Daily Archives: June 25, 2016

‘The Omen’ opens in Manhattan 40 years ago this hour (June 25 1976)


Video: 'The Omen' trailer

(Friday, June 25, 1976, 10:00 a.m. EDT)The Omen, a American-British supernatural horror-drama film about the young son of an American diplomat and his wife (living in London) who turns out to be marked with the sign of Satan (the infamous “666”), was released in U.S. theaters today (opening this morning at the National theater in Times Square).

Directed by Richard Donner, the film starred Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner and Billie Whitelaw.