The Omen (1976/2006) Side-by-Side Comparison
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A side-by-side, shot-for-shot comparison between the 1976 film The Omen and the 2006 remake. This video is intended to show the different choices made by two groups of filmmakers working from the same screenplay. - Zábava
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Comment to help me choose my next side-by-side:
The Great Gatsby (1974/2013)
Open Your Eyes (1997)/Vanilla Sky (2001)
Romeo and Juliet (1936/1968/1996/2013)
Animal Farm (1954/1999)
The BFG (1989/2016)
Avatar: The Last Airbender(2003)/The Last Airbender (2010)
Cinderella (1950/2015)
Clash of the Titans (1981/2010)
Nosferatu (1922)/Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
The Shining (1980/1997)
Ghost in the Shell (1995/2017)
I think you should do clash of the titans next.
I agree.
The Big Fat Gangsta the BFG
Do IT
The Amityville Horror 1979/2005
The original nanny was the scariest looking woman
it´s true
Yes she was
I love mia but she far too kind for it
wanted to plow her in the face!!!
She played the mother of the kray twins work equal degrees of menace
2006 Damion looks evil from the get go, so no surprise that he is the Antichrist. But 1976 Damion has an angelic face with a hint of something that is not quite right. And the original soundtrack is beyond terrifying and when you hear it, you know where it is from.
Damien… and coincidentally enough.. in both films.. I and II.. both actors had their hair dyed to look more sinister.. Johnathan Scott-Taylor was born in Buenos Aires.. he was blonde.. both he and Harvey Stephens had their hair dyed darker..
@@robertawilson142 He was born in Brazil.
@@brvflovski Johnathan Scott-Taylor was born in São Paulo.. I thought it was interesting that both he and Harvey Stephens were both blonde.. and had their hair darkened up for those films..
The late great Sir Jerry Goldsmiths Oscar winning score Ave Satani is very creepy…
Richard Donner was first class. He speaks of his work on making this film in a documentary in this channel. There were 100 boys in the room.. and he picked Harvey. And like any 6 year old boy.. he couldn’t stand still and got into trouble…
There is something about 70's horror and violence that is impossible to recreate.
Says a guy named Paul Allen lol
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Watch the Hammer House of Horror series from the UK. Great stories, the horror is pretty mild by today's standards, but they have a certain creepy atmosphere to them.
You ain't lying. I think the problem with the remake is casting. Liev Scribner couldn't emote for fk.
God bless Mia Farrow, but she couldn't hold a candle to Billoe Whitelaw.
Mojo
The Original Omen is a Masterpiece. The 2006 version is just a remake. Can't mess with the Best & Original..ever!
The original take a lot of soul
That why the tittle was bloody
The omen (2006) came out when I was 1 year old
I totally agree, however the decapitation of the photographer in the 2006 version is just so much better.
@@catherincoreas483 so?
@@catherincoreas483 the original came out the year I was born! I'm a fossil!
I love the remake with the photographer who shoots digital but somehow he's develops the photos in a dark room
In 2006, digital photography wasn't what it is now.
He also states during the scene showing them to Robert that he shoots both on film and digital.
I love that Harvey Spencer Stephens (the original Damien) made a cameo in the remake. Pretty cool
3:12 (green coat, silver hair)
You mean the first Damien of the Omen 1.
Sometimes reporters be devils like that, tho.
Wow wat a wonderful trivia u shared😊
Which reporter was he (the original Damien)?
I Agree
As far as remakes go , it was a fair attempt, with some genuinely scary and effective visuals, but the original 1976 version is a cinematic Horror masterpiece. It is riveting and atmospheric from the start , and the creepy music score gives it a menace and frightening unsettling feel to it, the a genuine feel of evil in its depiction of the anti-christ and it's is so eerie and scary. ...........Classic
Agree can't improve on a masterpiece.
True, you can tell just by looking at the scene where they open the grave of Damien's mother. In the scene in the 1976 version, the background is dark with the chilling chorus music adding to the dark, eerie atmosphere that befits a horror film. After they look into the grave, before you even see what's inside, you see Thorn make a sound that shows disgust while the photographer turns his head away closing his eyes saying to himself "My god." Their reactions alone send the message that they just saw something both shocking and horrifying.
2006 version, the scene is well-lit with a blue background, no background music which isn't always bad and after they open the grave, their reactions are pretty restrained with photographer saying "What the fuck is this?" He sounds more confused than shocked while Thorn seems pretty stoic.
