The Omen is a 1976 American-British
supernatural horror-
drama film directed by
Richard Donner and written by
David Seltzer. The film stars
Gregory Peck,
Lee Remick,
David Warner,
Harvey Spencer Stephens,
Billie Whitelaw,
Patrick Troughton,
Martin Benson, and
Leo McKern. The first installment in
The Omen series, the film centres a
young child adopted as an infant by American Ambassador Robert Thorn unbeknownst to his wife, after their own son dies at birth. Surrounded by mysterious ominous deaths, they are unaware that the child is the
Antichrist.