Synopsis
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, he relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire — and the world.
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Cast
- William HoldenRichard Thorn
- Lee GrantAnn Thorn
- Jonathan Scott-TaylorDamien Thorn
- Robert FoxworthPaul Buher
- Nicholas PryorCharles Warren
- Lew AyresBill Atherton
- Sylvia SidneyAunt Marion
- Lance HenriksenSergeant Neff
- Elizabeth ShepherdJoan Hart
- Lucas DonatMark Thorn
Recommandations
- 60
Empire
A rerun of the first one but satan junior is now a teenager. - 60
The New York Times
Though it's as foolish as the first film, is rather more fun to watch and sometimes very stylish-looking. - 58
The A.V. Club
The film could be subtitled A Portrait Of The Anti-Christ As A Young Man. The emphasis has been shifted from parental anxiety to the frustration of a boy struggling to identify—and then reconcile—his demonic birthright. - 50
Time Out
This sequel lacks the bravura pacing of the original, and though it tries to maintain the biblical tone in following the adolescence of its antichrist anti-hero, immense problems emerge. - 50
Variety
Alas, Little Orphan Damien, lucky enough to be taken in by a rich uncle after bumping off his first pair of foster parents, can’t resist killing the second set, too, along with assorted friends of the family. Damien is obviously wearing out his welcome. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Don Taylor, a director who specializes in sequels and imitations dutifully puts image to celluloid without distinction. [10 June 1978] - 40
Newsweek
Damien is a strikingly handsome film - full of plush offices and country homes reeking of Old Money, all lovingly captured in Bill Butler's burnished-gold cinematography - but it hasn't an ounce of suspense. There's really no story here, just a catalog of increasingly baroque murders. [19 June 1978, p.75] - 40
Washington Post
If a movie can be said to snore before your eyes, Damien sustains an ungodly, unstimulating buzz. [13 June 1978, p.B1]
