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| Damien – Omen II | |
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| Directed by | Don Taylor |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Harvey Bernhard |
| Based on | Characters by
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| Produced by | Harvey Bernhard |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bill Butler |
| Edited by | Robert Brown |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $6.8 million[1] |
| Box office | $26.5 million (US/Canada)[2] |
Damien – Omen II is a 1978 supernatural horror film directed by Don Taylor. It is the sequel to The Omen, and the second installment of The Omen series. It stars William Holden and Lee Grant, with Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Lew Ayres, Sylvia Sidney, Lance Henriksen, Ian Hendry, and Leo McKern. Set seven years after the first film, it follows a now-pubescent Damien Thorn (Scott-Taylor) as he begins to realize his destiny as the Antichrist.
Franchise producer Harvey Bernhard wrote the screen story, with a screenplay by Stanley Mann and Mike Hodges. Hodges was the original director, but was replaced by Don Taylor early in production. Unlike the first film, which was shot in England and Italy, filming of the sequel took place primarily in the United States, in locations around Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin. The opening scene was shot in Israel.
It was released by 20th Century Fox on June 9, 1978, and received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, Omen III: The Final Conflict, was released in 1981.
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p258
- ^ "Damien – Omen II, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 25, 2012.