In the older version, it added a level of terror to the film. In the newer version, it felt like a one-off as one would think that Thorn would at least show some shock or horror given it's made clear just how unnatural Damien's birth was: a jackal conceiving and birthing a human child is impossible, sending the message that Damien's birth was of divine (or rather anti-divine) or supernatural intervention.
I find it interesting how so many people decide that the stories can't be told again. The 76 Omen is not the end all be all story or the Omen, and it had some good moments, but I personally love the nod of having Rosemary as the nanny, and the scene where she is feeding him strawberries is beautiful. I think the remake is a bit more subtle in some instances, and then more intense in the right places. Though I typically don't enjoy 70s horror that much.
@@galantos30, not to mention those terrifying Rottweiler dogs, who were guarding those graves!😔 BRILLIANTLY-trained Rottweilers, in "The Omen" Movie Series!😍😎👍
Agree
That scene where the nanny punctures the IV drip tube is really tough to watch. That kind of stuff just freaks me out!
I know! That’s no way to die!
That was the only improvement
@@madhousenetwork7765 yeah, the original falling down death was honestly kinda meh, this one was horryfing
@@lexezlao comparatively yeah
@@madhousenetwork7765 but everything else about the new one sucked (except the mum she was alright)
That Omen kid with that school boy outfit always brings to mind Angus Young (AC DC).
Joyful Things Hell ain't a bad place to be
Quite true.
When a remake is almost a scene for scene copy, one has to ask "Why bother?"
Coz 06/06/2006 means 666, I guess. LOL.
Money money money. As Abba once sang.
Exactly.
@@scotscub76 You mean the Ojays Man I dig that song😉
Yeah, a perfect example is the remake of Psycho. That was a bad idea.
Perfect timing at the end when they both looked at the camera and smiled
Sorry, but the original Mrs. Baylock was PERFECT casting.
Pues la original Sra. Baylock (libro)... no tiene nada que ver con las de ambas películas... desde físicamente(era obesa y alta) hasta la forma tan magnifica de manipular a los Thorn.
djs2356 so much so that she won the Evening Standard award &I was Oscar nominated I think
She was the scariest thing in that movie. Great casting.
I. Agree
When they play the original soundtrack from ‘76, you know the ‘76 version is the best without doubt
The original is a classic at the highest level but the remake has some good moments as well. Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack is haunting.👍Great editing!😷😷😷
The original was true gold.
The 2006 version looks like a game
Tiffany Parker yes, it’s like the game Lucius
like other remake horrors
My life is like a video game
makes no sense
Both decapitation scenes r fantastic. Even the remake u knew it was coming but the subtle change and execution made it great. The first was such a shocker.
The priest impalement and the photographer's decapitation were better done in the remake - improvements in special effects. When Warner's photographer is beheaded there is little or no blood, although some red paint pots jump in the air as a sort of substitute. Mia Farrow was probably the ideal choice for a remake version of Mrs Baylock, but generally there was no way to improve the 1976 version.
@@stevekaczynski3793 exactly, the shots r better due to better effects, but the the overall 1st film can't be outdone. With a movie like this u can't outdo it, simply hoping to match it.
@@stevekaczynski3793 I think priest impalement was overdone in the remake, especially with all of the broken shards of glass added. The decapitation however I think was done better and flawlessly.
the shot was over to quick in the original the shot lasted 5 seconds because the director knew people look away for 3 seconds
No comparison
76 version beats it by a mile.
A billion light years!!!!!!!!!
The two are the same
Same story
Almost same ending
Same Nanny Holy's Death
And if you ask me, the remake was more similar to the book, so they wouldn't be taking as much inspiration from the movie, and they also have to give a modern approach to the new generations.
@@IR0902 The remake was poor.
@@dickiea8048 Why do people always hate remakes just because they don't look like the original? and even when it looks too much like the original, people criticize it for being a "copy" the remakes never needs to be similar to the original films they have to be different and they have to bring modern things to the movie for the new generations do you think that the new generations like THE OMEN from 1976? remakes are for something, if you don't like it it's okay but don't say that the remake is horrible just because it's a remake it doesn't make sense! Goodbye and have a good day
@@IR0902 Simple
Because it isn't an original idea.
Just a carbon copy.
1976 original is epic and just incomparable with regards to its finest stellar casts, script, legendry music and scenes is way more scarier and freaks the life out of you !! That was the most chilling and creepiest looking nanny in our lifetime !!
The only scene in which the 2006 film wins is the death of the priest, it was more realistic, but it is due to the special effects technology that already existed in 2006. The beheading of the photographer, both scenes, both the 1976 and the 2006 were majestic.
