"the child is dead."

it's monday night and i've decided to watch 'the omen' and type away
as i do so. why? because i'm kind of a baby when it comes to scary
movies, and this is one i knew well enough not to watch when i was a
kid. not sure 27 has me any more prepared.

turn off your cellphones and beepers, please. random dialogue from
the film will follow.

why do so many scary movies have trouble making kids on tricycles?
nothing good can come of a tricycle when you know it's that kind of
movie.

wow, gregory peck was a handsome man. i never really knew that, though
i had been told, because i rarely saw those movies in black and white
that someone like him would be in. did he dance with ginger rogers,
or was he in that movie where donna reed fell through the swimming
pool? i can't begin to guess. i think he was in that inherit the wind
movie though. those people all look the same.

"it's me. i'm appointed ambassador to great britian." [this can't end well.]

and i don't know who the hell lee remick is, but she "could be too
sexy for the white house."

england's really quite beautiful in these pictures, though.

introduce holly, cute nanny of potential trouble, who is almost
certain to meet a nasty end.

"look at me, damien. it's all for you." um, yeah. she just did.

it's really strange to see movies that you've known about for years,
and known to be supposedly scary. because when they're not, you feel
somehow let down. that said, i think i'm still a bit wary of 'the
amityville horror,' the only movie to ever really freak me out.

enter mysterious new nanny, sent by no one. spoooky. seems like a
mannish julie andrews type. "have no fear little one, i am here to
protect the." she's not letting him go to church!! she's satan's
governess!

one thing that's kind of strange is the languid pace these movies
take. i mean, i saw freddy vs. jason not too long ago, and people
were all stacked up by the opening credits. these people make a
leisurely visit to a safari just so little damien can frighten away a
heard of giraffes. giraffes?!

"baboons bite. keep all car windows closed." damn straight.

"wrong? what could be wrong with our child, robert? we're beautiful people."

"keep that scrum tight!" those brits and their rugby...

this poor priest who reminds me of gabriel birne is having no luck
persuading mr. thorn of anything, and probably won't last another 2
minutes. make that 30 seconds. ouch.

"profit is a dirty word no longer" says the headline on a newspaper
announcing the above mentioned priest's impaling.

tricycle scene -- quite good. if entirely predictable.

now all the 6 6 6 stuff is playing out, and that's about enough.

all in all, not a bad film, but i kind of wish it was remade on this site.

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with bunnies.