Since the sudden and mysterious death of his parents, young Damian has been cared for by his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military academy. He is widely feared to be the Antichrist, ruthlessly plotting to seize control of his uncle’s business empire and the world at large.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film actors:
- Richard Thorne as William Holden
- Ann Thorne as Lee Grant
- Damian Thorne as Jonathan Scott Taylor
- Paul Bucher as Robert Foxworth
- Charles Warren as Nicholas Pryor
- Bill Atherton as Lou Ayers
- Aunt Marion: Sylvia Sidney
- Sergeant Neff: Lance Henriksen
- Joan Hart as Elizabeth Shepard
- Mark Thorne as Lucas Donat
- Pasarian: Allen Arbus
- Murray: Fritz Ford
- Dr. Kane: Mishach Taylor
- Colonel: Paul Cook
- Secretary: William B. Fauser
- Greenhouse Technician: Corney Morgan
- Sergeant No. 1: Thomas O. Erhart Jr.
- Pasarian’s assistant: Sorin Sere Prikopi
- Burial Priest: Mount Charles
- Dr. Federer: Felix Schumann
- Technician #1: James Spinks
- Byron: Owen Sullivan
- Michael Morgan (uncredited): Ian Hendry
- Carl Bugenhagen (uncredited): Leo McCann
Crew:
- Producer: Joseph Renzi
- Screenwriter: Stanley Mann
- Screenwriter: Mike Hodges
- Producer: Charles Orme
- Original music composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor: Robert Brown
- Story: Harvey Bernhard
- Director: Don Taylor
- Character: David Seltzer
- Director of Photography: Bill Butler
- Stunts: Kitty O’Neill
Movie review:
- talisencrw: This isn’t as good as Richard Donner’s brilliant original, but it’s a solid sequel. It lacks the sense of desperation and menace that may be characteristic of A Child of His Own , and the suspense is neither as tense nor as deftly handled, but there are some great death scenes here, and it’s not as bad as a horror movie would make. You think so. I have a special place in my heart for religious thrillers, so maybe I’m a little more lenient in my ratings than I should be, but I’d probably say the devil made me do it, or at least, his descendants. Jerry Goldsmith created yet another excellent score, albeit this time without two Oscar nominations and a win, while William Holden and Lee Grant then brilliantly replaced stars Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, whom Damien had no problem giving up on in the first movie. The original is a must-see for anyone, and the first two sequels are a solid choice for any fan of contemporary (and I mean movies since 1970) horror or religious thrillers.
- JPV852: It was actually pretty good, and I liked this movie better than the first one. Still not great, but it has its moments, mostly seeing Damian realize who he is and start to accept it. **3.25/5**
- CinemaSerf: Following three years ago’s The Omen , our eponymous Antichrist (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), now a teenager, joins forces with his cousin “Mark” (Lucas Dorner Specially decorated) were taken care of at the military academy together. I think the problem with this follow-up is that we’ve already been exposed to this style of horror: screechy violin music, tense close-ups of faces, and the use of animals (in this case, crows) as his tool of choice, and there’s very little that’s shocking about it the elements of. Holden is past his best as an actor, the dialogue does little to add to a rather bland sense of menace, and the ending is completely devoid of any real danger. It’s enjoyable enough, but sadly doesn’t patch up the original.
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