Not in the unrated version, the priest death is longer and its now much more fake looking. It held on his face showing shards of glass that fell and looks totally plastic now. A classic case of less-is-more, they ruined the scene due to using more cgi gore.
I watched the original it was a master piece must say ..
Wonderful comparison, perfectly edited. I really enjoyed this, thank you very much. Christ, how I love this music! :)
It’s nice that they were able to get one of the Beatles to play the photographer in the original film.
Wtf
why am I giggling at this comment ? !
gojewla, 😂😂😂!👍
Linda Blair should've been the new nanny
I think they wanted most of the actors to look a little more similar to their old counterparts
That would had tied too many loose ends and it might had been distracting.
Now That Would be Better than Mia Farrow
I'll give the remake points for 2 things: Scenery and the mother's first fall. In the OG ,her fall looks hammy to me. I feel for her but I giggle a bit every time. In the remake, it actually felt tense and terrifying.
Nope in the remake is obvious cgi, in the original it was practical. And always practical over digital
Even the kid in the original looked more menacing and deceiving
The one thing about that first fall scene that I always remember very vividly is that shot of the goldfish bowl falling to the floor before she does. It’s kind of iconic in a way.
I JUST watched both back to back. 1976 last night, and 2006 just now. Loved them both, and read that the newer one was almost shot-for-shot like the original. Have to say I loved them both, but probably the 2006 version even better just from the quality of the filmmaking plus Mia Farrow's awesome performance! I liked the little changes too. This edit was really entertaining to watch. Thanks for creating it!
1976 one is way better
Exactly @@sadiemaehelenajackson5914
I am curious if the first nanny was hypnotized by the dog or was a servant all the time so the dog ordered her to finish her last task
This song made me so scared as a child and still does.
Btw. The dad from the 70s looks so old, he could be his grandad not his dad.
The 1976 one has an aura around each scene. The 2006 one is just a bland colorless bore. Amazing what direction can do to the same material.
I don't like the blue color screen they put over the newer one. The original had warm, clear more realistic color which helped with the creep factor.
@@beth1627 Director John Moore wanted to give the film more vibrance.
@@scottylewis8124 I dont think he succeeded, looks alot more waxy and clean, the original was directed much better by Donner.
@@AnytingGoes the 06 version looked like a rejected 90s-2000s music video.
Hi Matt, I luckily found your video. This is so amazing to me, u made this senior happy! thx so much!
Can't beat the original movie. It has a creepiness that was so well done. It lingers in the mind afterwards.
That was so entertaining dude. Thanks. Subscribed.
Thanks for this Matt!
The remake just plain bored me. I don’t think I even watched the whole thing. Lesson here, don’t remake classic movies that did it right the first time
Matt... this is the first video I've seen of yours. Great job bro. New sub'r here
The remake was pointless. It offered nothing new. If you are going to remake a movie, add something different. The 1976 version was actually scary. The 2006 version was not, including the devil dog!
Including the devil 🐕😆
I don't like the idea of adding anything new unless something was OBVIOUSLY missing from the original, or something could have been done better. For instance, I looked at the documentary on The Exorcist yesterday and the omission of the spider walk was discussed. It's a shame it wasn't in the movie, as creepy as it is. The director said he didn't know how to make the scene flow smoothly from the mother's reaction upon hearing the news about Burke's death and then a few seconds later react to seeing Reagan spider walk down the stairs.I never liked the way she reacted to Burke's death. It always seemed too fake; overdramatic. Anyway, the producer said he should have let her hear the news of Burke's death and then IMMEDIATELY before she even had a chance to react to Burke's death, she sees Reagan spider walk down the stairs.
At any rate, I prefer not to have remakes. Often times, the modern technology totally takes away from the authenticity of the movies. I don't want to see digital props on screen.
@@lb8471, the perfect comment. you have put into words what I have felt for years!
@@lb8471 I respect your opinion but what's the point? if everything is the same, then you know exactly what's going to happen. The new version offered nothing to keep your attention. There was no creepy music, and the overall mood was not nearly as scary. It was a waste.
Too much use of that generic looking blue light filter.
Pretty good. I like both movies and watch them from time to time, especially in October!
1976 end scene is still better
The most scaries movies is Phyco, The Chainsaw Masacre in Texas, The Omen and The Exorcist, obvoiusly I vote for the originals.
Rosemary's Baby 1968 in the 3th place my dear little child!
which movie is phyco?
alfred hitchcock psycho?
