The 2006 remake of the 1976 film of the same name is just as good as the original Omen. For the most part I really enjoyed this film and everything about The Omen is just great. I seriously like this film and I've seen the 1976 version as well and I think that both films are great and I really like watching both films so far. This is a great Horror film that shows a lot of really hard work that most remakes lack now a days. Mainly that is true just don't listen to what most critics say because a lot of people say that this is a movie only for those who never watched the original Omen and for those who are only afraid of mediacore Horror films and this is not a mediacore Horror film and a lot of people really need to wake up in watching Horror films and in order to understand the rules of Horror they really need to know many things so far. I find this film to be a really suspenceful remake and it's just like the original Omen but with some new and different things like dark and deep tones plus this movie also has a couple of atmospheric scenes that the original lacked and there are also a lot of improved scenes over the original. Like the original the remake shows a lot of really dark details about Damien Thorn's real mother and it also shows a couple of disturbing and scary dream sequences plus there's more body count in this movie than in the original I'm saying it's not more than 7 or 8 but they just added a couple of new death scenes while the rest remains the same but done in a different style because like what I said in my review of The Thing prequel "What was done in the original cannot be done in the same way in the 21st century." because Horror seriously needs to think of bigger ideas and something that can improve the audiences and to entertain them with many big ideas. The fascinating thing about the remake is that the film's background history on Damien Thorn is really entertaining and the movie isn't boring and it really doesn't disappoint the fans of the original Omen and the ideas of this film is just interesting and I like the idea of this movie a lot. Normally I did find this film to be a scene for scene movie because the film's sequences are really nice and the scene for scene idea is just great and I was fund of the idea a lot. Now the other things that also impress me is the soundtrack of the film. The film's soundtrack creates a really deep and dark tone plus it also creates the atmosphere in certain parts and this is the only Omen film that uses atmosphere because the original Omen uses suspense other than atmosphere and thanks to Scream composer Marco Beltrami he really did a good job with his work on the soundtrack of this movie and I was so impressed with his song in the film and I think this is Marco Beltrami's best score since The Woman In Black and I like how the music was well used in this film a lot. The other fascinating things about The Omen is that the film also has the same kills but there are some new kills in the film. The ambassador's death is new in this movie. While there are some improved kill scenes that were in the original film mainly that's the priest's death scene and the incredible decapitation scene. The priest's death scene is really atmospheric in this film and I remember when I watched the original Omen the way the priest died isn't really as atmospheric as the way the priest died in this film because in the original the way the priest died uses suspense music just to scare the audiences while in the remake the death scene feels the same but it's a bit more darker and the atmosphere just makes the audience feel the dark and deep tone of the film and I was really fund of the idea a lot. While the decapitation scene is much more improved than before and the style of the scene in this movie is more of a Final Destination like style in which if there was a Final Destination 6 I think they should use the idea if there is a Final Destination 6 and they need a really nice decapitation scene then they should use the style of either the decapitation scene in this film or the original 1976 classic I should seriously wait for that idea if there is a Final Destination 6. There are also a couple of suspenceful scenes that I did like in the film and that is the scene where Damien rides his scooter and goes after his mother and he makes her fall on the top of the house which causes her to break her bones and be sent to the hospital is really good because the music in that scene is well used and I really enjoyed that scene a lot compared to the scene in the original 1976 classic while I also enjoyed the scene where the evil Nanny attacks Robert Thorn and that is also a really good scene in the film as well. Now the acting is great all of the casts even the new actor who played Damien in this film did a fascinating job with they're roles in the movie. Director John Moore does a unique job to create a really suspenceful remake and he knows how to handle a good Horror movie a lot and other than that he handle his directing really well just like how Richard Donner handled his directing in the original 1976 classic and I'm hoping that John Moore will direct more good movies in the future. Overall The Omen is a fascinating remake that keeps the fans of the original Omen entertained rather than being disappointed. And I also like the release date of this movie back in 2006. Because this movie was released in June 6, 2006(which stands for 666 the number of the beast or the devil.)
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