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The Omen (2006 film)
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The Omen is a 2006 remake
of Richard Donner
's The Omen
of 1976 and a part of The Omen series
. Directed by John Moore and written by David Seltzer
, the film stars Liev Schreiber
, Julia Stiles
and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
. It was released worldwide on June 6, 2006.
), an American diplomat stationed in Italy, is told that his son died soon after birth. To spare the anguish of his still unconscious wife, Katherine (Julia Stiles
), Robert accepts the suggestion of the hospital's Catholic priest, Father Spiletto (Giovanni Lombardo Radice
) to secretly adopt another newborn whose mother died in childbirth. Robert and Katherine raise the boy as their own and name him Damien.
Robert's career ascends over the course of the next five years. He is named Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and after the ambassador dies in a bizarre accident, becomes Ambassador
and settles into a large estate just outside London. However, disturbing events start to revolve around Damien
(Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
), the most prominent being his nanny hanging herself at his birthday party, driven to do so by a large black dog.
Soon afterward, Robert is approached by Father Brennan (Pete Postlethwaite
), who delivers an eerie warning and seems to know the truth about Damien's birth, at which point Robert has him escorted out. Meanwhile, photographer Keith Jennings (David Thewlis
) finds out that several of his photographs contain mysterious signs, later revealed to foreshadow a series of shocking deaths.
A new nanny, Mrs. Baylock (Mia Farrow
), is hired and tells Damien that she's been sent to protect him. Tension between Mrs. Baylock and the Thorns rises when the nanny starts to make decisions against their wishes, including bringing a large watchdog (a Rottweiler
) without their consent. On the way to the previous nanny's funeral, Damien becomes terrified as they approach the church, attacking Katherine.
That night Katherine experiences a first premonition/nightmare dream about Damien. The following day a field trip to the city zoo ends with primates going wild at the sight of Damien. Katherine suspects that there is something not right about her son. Robert however brushes off her concerns. That night Katherine again experiences a premonition dream and awakes in panic. She goes downstairs and discovers Damien making a sandwich in the middle of the night. She calls to him but he simply walks past her with an ominous stare.
Robert again meets with Father Brennan, who tells him that Damien must die and a man called Bugenhagen, located in Megiddo, can show him how. Enraged, Robert sends him away again. Father Brennan, sensing something evil, with a torrential storm around, attempts to seek shelter in a church, but the door is mysteriously bolted shut. A lightning bolt strikes the church steeple, causing him to be impaled by a large steel rod which falls from the roof of the church.
Upon discovering she is pregnant, Katherine wants to have an abortion, as she is afraid to have another child like Damien. Robert however is against it. Shortly afterward, Katherine is knocked off the landing by Damien riding his scooter, and tumbles over the balcony. He refuses her pleas for help and she falls to the floor, severely injuring herself and also resulting in the loss of the baby. After the bedridden Katherine begs her husband, "Don't let him kill me.", Robert finally accepts that something is amiss with his son.
Fueled by the warnings given to him by Father Brennan and further information from Keith Jennings, Robert and Jennings go in search of Damien's real mother. After meeting a nun in Rome, they discover that the hospital where Damien was born burned down. They then go to a monastery in Subiaco and meet Father Spiletto, now wheelchair ridden and badly disfigured, who tells them where Damien's mother is buried.
They find the grave of Maria Avedici Santoya, Damien's real mother, in the old cemetery of Cerveteri
, and find out that it contains the skeleton of a jackal, revealing that Damien cannot be human. In the neighboring tomb, Robert discovers the corpse of a human infant with a cracked skull, revealing that his biological
son was murdered at birth. He and Jennings are then attacked by a pack of rottweilers, and barely escape over the fence.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Baylock visits Katherine in the hospital under the pretense of delivering flowers and then murders her – inducing an air embolism
by introducing
air from an empty syringe into her IV.
After learning of Katherine's death, Robert decides to follow Brennan's advice. He goes to Megiddo and meets Bugenhagen (Michael Gambon
), who tells them that
Damien is the long-prophesied Antichrist
, and that the only way to destroy him is to take him to holy ground and kill him with the seven sacrificial daggers of Megiddo. To prove his claims, Bugenhagen tells Robert to search Damien for the 666
birthmark. Robert at first states his disbelief in any 666 markings, refuses to kill his son and leaves. However, Jennings is determined to go through with the plan, and picks up the daggard. Jennings (after a brief exchange
of words with Robert outside) is decapitated by a falling sign. This graphic decapitation causes Robert to change his mind.