Exorcist
The Omen 1976 Is a master piece of Horror cinema. The Omen 2006 Is a good movie. That's the difference
Can't wait for the prequel to come out!
Great job!Thanks!
It’s much cozier in the old version to see Damien calmly smile while fire cracks behind him in a fireplace. It’s sooooo cozy...
No fireplace in the new one.
When I saw this movie as a child, I fell in love with Holly Palance without knowing who she was.
Her interview for Shout Factory’s release of The Omen Collection is well worth your time.
The remake of The Omen is just like the remake of Psycho - unoriginal, unimaginative, no direction of its own, a total copycat, shot-for-shot remake. Horror remakes should have their own tastes, new plot lines, elements, while staying faithful to the original.
The 2006 remake was shit....there should be a prequel coming out showing how Damien is conceived by the satanists.
You have said it! It's a copycat!
@@nicky29031977 It wasn't necessarily shit, just pointless.
there's a remake to "psycho" ? oh wow
Well it's called a remake and not a reboot... so...
Remaking THE BEST horror movie of all time was never going to be great. I have never seen a scarier or more atmospheric film than the original Omen
Personally, I like the nanny's death in the remake just a little bit better, something about how the rope to the noose being longer, the noise of her body hitting the wall and her shoe crashing the wine table just adds a little bit more to the trauma thise kids will have. Also I like the use of a black shepherd over a rottweiler.
That took dedication! Bravo!👏🏼 😈👏🏼
2066: Omen in 3D
2666: Omen in 4D
Thank you!
It's Funny That The Nanny In The Remake Is Actress Mia Farrow From The Film "Rosemary's Baby" And In That Film She Gave Birth To The Son Of Satan. It Always Made It Appear To Me As If Mrs. Baylock Is Really Rosemary Coming To Watch Over Her Baby. After All In The End, Rosemary Accepted Who Her Baby Was To Become. Maybe She Came To Help Him See It Through Lmbooo. Just My Silly Thought Y'all :)
何もわざわざ比較しなくても良かったのに(ニヤニヤ🤣)なんだか凄く得した気分です。昔のオーメンのフィルムよく見つけましたね😊大変だったでしょうに🤣素晴らしい!素晴らしいです。大変貴重な映像ありがとう御座いました。👍
The original had supernatural evil occurances during and after production, and It shows the devil did not want the truth to be told
Yeah.
The Main Actor Son died of suicide.
The director of Photography had a car accident and her wife Head was decapitaded like happened to The CameraMan Guy in the movie.
I love how at 8:21 one actress looks confused and terrified and the other just looks constipated.
Yo voto por la del 1976
Awesome really nice good work keep it up dude 👌👌👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊
It took three decades to do the remake. Some of the old cast members of The Omen 1976, have past away. They'll be remembered. God bless them. 🎃🇺🇲👏🏻🖤😊🙏🏻
Why don't they just leave the classics alone? They never come off anywhere near as good.
Holy crap that music's intense...😮
Patrick Troughton was so much better as
The priest or shall I call him The doctor
La original es una verdadera obra maestra, por mi parte, me quedo con esa.
Obvio es mejor , que la del 2006 , hasta la ecesna dónde asesinan a la señora en el hospital la del 76 fue mejor causa varios sentimientos, colera ,miedo y tristeza la del 2006 fue muy sin gracias Jejeje
They Shouldn't Re Make Classics Unless They Can Come Up With There Own Scripts And Material Director John Moore Wanted A Hit He Got One But Shot For Shot Not What Was Meant
Instead of making a remake they should have just re released the original one!! The casting of 1976 film was just spot on.. Even the kid looked like an angel and a devil child at the same..
IMO Peck just looks more like a diplomat or bureaucrat.
Liev does not look the part.
He looks like he should play the Devil or someone evil.
May be to confuse the audience that he may be the Antichrist in the remake
I actually just ordered the book xxxx
There are a lot of differences between the original movie and the 2006 version. The Omen was a masterpiece because of his director: Richard Donner. I think no one can argue that. Another difference was the soundtrack. The original movie is a movie with an entirely beautiful soundtrack. Jerry Goldsmith, the amazing American composer, collaborated with Donner. I could continue: For example, Gilbert Taylor made the difference, too. Taylor was his director of photography. That cinematographer worked for Hitchcock, Kubrick, George Lucas - Taylor was Star Wars cinematographer - . Well, that's all for today.
very well done
Possibly unpopular opinion: I like the decapitation scene in the remake better, damn that was a jaw dropper!
