, or own the entire saga with The Omen II, III and IV digitally remastered and available on DVD this October.

Each of the above films is also included in the The Omen Pentology along with The Omen (2006), which is also released on 23rd October 2006.

The Omen 30th Anniversary Special Edition Product Details

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 23rd October 2006
Certificate: 18
Catalogue number: 0107901001
Price: 17.99 (RRP)
Special features:

Commentary by director Richard Donner and editor Stuart Baird
Commentary by director Richard Donner and writer/director Brian Helgeland
Love Theme featurette
Damien To Church featurette
Dog Attack featurette
666 And Mrs Baylock featurette
Jerry Goldsmith on The Score
Curse or Coincidence featurette
Original theatrical trailer

Damien: Omen II

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 23rd October 2006
Certificate: 18
Catalogue number: 0108701047
Price: £12.99 (RRP)
Special features:

The Omen Legacy Part 2
Commentary by producer Harvey Bernhard
The Omen 2006 – Life After Film School featurette (23 mins)

Omen III: The Final Conflict

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 23rd October 2006
Certificate: 18
Catalogue number: 0111501047
Price: £12.99 (RRP)
Special features:

The Omen Legacy Part 3
Commentary by director Graham Barker
The Omen 2006 – Making A Scene featurette

Omen IV: The Awaking

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 23rd October 2006
Certificate: 18
Catalogue number: 0191901047
Price: £12.99 (RRP)
Special features:
· The Omen Legacy Part 4
· The Omen 2006 – World Premiere featurette
· The Omen 2006 – Casting Session featurette

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The omen
A new dawn on DVD

Say your prayers, Damien has been born, and is about to possess a DVD near you... Thirty years after the original film was released, John Moore's reimagining of the 1976 classic, The Omen, is released to buy and rent on DVD on 23rd October 2006 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The Book of Revelation prophesises the arrival of the Antichrist, who is branded with the numerical sequence ‘666' – the mark of the Beast. He will receive his power directly from Satan, and his coming will signal the beginning of Armageddon...

Diplomat Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber, The Manchurian Candidate) is unaware of such prophecies as he comforts his wife, who has endured a difficult delivery. After suffering two previous miscarriages, Katherine (Julia Stiles, The Bourne Supremacy) is still unaware that their newborn child has died, and the news will devastate her.

Desperate for a child, and to spare his wife any more anguish, Robert is convinced by a local priest to take another baby born that night and pretend it is their own. This child's mother died in childbirth, and Katherine will easily believe it is theirs. They call the boy Damien, and raise him as their own.

Robert's career goes from strength to strength, and soon he is promoted to U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain. The Thorns lives are near-perfect, until little Damien's fifth birthday party. His nanny hangs herself in front of all the children, and this is just the start of the macabre events that seem to multiply around the boy. The ominous atmosphere comes to a climax when Robert is besieged by a manic priest (Pete Postlethwaite, Dark Water) who warns that something is wrong, VERY wrong, with Damien.

Under the tutelage of a new, extremely devoted nanny, Mrs Baylock (Mia Farrow, Rosemary's Baby), the “accidents” that surround Damien take a more domestic turn, and it seems not even his parents are safe from the malevolence that surrounds him. Slowly Thorn starts to realise that Father Brennan's warnings may hold some truth, Damien is no ordinary child. This five year-old boy is the son of the devil....

DVD special features include a commentary by John Moore, Glen Williamson and Dan Zimmerman, a 50 minute ‘making of' featurette, two extended scenes, and an alternate ending.

The Omen Pentology (£59.99 RRP), which includes The Omen, The Omen 30th Anniversary Special Edition and remastered versions of Damien: Omen II, Omen III: The Final Conflict and Omen IV: The Awakening, is also released on 23rd October. These films are released individually on the same date.

Settle back with Damien, the devil you know, just in time for Halloween...

The Omen Product Details

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 23rd October 2006
Certificate: 15
Price: £19.99 (RRP)
Language: English
Catalogue no: 3213801000
Special features:
· Commentary by John Moore, Glen Williamson and Dan Zimmerman
· Omenisms – The Making of 666 (50 mins)
· Abbey Road featurette
· Revelations 666 featurette
· Extended scenes
· Alternate ending
· Trailers

The Omen Pentology Product Details:

Credit: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date: 23rd October 2006
Certificate: 18
Price: £59.99 (RRP)
Language: English
Catalogue no: 3314801000

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