Omen IV: The Awakening
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| Omen IV: The Awakening | |
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| Directed by | Jorge Montesi Dominique Othenin-Girard |
| Produced by | Harvey Bernhard Mace Neufeld |
| Written by | David Seltzer (characters) Harvey Bernhard Brian Taggert |
| Music by | Jonathan Sheffer Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Martin Fuhrer |
| Editing by | Bruce Giesbrecht, Frank Irvine |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 TV-movie, straight-to-home video release, and sequel to the Omen franchise, directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard.
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[edit] Plot
The story centres around a young girl of mysterious origins called Delia (Asia Vieira), who is adopted by two attorneys, Gene (Michael Woods) and Karen York (Faye Grant). At first, nothing seems wrong. But Jo, their nanny with remarkable psychic powers, begins to reveal aspects of Delia's personality that become very, very suspicious. Jo reveals part of her worries to Karen, as well as to Noah, Jo's partner. When meditating with Delia to help her discover why Delia has such trouble, bringing negative energy everywhere she goes, Jo is murdered. Alarmed and suspicious of her adoptive daughter's mysterious birth, Karen hires a private investigator to seek out the identities of Delia's real parents. What follows is a string of bizarre accidents, resulting in Karen falling into a paranoid state as she fears people are conspiring against her as she tries to reveal her daughter's true identity. It is eventually revealed that Delia is the daughter of Damien Thorn, the Anti-Christ, thus the granddaughter of Satan. What's worse, Karen's pregnancy increases her feelings of paranoia around Delia. After delivering her son, Karen finally sets out for the truth about Delia, and finds out that the Anti-Christ is not Delia, but her twin brother, whose embryo was implanted into Karen; she has just given birth to the son of the Devil. After killing the doctor, she heads home and tries to kill Delia and her baby, the 666 symbol shown directly on his palm. At first we can't tell who was shot because the camera pans out into view of the house. At the end it shows that Karen shot herself instead.
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The movie has been considered a flop by both Omen fans and movie goers alike. A significant continuity problem is that, in Omen III: The Final Conflict, Jesus Christ is reborn and the final scene of the film appears to show the beginning of the Revelation, where Christ will judge mankind. However, in Omen IV (set 10 years later) there is no evidence of this Second Coming.
[edit] Cast
- Faye Grant .... Karen York
- Michael Woods .... Congressman Gene York
- Michael Lerner .... Earl Knight
- Madison Mason .... Dr. Hastings
- Ann Hearn .... Jo Thueson, York's Nanny
- Jim Byrnes .... Noah
- Don S. Davis .... Jake Madison
- Asia Vieira .... Delia York