1976 rules!!!
2006 ... one more film.
I think I prefer the cinematography, locations and sets of the original, but I preferred Julia Stiles to Lee Remick, and I thought Mia Farrow was amazing as Mrs Baylock. I did think the remake Damien was a bit too overtly a creepy child: whereas the kid in the original could convincingly pass for a normal child, the kid in the remake you'd be a bit shocked if he wasn't inherently evil.
I never really understood in both versions why Robert tore out of the house. If he's have driven like less of a maniac, he might not have aroused so much suspicion
thegreenmanofnorwich that Robert part is so true
In his state of mind and all he had been thru, you would do the same. That was very natural behaviour
I found the 2006 Damien not even near as scary as the original one. He is the one who doesn't give me any chills, he looks like just another "creepy boy" and not really what the original looks like. Damien needs to look like a "normal" child, to make us feel confused between knowing that he is evil, but same time, seeing an "innocent" child and understanding why the police dude saved him from being killed.
The Original Nanny Billie Whitelaw Was More Convincing And Able To Fool You Into A Convincing Nanny
Kid In Remake Act Like He Knew He Already Not Human
The remake tried it but failed.
Great video
cool!! thanks for the side-by-side of this film. which one of them was your favorite? I'm a classics fan I'm going '76
With this soundtrack I'm already spooked
The fact that David Warner and David Thewlis look alike the casting team made a perfect job!
That awkward moment that even two Harry Potter actors didn't save the remake. I mean Lupin and Dumbledore
Simplemente la película de 1976 NO TIENE COMPARACIÓN, ES UNA OBRA MAESTRA
2:25 - says it all! Not seen the 2005 version - any good?
Some of the editing during the 2000's really messed up some really good movies. I have noticed they added some preset/filter that made the movies look so unrealistic.
Why do the Hollywood suits think shot for shot remakes are automatically going to be successful? The cast is amazing but they deserved a better film to work on!
The original, a beautifully shot masterpiece. The remake for the MTV generation, slick and hollow
The original cinematography just has more life to it. More movement and better composition. Some of the 2006 is just very plain.
I would say the opposite though
Both decapitation scenes were good
But the remake scene was a bit like watching someone play the Mousetrap board game
The 2006 remake was a literal shot for shot redo of the original 1976 movie
Some films just shouldn’t be remade.
New subscriber!
I went to this on 06/06/06 at screen 6. I hated the remake but loved the warm evening in London 🤭
Are my ears playing tricks on me or is it just plain amazing nobody in the internet even mentions the uncanny similarities of The Omen's theme with Nobuo Uematsu's magnum opus 'One-Winged Angel' from FF7....
Playing this at 2.0 speed is gold. LOL.
God, the remake was awful and pointless!
Like your life
@@gonluhvr If you prefer the remake to the original that's your choice, but you'd be very wrong! The original is a horror classic. The remake was a weak, and scare free film.
Most remakes are either create your own or just deal with the hypocrisy tge enteetainment keeps putting out.
In the lower one Robert is the same actor as Kingpin from SpiderMan and Sabretooth from X Men
Sin duda alguna las mejores películas de horror fueron hechas en los 70,s.
*Look at me, Damien! It’s all for u!*
so clever.merci
The original one 1976 was remake in Tamil language as Jenma Nakshatram in 1977. In that they elaborate many scenes. When he take Damien to church for kill the nanny in tamil remake she was have many fight scene with hero. That is so interesting n spooky at end of her death she chasing them while burn alive when he drive the car church scene. Tamil version Damien name changed as Xavier
I don't hate the remake but the original is a masterpiece.
Selma Blair would have been a better nanny.
salma hayek as the nanny. the late pete postlewait was fantastic in the remake BTW RIP....petey was one of the best supporting actors in the biz.
Fran Dresher as the nanny 😤
The only person I can think of that could have done an equally good job as the original Mrs Baylock is the late Yootha Joyce.
She had a very sharp look and could play a dark role brilliantly.
Something I would have loved to see.
In the original the nanny was actually scary
Believe it or not the remake is pretty violent.
Scotty Lewis remake is way more eerie and effective
Joey Bingham
I still prefer the 1976 because it doesn’t use gore to be eerie unlike 2006 which needed it.
They both literally had the same amount of violence tho lol, it's just the remake gore effects are more updated.
1976 all the way
Original Damien actor as reporter 03:11
I would be surprised if the remake was released on 6/6/06
It was.
Christopher Gomez well then that is some excellent planning for the movie released well done to the director and such