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The 1978 film, Damien: Omen II, is set seven years after The Omen
, the film stars William Holden, Lee Grant, and Jonathan Scott-Taylor. Directed by Don Taylor.

It is followed by a third installment Omen III: The Final Conflict
in 1981.

British film director Mike Hodges was the original choice to helm the movie. Some sequences directed by him (some of the factory footage, the military academy footage and all of the early archaeology scene) remain in the completed film, for which Hodges retains a story credit. Hodges, in recent interviews, comments sanguinely on his experiences working on this film.

The movie was set in Chicago and was largely filmed in downtown Chicago and on the campus of Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois. The "Thorn Industries" building was actually Chicago's city hall. Another scene took place at Graceland Cemetery.

Plot summary

Damien is now in his early teens and living with his uncle Richard Thorn, his uncle's second wife, Ann, and Richard's son from his first marriage, Mark. Richard Thorn is a wealthy industrialist.

The young Damien doesn't understand his true potential, but others are beginning to suspect that he is not a sweet young boy that he appears to be. Within his life there are many people working to help him ascend to his rightful place as Antichrist, but at the same time, lone journalists, doctors, scientists and friends all try to stop him and warn his foster parents.

Mark sees (and hears) things he shouldn't, and although Damien has fond feelings for his cousin, nothing can stand in his way.

The Daggers of Meggido from the first film (reputedly the only weapons able to kill the Anti-Christ, according to the series' interior logic) make a reappearance.

Cast

William Holden ... Richard Thorn
Lee Grant
... Ann Thorn
Jonathan Scott-Taylor
... Damien Thorn
Robert Foxworth
... Paul Buher
Nicholas Pryor ... Dr. Charles Warren
Sylvia Sidney
... Aunt Marion
Lew Ayres
... Bill Atherton
Lance Henriksen
... Master Sergeant Daniel Neff
Lucas Donat ... Mark Thorn
Elizabeth Shephard ... Joan Hart
Meshach Taylor
... Dr. Kane

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