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The Omen

What’s Aged the Worst?

The Omen The Rewatchables

Gregory Peck’s original impact casting is harder to appreciate today; Tom Hanks is offered as an analogy.

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  • Gregory Peck’s original impact casting is harder to appreciate today; Tom Hanks is offered as an analogy.
  • Peck’s Happy Birthday singing sounds unnatural.
  • Physical reference letters are easy to fake.
  • Lack of child seatbelts and the mother’s fall effects look dated; Remick reportedly refused the railing stunt after Ellen Burstyn’s injury.
  • The mark of the beast reportedly confused original audiences.
  • The novelization explains Brennan and Spiletto’s involvement with Satanists; the film leaves the 666 thigh mark insufficiently explained.