After a long pensive flight back, Robert arrives home during a torrential storm. The dog attacks but Robert manages to trap it. Robert then goes upstairs to Damien's room and quietly cuts a large lock of Damien's hair to reveal a 666 birthmark, which he stares at in absolute horror. Mrs. Baylock attacks suddenly, but Robert is able to fight her off. He takes Damien outside to his car. Mrs. Baylock pursues them and Robert kills her by running her over.
Robert drives the Lexus
frantically, crashing through his iron gate with law enforcement officers pursuing. He drives to a church to kill Damien on consecrated ground, but as he is about to strike the blow with the sacred dagger, he is killed by an officer of the Diplomatic Protection Group
. Scene fades with the crucified Christ statue at the altar looking down.
Robert's funeralshown in parallel to the death of the Popeis attended by the President of the United States. After the service is over, the Secret Service informs the President that his car is waiting. The next shot shows the President holding the hand of Damien, both with backs to the camera. The last shot shows Damien slowly turning around, giving the camera a gaze and then a smile.
began on October 3, 2005 at Barrandov Studios
in Prague, Czech Republic
.
The film ended grossing $119,498,909 worldwide, making it a modest success on a budget of $25 million. It finished as the 59th highest-grossing film of 2006, the 12th highest-grossing R-rated movie of 2006 and the 2nd highest domestic gross of The Omen series when adjusted for inflation. The 1976 original remains the top earner in the series.
denoting that overall the film has received mixed feedback or reviews of an average nature. 26% of reviews collected on Rotten Tomatoes
were positive.
James Berardinelli
commented that "On every level, The Omen isn't just bad filmmaking, it's bad storytelling." and especially criticised the film's similarity to the original film, which he also greatly disliked. Rolling Stone
also made the latter point: "Not since Gus Van Sant
inexplicably directed a shot-by-shot remake
of Hitchcock's
Psycho
has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact".
Roger Ebert
however gave the film "thumbs up" and "three stars" in contrast to his negative review of the original, praising John Moore for letting the strong story unfold itself rather than foregrounding visual effects, while the Washington Posts Stephen Hunter praised the film: "It's handsome in the way it's fast-moving: sleek, well-engineered, full of gooses and honks. Some of the casting seems a little off. Still, it works."
Other critical quotes are as follows:
While Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
s performance did win him a Chainsaw award from Fangoria
magazine for "Creepiest Kid", David Thewlis
had been nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award
for "Worst Supporting Actor
" in 2007.
DVD on October 23, 2006. It was released in Australia, on a Region 4 DVD on March 7, 2007.
The film was released on blu-ray on November 14, 2006.
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
of Richard Donner
Richard Donner
Richard Donner is an American film director, film producer, and comic book writer.The production company The Donners' Company is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for the hailed creation of the first modern...
's The Omen
The Omen
An original score for the film, including the movie's theme song Ave Satani, was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he received the only Oscar of his long career. The score features a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant...
of 1976 and a part of The Omen series
The Omen (film series)
The Omen film series is a horror film franchise created in the 1970s. The story was originally written by David Seltzer, who chose not to continue the series after the first novel. The second novel and screenplay were then written by Joseph Howard, and the third by Gordon McGill...
. Directed by John Moore and written by David Seltzer
David Seltzer
David Seltzer is an American screenwriter, producer and director, perhaps best known for writing The Omen , and Bird on a Wire , starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn...
, the film stars Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber , commonly known as Liev Schreiber, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having initially appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of...
, Julia Stiles
Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress.After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet...
and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is an American child actor. His first film role was as Damien Thornin the 2006 remake of the thriller The Omen.-Personal life:...
. It was released worldwide on June 6, 2006.
Plot
Robert Thorn (Liev SchreiberLiev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber , commonly known as Liev Schreiber, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having initially appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of...
), an American diplomat stationed in Italy, is told that his son died soon after birth. To spare the anguish of his still unconscious wife, Katherine (Julia Stiles
Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress.After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet...
