![]() However, as the child grows, it becomes clear that something is wrong Damien seems mortally afraid of entering a church, animals react to his presence and an oddball priest is following Thorn trying to tell him that his son is the Anti-Christ. Thinking of his wife, Thorn accepts, and Damien becomes their son. The priest tells him that God works in mysterious ways and urges him to take the boy as his own. Seemingly with a stroke of luck, though, another mother has just died in labour, giving birth to a son. When Thorn arrives at the hospital, a priest delivers the crushing blow (excuse the pun) that his child is dead. Robert Thorn (Jeremy Thorn in the original edition, but as the film renamed him Robert, later editions of the book and its sequels also adopted the new name) is an important American politician whose pregnant wife has endured two miscarriages: if she loses another child, it would mentally destroy her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hal C F Astell - The Last Page Bookshop - The Horror Reviews - The Omen - David Seltzer Home -įirst in a series completed by other authors - two novelisations: Damien - Omen II by Joseph Howard, and The Final Conflict - Omen III by Gordon McGill and then two original novels: Armageddon 2000 - Omen IV and The Abomination - Omen V, again both by Gordon McGill. ![]()
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