Omen IV: The Awakening
Omen IV: The Awakening
PG | 19 July 1991 (USA)
Watch Now on HULU

Watch with Subscription, Cancel anytime

Watch Now
Omen IV: The Awakening Trailers View All

Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys.

Reviews
Solemplex

To me, this movie is perfection.

Exoticalot

People are voting emotionally.

Odelecol

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

View More
Borserie

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

View More
Tweekums

After the events of 'The Final Conflict' one might have thought we'd seen the last of the Omem franchise but it appears that perhaps Armageddon was just delayed. Lawyers Eugene and Karen York have been unable to have a child of their own so adopt baby Delia from a Catholic orphanage. It is quickly implied that Delia isn't a normal child; Sister Yvonne is concerned about the child and Delia scratches her mother causing a mild infection. As Delia grows her mother becomes concerned that something is wrong; people who cross Delia's path have a habit of dying... especially after Karen starts to investigate Delia's origins.When I watched this I didn't realise this was made for TV but I certainly wasn't surprised when I later discovered that it was; it is certainly rather tame compared to the original trilogy. There is almost no gore and the scares aren't all that scary. That said I still enjoyed; the deaths might not be gory but they are entertaining enough and there is a twist near the end that I wasn't expecting. Young Asia Vieira impresses as eight year old Delia; she manages to be creepy when she needs to be but looks like a normal happy child in front of her father. Faye Grant does a good job as Karen and Michael Lerner is a highlight as private detective Earl Knight. Overall I'd say that this is worth watching for the story but if you want scares and gruesomeness at the same level of the original series you may be disappointed.

View More
SnoopyStyle

Damien Thorn is dead. Gene (Michael Woods) and Karen York (Faye Grant) adopt an orphan and name her Delia. Sister Yvonne at the orphanage is sure of the baby's damnation. She goes to Delia's baptism where disturbing things happen. Seven years later, Gene's star starts rising as a US Congressman. They hire new age nanny Jo Thueson. After more disturbing events, Karen hires private detective Earl Knight (Michael Lerner) to track down Delia's biological parents.Any sequel trying to continue the franchise after "The Final Conflict" is unlikely to succeed. This one does nothing other than copy from the original "The Omen" except with a girl. It even does another decapitation. It could work if the original doesn't exist. The problem is that it does exist and this is a bad homage. There are some moments of weak writing and bad cheesy music. There is nothing scary and no originality. At times, it's comical, both intentional and unintentional.

View More
Randi Middleton

People say this movie is horrible, but I disagree. 'Return to horror high' is a horrible movie. I couldn't even finish that, but Omen 4 I easily finished.It's nothing great, it's very typical, but it has some interesting stuff in it.The ending is pretty good and makes the movie. I didn't see the ending coming, and I like that. Usually I can tell how the movie will end by about a 1/4th of the way into it. But this ending surprised me. Which makes this not horrible.Watch it with an open mind knowing it's a TV movie and you will enjoy it, at least a little.There were supposed to be more TV movies after this one, but they decided not to do it. Which if they don't make money, there is no reason why to make more. But I actually kind of like this being the final one. With Omen 3, the Antichrist dies. You can't have the Antichrist dying. At least with this movie it ends with the Antichrist alive and well. Which means that even if we don't have any more movies, we know that he is out there some where. Which is the way it should have ended. If we are supposed to believe this Revelation stuff, then the Antichrist has to bring on the ending of the world.

View More
kenny_wolfs

I would first like to say I mainly wrote this review because I feel a great unjustice is being done here by reviewers by many 2 star reviews. People basically use the star rating system without thinking too much. A one star movie, I have never even encountered a movie that was so bad in every aspect it deserved one star. I was also a bit surprised this movie has the overall same score as The Exorcist II, which I really consider the most unnecessary and silly movie ever (and still would not be a 1 star rating).Now, on to the movie, like I said, don't believe the negative hype. It is an entertaining standard thriller movie. None of The Omen movies should ever be considered a horror movie, there's no real horror to it, the scariest thing about them to me always was the psychological thriller it had to be on the parents, who slightly start to believe their child is so evil, they are willing to kill it themselves. The torment of wondering whether you are crazy was always more scary than some freak accidents or a child staring to me. I'll admit, I'm missing that in this movie. The mother figure here seems to already hate her child at age 2, but that could just be my impression.I also see that many people hate Antichrist Delia, and I don't know exactly why. I like her just as much as the character of Damien, and the fact she already knows she's better than everybody else and Satan's on her side makes her a very nice character to me. I understand why people prefer Damien though, he was more classic, he was that started it all. Just like Michael Jackson's This Is It would have been a great show, it could never live up to the Dangerous tour, since that was him at his high, and it was all still new to people than and a big hype. Just like Damien Thorne is the child that started it all, it is impossible to like another Antichrist child except for him. I liked Delia's attitude towards people though, if someone bullies her, she'll beat him with her lunch box (thank you for that tip Marilyn Manson) and make him turn out to be the bad guy. This not only shows her violent nature, but also her manipulative one.Now, there were some bad things in this movie too, don't get me wrong. The New Age Nanny deserved to die IMO, and even worse than she did. The psychic fair was so silly, it deserved the "Carrie treatment" Delia gave it. Grotesque as that fire might have been, I did like the imagery of her walking out there, with part of the planet being a blazing fire. It reminded me of Damien in Omen II, leaving the Thorn museum which was burning behind him.Now, at the very end, that's where it all goes wrong. It seems Delia is not the Antichrist, but she was carrying her twin, the real Antichrist, which was transplanted later in her mother's womb without mom knowing it. Yeah, that's what threw many people off I think, they should have just let Delia be the Antichrist, and her mother finding out that truth for real is just as scary as this useless plot twist.Delia also got a "devil nanny" at the end, who should protect her, but since she appeared so late in the movie, she's rather useless. She gets shot in her second scene, refuses to bleed after a bullet going through her, and tumbles down the stairs. Why was this nanny in here, they might as well have used the "protective dog" which returns every Omen movie for this scene rather than quickly drag a new nanny in here.Overall, this movie is OK, if you like religious horror you'll like this movie probably. If you're expecting gore or scares, you won't like this one, it lacks a bit in this compartment. The acting is only mediocre here, only Delia impressed me, but she seems to be hated on here, so maybe I'm wrong. If you don't know what to do one evening, download this movie, kick back, make some popcorn and watch it without thinking too deeply. Remember, overthinking and over-analyzing will ruin almost every movie, sometimes it's just entertainment.

View More