), Robert accepts the suggestion of the hospital's Catholic priest, Father Spiletto (Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Giovanni Lombardo Radice is an Italian film actor, better known to audiences as John Morghen.Radice is mostly famous for the gruesome death scenes his characters fall victim to in films such as Cannibal Ferox...
) to secretly adopt another newborn whose mother died in childbirth. Robert and Katherine raise the boy as their own and name him Damien.
Robert's career ascends over the course of the next five years. He is named Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and after the ambassador dies in a bizarre accident, becomes Ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
and settles into a large estate just outside London. However, disturbing events start to revolve around Damien
Damien Thorn
Damien Thorn is the main fictional character and the main antagonist in The Omen series. He is the Antichrist and the son of the Devil. The character has been portrayed by Harvey Stephens, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Sam Neill, and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick...
(Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is an American child actor. His first film role was as Damien Thornin the 2006 remake of the thriller The Omen.-Personal life:...
), the most prominent being his nanny hanging herself at his birthday party, driven to do so by a large black dog.
Soon afterward, Robert is approached by Father Brennan (Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite
Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE, was an English stage, film and television actor.After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr...
), who delivers an eerie warning and seems to know the truth about Damien's birth, at which point Robert has him escorted out. Meanwhile, photographer Keith Jennings (David Thewlis
David Thewlis
David Thewlis is an English actor of stage and screen. His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin, in the Harry Potter film series...
) finds out that several of his photographs contain mysterious signs, later revealed to foreshadow a series of shocking deaths.
A new nanny, Mrs. Baylock (Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow is an American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model.Farrow first gained wide acclaim for her role as Allison Mackenzie in the soap opera Peyton Place, and for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra...
), is hired and tells Damien that she's been sent to protect him. Tension between Mrs. Baylock and the Thorns rises when the nanny starts to make decisions against their wishes, including bringing a large watchdog (a Rottweiler
Rottweiler
The Rottweiler is a medium to large size breed of domestic dog that originated in Rottweil, Germany. The dogs were known as "Rottweil butchers' dogs" because they were used to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat and other products to market...
) without their consent. On the way to the previous nanny's funeral, Damien becomes terrified as they approach the church, attacking Katherine.
That night Katherine experiences a first premonition/nightmare dream about Damien. The following day a field trip to the city zoo ends with primates going wild at the sight of Damien. Katherine suspects that there is something not right about her son. Robert however brushes off her concerns. That night Katherine again experiences a premonition dream and awakes in panic. She goes downstairs and discovers Damien making a sandwich in the middle of the night. She calls to him but he simply walks past her with an ominous stare.
Robert again meets with Father Brennan, who tells him that Damien must die and a man called Bugenhagen, located in Megiddo, can show him how. Enraged, Robert sends him away again. Father Brennan, sensing something evil, with a torrential storm around, attempts to seek shelter in a church, but the door is mysteriously bolted shut. A lightning bolt strikes the church steeple, causing him to be impaled by a large steel rod which falls from the roof of the church.
Upon discovering she is pregnant, Katherine wants to have an abortion, as she is afraid to have another child like Damien. Robert however is against it. Shortly afterward, Katherine is knocked off the landing by Damien riding his scooter, and tumbles over the balcony. He refuses her pleas for help and she falls to the floor, severely injuring herself and also resulting in the loss of the baby. After the bedridden Katherine begs her husband, "Don't let him kill me.", Robert finally accepts that something is amiss with his son.
Fueled by the warnings given to him by Father Brennan and further information from Keith Jennings, Robert and Jennings go in search of Damien's real mother. After meeting a nun in Rome, they discover that the hospital where Damien was born burned down. They then go to a monastery in Subiaco and meet Father Spiletto, now wheelchair ridden and badly disfigured, who tells them where Damien's mother is buried.
They find the grave of Maria Avedici Santoya, Damien's real mother, in the old cemetery of Cerveteri
Cerveteri
Cerveteri is a town and comune of the northern Lazio, in the province of Rome. Originally known as Caere , it is famous for a number of Etruscan necropolis that include some of the best Etruscan tombs anywhere....
, and find out that it contains the skeleton of a jackal, revealing that Damien cannot be human. In the neighboring tomb, Robert discovers the corpse of a human infant with a cracked skull, revealing that his biological
son was murdered at birth. He and Jennings are then attacked by a pack of rottweilers, and barely escape over the fence.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Baylock visits Katherine in the hospital under the pretense of delivering flowers and then murders her – inducing an air embolism
Air embolism
An air embolism, or more generally gas embolism, is a pathological condition caused by gas bubbles in a vascular system. The most common context is a human body, in which case it refers to gas bubbles in the bloodstream...
by introducing
air from an empty syringe into her IV.
