The Omen: Critic Reviews

85%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

82%

RottenTomatoes: 40 reviews

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Richard Eder New York Times (Top Critic)

50

A member of the Exorcist family, it is a dreadfully silly film, which is not to say that it is totally bad.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

63

As long as movies like The Omen are merely scaring us, they're fun in a portentous sort of way.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 3 years ago
Charles Cassady Common Sense Media

40

Gory original Satanism saga; popular but plodding.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Devin Faraci CHUD

Full Review » 3 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

63

...fares a whole lot better than its 2006 remake...
Full Review » 4 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

Full Review » 4 years ago
Steve Biodrowski ESplatter

... a slick, polished, and professional thriller that combines an intriguing mystery with periodic eruptions of bloody violence ...
Full Review » 4 years ago
Lucius Gore ESplatter

100

Goldsmith's score took the film to a level horror films generally never attained in the 1970s.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

The fairly sedate pace and tone may be a bit dry for today's viewer, but by the film's disturbing climax and simple, superbly creepy final image, one appreciates how well it helped build the suspense.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Matt McAllister Future Movies UK

90

Full Review » 6 years ago
Sydney Morning Herald

Full Review » 6 years ago
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk

50

Full Review » 6 years ago
AV Club

Full Review » 6 years ago
Eric Henderson Slant Magazine

50

A bald-faced lamprey hitching its razor-tipped maw on the chassis of The Exorcist, The Omen's Sunday school parable of gothic Cathsploitation comes twice as thick and thrice as pious.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Staci Layne Wilson About.com

Damien looks like a mini Angus Young -- gotta love it!
Full Review » 6 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Influenced by the success of The Exorcist, this film takes the horror genre one step further and instead of a girl being possessed by the Devil, we have a boy who's the Antichrist.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Joel Meares Filmcritic.com

60

Damian just isn't ready to play with the grown-ups.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com

100

Unforgettable.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com

92

A truly frightening chiller. A definite classic of the horror genre.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Jules Brenner Cinema Signals

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Nell Minow Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

60

A gruesome guilty pleasure horror film, with Peck and Remick slumming, but being earnest in their performances.
Full Review » 8 years ago