
The Omen
2006


“A shocking experiment. An unspeakable evil.”
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A professor and his students perform a dangerous experiment that causes a young woman to lose her sanity.
Director
John PogueWriters
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Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$200K
Revenue
$17.8M
Production Companies

Boom! Out of Hammer Films, The Quiet Ones is loosely based on the Philip Experiment in Toronto 1972. It involves paranormal research that seeks to prove supernatural entities are in fact manifestations of the human mind. The complete opposite of Hammer's hugely successful The Woman in Black, The Quiet Ones is set in the 70s (Oxford, England). The house the action is set in is naturally remote, though it lacks the Gothic chill required for maximum impact. The makers are more intent on jolts and screeches to get their scares, which sadly gets a bit tiresome come the mid-point. It's effecti…
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