Day Of Reckoning

The teaser trailer for The Omen 666 has hit the internet. The film, which opens on June 6th 2006, (how clever those marketing folks from Fox are--tying the release date to the 666 reference, I say sarcastically) is a remake of 1976's The Omen.

The original is a classic that starred Hollywood legend Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. Directed by Richard Donner, the film works on so many levels, that despite its age still holds up very well by today's standards. I realize that the studio is hoping to start a new franchise and that remakes are all the rage right now in "The Land Of Make Believe", but I wonder why the needed to do the film at all. Remakes, especially in the horror genre, are very hard to pull off. Sometimes they come out very well..., but for every Dawn of the Dead (2004) and Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), we get 2 duds like the new version of The Amityville Horror, The Haunting from 1999, and (haven't seen it yet but heard from 5 different people that it's pretty bad) The Fog (2005) .

As a preview, The Omen 666 trailer, is effective...as long as I put the original film out of my head. Some classic films should be left alone, and in my opinion, The Omen belonged in that category. The man behind the remake, John Moore, has a lot to live up to.