Damien Thorn
Damien Thorn is a male film character who features in The Omen.
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Damien Thorn
Mrs. Baylock arrives and presents herself as the new governess. Damien appears cautious at first when he and Baylock are alone. But he smiles when she declares ominously, "Have no fear, little one, I am here to protect thee." True to her word, Baylock tries to prevent the Thorns from taking Damien to a church wedding, but she is unsuccessful. As the family car approaches the cathedral Damien grows visibly anxious until he lashes out in a frenzy, clawing and scratching at Kathy. Later, Robert suggests having a doctor examine him but Kathy wants to forget the incident and dismisses his behavior as a mere fright; she declares that Damien has never been sick. Robert finds that unusual and reflects that Damien has never had the measles, mumps, or chicken pox, not even a cough or a cold. As Thorn approaches Damien's room to check on him he is greeted by the Rottweiler who appears to be standing guard. Mrs. Baylock emerges and explains that she found the animal outside and that Damien likes him. She tries to convince Thorn that they need a good watchdog but he rebukes her and demands that she get rid of the dog. She reluctantly agrees, bringing the dog into her room while Thorn enters and sits on the edge of Damien's bed considering him. At the zoo, a group of giraffes run away from Damien as he watches them. As Kathy and Damien drive through a baboon encloser the primates react wildly and attack the car. Later, Kathey confesses to Robert that she has developed fears but doesn't divulge what they are. She asked Robert to find her a psychiatrist where he obliged her. Later, a desperate Father Brennan convinces Thorn to meet with him one last time where he tells him that Damien was the son of the Devil, "It is by means of a human personality entirely in his possession that Satan will wage his last formidable offense." He tells Thorn that Kathy is pregnant but that Damien will kill the baby before it's born, then he will kill Kathy and ultimately Thorn himself, securing his inheritance who rebuked him. Brennan insists that Damien must die and instructs Thorn to seek out an old man named Bugenhagen who will describe how to kill him. Thorn rejects this and dismisses the priest as insane. But Thorn is stunned to see Brennan's prophacy come true when Kathy later tells him she's pregnant. She tells him that her psychiatrist wants to meet with him to discuss abortion. As Thorn considers this, he is shocked learn that Father Brennan has died gruesomely.
Thorn meets with Kathy's doctor and is stricken to learn that she imagines Damien to be evil — and not her own. The doctor tells him that another child at this time would be disastrous but Thorn rejects the idea and races home. At the house Kathy is attending to some plants on a second floor balcony while down the hall Damien rides his tricycle in his bedroom, Mrs. Baylock looking on. As he works himself into a peddling frenzy, Baylock opens the door, letting him out, peddling down the hallway. Kathy stands on a stool next to the balcony to adjust an overhanging plant. Damien, absorbed in his play, crashes into her. Kathy topples over the handrail but grabs the balusters, hanging from the balcony. Damien kneels to face her from the other side, watching her struggle to grip the spindles. He watches in silence as she finally loses her grip and falls to the foyer below. Damien slowly rises and races off down the hall. Dazed, Thorn arrives at the hospital to find Kathy injured but alive. The doctor tells him that she's lost the baby but she can still have children. Robert takes this in and goes to her. Kathy pleads to him in hushed tones, 'Don't let him kill me'. Despondent, Thorn returns home to check on Damien but once again finds the Rottweiler in his room. A phone call from Jennings interrupts the standoff and Thorn leaves. The reporter urges Thorn to come to his apartment as it concerns Father Brennan's death. Thorn obliges and is soon intrigued by Jennings' photographs of Holly and Brennan with dark blemishes that seemingly foreshadow the instruments of their demise. Thorn is also disturbed as Jennings reveals a photograph of the '666' birthmark on Brennan's inner thigh. Robert travels to Rome to investigate Damien's origins the next day, leaving Damien in Mrs. Baylock's care in the meantime. While Damien is sleeping, Robert returns to London. Having worked out that Damien is the Antichrist but still being unsure, Robert finds Damien's 666 birthmark on his scalp. Just then, Mrs. Baylock attacks Robert, waking Damien up. After Robert knocks Mrs. Baylock out, he kidnaps Damien and takes him in his car to a church to kill him with the seven Daggers of Megiddo. However, at the last second before Robert can stab Damien, the police arrive and shoot and kill Robert. After the deaths of both his adopted parents, Damien is taken in by the U.S. President and attends Robert and Kathy's funeral in Washington D.C. with him and his wife.
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Notes
- Damien Thorn was created by David Seltzer and was portrayed by actor Harvey Spencer Stephens in The Omen (1976).
Appearances
- The Omen: (1976)
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