The Omen 1976

Richard Eder, New York Times: A member of the Exorcist family, it is a dreadfully silly film, which is not to say that it is totally bad. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Richard Donner directs more for speed than mood, but there are a few good shocks. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: As long as movies like The Omen are merely scaring us, they're fun in a portentous sort of way. Read more

David Pirie, Time Out: This apocalyptic movie mostly avoids physical gore to boost its relatively unoriginal storyline with suspense, some excellent acting (especially from Warner and Whitelaw), and a very deft, incident-packed script. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Richard Donner's direction is taut. Players all are strong. Read more