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Wow, we're finally at the end of my reviews for both "The Omen" and "Child's Play" movie series. Time to celebrate!
(video link)
Ah, but one more thing remains. The 2006 remake. Don't worry, I'd already made the mistake of buying this cheaply from the thift shop down the road. In fact I'd already watched it once and given up on it part way through. I sat down for it this time in full snark mode and found it somewhat less disappointing when expecting absolutely nothing from it.
The Omen (2006)
This remake of The Omen had a pretty high profile release with marketing proudly noting the release date of 06/06/06. But clearly it wasn't viewed as a particularly big success. While it more than broke even (if we presume the break even point is twice the budget it made nearly 70 million worldwide), it did extremely poorly with critics (the current RT score is 27%). What is perhaps more worthy of note is that going by the US box office figures (since box office mojo does not appear to have the worldwide figures for the original "The Omen" movie) the original movie actually did marginally better back in the seventies (without correcting for inflation) than this fairly high budget remake.
So perhaps it is no surprise that this film never had any sequels. There was certainly nothing in the plot that would have prevented the film series progressing in a similar way. The plot is pretty much frame for frame identical. So what I'm going to do now is compare the original and the remake directly. If you have see the original already there is nothing to be spoilt since the plots of the two movies are identical. If you haven't seen the original seventies version of "The Omen" yet, I'd note that the main thing about that film is the atmosphere rather than the plot, but even so I'd insist that you should probably watch the original seventies movie before reading this review. In case you hadn't worked out already, the original is better.
Okay so, in case any skim-readers missed that, THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS OF THE 1976 ORIGINAL MOVIE OF "THE OMEN" (and by extension, for the 2006 remake obviously, since they are practically the same film shot-for-shot). IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN "THE OMEN" (1976) EXPECT SPOILERS!!!
( Read the full picspammy review under the cut... )
So the final rankings of the movies in the two movie series of "The Omen" and "Child's Play" are as follows:
1. Bride Of Chucky (1998) A+
2. Damien: Omen II (1978) B+
3. Child's Play (1988) B+
4. The Omen (1976) B-
5. Child's Play 2 (1990) B-
6. Seed of Chucky (2004) B-
7. Child's Play 3 (1991) C-
8. The Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) C-
9. Omen IV: The Awakening (1991 TV Movie) D-
10. The Omen (2006) E-
(video link)
Ah, but one more thing remains. The 2006 remake. Don't worry, I'd already made the mistake of buying this cheaply from the thift shop down the road. In fact I'd already watched it once and given up on it part way through. I sat down for it this time in full snark mode and found it somewhat less disappointing when expecting absolutely nothing from it.
The Omen (2006)
This remake of The Omen had a pretty high profile release with marketing proudly noting the release date of 06/06/06. But clearly it wasn't viewed as a particularly big success. While it more than broke even (if we presume the break even point is twice the budget it made nearly 70 million worldwide), it did extremely poorly with critics (the current RT score is 27%). What is perhaps more worthy of note is that going by the US box office figures (since box office mojo does not appear to have the worldwide figures for the original "The Omen" movie) the original movie actually did marginally better back in the seventies (without correcting for inflation) than this fairly high budget remake.
So perhaps it is no surprise that this film never had any sequels. There was certainly nothing in the plot that would have prevented the film series progressing in a similar way. The plot is pretty much frame for frame identical. So what I'm going to do now is compare the original and the remake directly. If you have see the original already there is nothing to be spoilt since the plots of the two movies are identical. If you haven't seen the original seventies version of "The Omen" yet, I'd note that the main thing about that film is the atmosphere rather than the plot, but even so I'd insist that you should probably watch the original seventies movie before reading this review. In case you hadn't worked out already, the original is better.
Okay so, in case any skim-readers missed that, THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS OF THE 1976 ORIGINAL MOVIE OF "THE OMEN" (and by extension, for the 2006 remake obviously, since they are practically the same film shot-for-shot). IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN "THE OMEN" (1976) EXPECT SPOILERS!!!
( Read the full picspammy review under the cut... )
So the final rankings of the movies in the two movie series of "The Omen" and "Child's Play" are as follows:
1. Bride Of Chucky (1998) A+
2. Damien: Omen II (1978) B+
3. Child's Play (1988) B+
4. The Omen (1976) B-
5. Child's Play 2 (1990) B-
6. Seed of Chucky (2004) B-
7. Child's Play 3 (1991) C-
8. The Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) C-
9. Omen IV: The Awakening (1991 TV Movie) D-
10. The Omen (2006) E-