After learning of Katherine's death, Robert decides to follow Brennan's advice. He goes to Megiddo and meets Bugenhagen (Michael Gambon
Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon, CBE is an Irish actor who has worked in theatre, television and film. A highly respected theatre actor, Gambon is recognised for his roles as Philip Marlowe in the BBC television serial The Singing Detective, as Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial Maigret, and as...
), who tells them that
Damien is the long-prophesied Antichrist
Antichrist
The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to a leader who fulfills Biblical prophecies concerning an adversary of Christ, while resembling him in a deceptive manner...
, and that the only way to destroy him is to take him to holy ground and kill him with the seven sacrificial daggers of Megiddo. To prove his claims, Bugenhagen tells Robert to search Damien for the 666
Number of the Beast
The Number of the Beast is a term in the Book of Revelation, of the New Testament, that is associated with the first Beast of Revelation chapter 13, the Beast of the sea. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible, the number of the Beast is...
birthmark. Robert at first states his disbelief in any 666 markings, refuses to kill his son and leaves. However, Jennings is determined to go through with the plan, and picks up the daggard. Jennings (after a brief exchange
of words with Robert outside) is decapitated by a falling sign. This graphic decapitation causes Robert to change his mind.
After a long pensive flight back, Robert arrives home during a torrential storm. The dog attacks but Robert manages to trap it. Robert then goes upstairs to Damien's room and quietly cuts a large lock of Damien's hair to reveal a 666 birthmark, which he stares at in absolute horror. Mrs. Baylock attacks suddenly, but Robert is able to fight her off. He takes Damien outside to his car. Mrs. Baylock pursues them and Robert kills her by running her over.
Robert drives the Lexus
Lexus
is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in 1989 in the United States, Lexus is now sold globally and has become Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. The Lexus marque is marketed in over 70 countries and territories worldwide, and has...
frantically, crashing through his iron gate with law enforcement officers pursuing. He drives to a church to kill Damien on consecrated ground, but as he is about to strike the blow with the sacred dagger, he is killed by an officer of the Diplomatic Protection Group
Diplomatic Protection Group
The Diplomatic Protection Group is a Specialist Operations branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. The unit's main purpose is to provide specialist protection for diplomatic residencies in London, such as embassies, high commissions and consular sections...
. Scene fades with the crucified Christ statue at the altar looking down.
Robert's funeralshown in parallel to the death of the Popeis attended by the President of the United States. After the service is over, the Secret Service informs the President that his car is waiting. The next shot shows the President holding the hand of Damien, both with backs to the camera. The last shot shows Damien slowly turning around, giving the camera a gaze and then a smile.
Cast
- Liev SchreiberLiev SchreiberIsaac Liev Schreiber , commonly known as Liev Schreiber, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having initially appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of...
as Robert Thorn - Julia StilesJulia StilesJulia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress.After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet...
as Katherine Thorn - Seamus Davey-FitzpatrickSeamus Davey-FitzpatrickSeamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is an American child actor. His first film role was as Damien Thornin the 2006 remake of the thriller The Omen.-Personal life:...
as Damien Thorn - David ThewlisDavid ThewlisDavid Thewlis is an English actor of stage and screen. His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin, in the Harry Potter film series...
as Keith Jennings - Mia FarrowMia FarrowMia Farrow is an American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model.Farrow first gained wide acclaim for her role as Allison Mackenzie in the soap opera Peyton Place, and for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra...
as Mrs. Baylock - Pete PostlethwaitePete PostlethwaitePeter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE, was an English stage, film and television actor.After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr...
as Father Brennan - Michael GambonMichael GambonSir Michael John Gambon, CBE is an Irish actor who has worked in theatre, television and film. A highly respected theatre actor, Gambon is recognised for his roles as Philip Marlowe in the BBC television serial The Singing Detective, as Jules Maigret in the 1990s ITV serial Maigret, and as...
as Bugenhagen
Production
Principal photographyPrincipal photography
thumb|300px|Film production on location in [[Newark, New Jersey]].Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....
