Damien: Omen II
| Year: | 1978 |
| Director: | Don Taylor |
| Cast: | William Holden, Lee Grant, Lance Henriksen |
The weakest in the series, with William Holden essentially taking up much the same role Gregory Peck did in the original.
Damien is now a teenager, too smart for his lecturers at school, coming into his own evil ways, and - most horribly of all for him - learning he's the Antichrist.
There was also a strong theme of animals, with both a Rottweiler and a raven assigned to be Damien's protectors and assassins, the closest thing he ever got to having sidekicks.
I don't remember much about the plot, except that it was much the same as the first one; some people who are apparent minions of Satan protect Damien from harm, others who come close to learning his true identity are despatched in grisly fashion.
Damien is now a teenager, too smart for his lecturers at school, coming into his own evil ways, and - most horribly of all for him - learning he's the Antichrist.
There was also a strong theme of animals, with both a Rottweiler and a raven assigned to be Damien's protectors and assassins, the closest thing he ever got to having sidekicks.
I don't remember much about the plot, except that it was much the same as the first one; some people who are apparent minions of Satan protect Damien from harm, others who come close to learning his true identity are despatched in grisly fashion.