began on October 3, 2005 at Barrandov Studios
Barrandov Studios
Barrandov Studios is a famous set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe.Several of the movies filmed there won Academy Awards...
in Prague, Czech Republic
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
Release and reception
The film was released on June 6, 2006, at 06:06:06 in the morning. This symbolically represents the number 666, the biblical Number of the Beast.Box office
The film recorded the highest opening Tuesday box office gross in domestic box office history in the United States, by earning more than $12 million. Fox initially stated that the film earned US$ 12,633,666 on its first day, but later Bruce Snyder, Fox's president of distribution, said admitted that they were "having a little fun" by manipulating the figure to contain the number of the beast in the last three digits.The film ended grossing $119,498,909 worldwide, making it a modest success on a budget of $25 million. It finished as the 59th highest-grossing film of 2006, the 12th highest-grossing R-rated movie of 2006 and the 2nd highest domestic gross of The Omen series when adjusted for inflation. The 1976 original remains the top earner in the series.
Critical response
The film received a mixed set of reviews. The film currently has a rating of 43 out of 100 on MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
denoting that overall the film has received mixed feedback or reviews of an average nature. 26% of reviews collected on Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
were positive.
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli is an American online film critic.-Personal life:Berardinelli was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and spent his early childhood in Morristown, New Jersey. At the age of nine years, he relocated to the township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey...
commented that "On every level, The Omen isn't just bad filmmaking, it's bad storytelling." and especially criticised the film's similarity to the original film, which he also greatly disliked. Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
also made the latter point: "Not since Gus Van Sant
Gus Van Sant
Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He is a two time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, both of which were also nominated for Best Picture, and won the...
inexplicably directed a shot-by-shot remake
Psycho (1998 film)
Psycho is a 1998 American horror film produced and directed by Gus Van Sant for Universal Pictures, a remake of the 1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
of Hitchcock's
Psycho
Psycho (1960 film)
Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch...
has a thriller been copied with so little point or impact".
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
however gave the film "thumbs up" and "three stars" in contrast to his negative review of the original, praising John Moore for letting the strong story unfold itself rather than foregrounding visual effects, while the Washington Posts Stephen Hunter praised the film: "It's handsome in the way it's fast-moving: sleek, well-engineered, full of gooses and honks. Some of the casting seems a little off. Still, it works."
Other critical quotes are as follows:
- "John Moore's remake – while arguably better than its source – can't help but feel a bit stale." – BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
fim review - "This film is for people who've never seen the original, and who are easily scared by mediocre horror films"- Eric. D. Snider
- "Director John Moore has added some creepy visuals and assembled an unusually strong cast for a horror flick." – New York PostNew York PostThe New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
- "Competently made, and enjoyably played. But you do really end up wondering what the point was. Cinematic déjà vu is the most likely response." – Empire Magazine
While Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is an American child actor. His first film role was as Damien Thornin the 2006 remake of the thriller The Omen.-Personal life:...
s performance did win him a Chainsaw award from Fangoria
Fangoria
Fangoria is an American magazine devoted to horror and exploitation films, which has a number of associated brands:* Fangoria Comics* Fangoria Films* Fangoria RadioFangoria may also refer to:* Fangoria , a Spanish electro pop band...
magazine for "Creepiest Kid", David Thewlis
David Thewlis
David Thewlis is an English actor of stage and screen. His most commercially successful role to date has been that of Remus Lupin, in the Harry Potter film series...
had been nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award
Golden Raspberry Awards
A Golden Raspberry Award, or Razzie for short, is an award presented in recognition of the worst in movies. Founded by American copywriter and publicist John J.B. Wilson in 1981, the annual Razzie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles precedes the corresponding Academy Awards ceremony by one day...
for "Worst Supporting Actor
Supporting actor
A supporting actor is an actor who performs roles in a play or film other than that of the leads.These roles range from bit parts to secondary leads. They are sometimes but not necessarily character roles. A supporting actor must also use restraint not to upstage the main actor/actress in the...
" in 2007.
Home media
The film was released in the US on Region 1 DVD on October 17, 2006. It was released in the UK, on a Region 2DVD region code
DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region...
DVD on October 23, 2006. It was released in Australia, on a Region 4 DVD on March 7, 2007.
The film was released on blu-ray on November 14, 2006.