The Omen Is One Of The Most Cursed Film Productions Ever - And Some Believe Satan Is Behind It

After helping create special effects for The Omen, designer John Richardson began work on A Bridge Too Far. He was on location in Holland with wife and special-effects sculptress Liz Moore, and as they were driving along an empty road one night, they hit another car head-on. Richardson was knocked unconscious, but Moore was decapitated when one of the front wheels tore through the floor and hit her. As Richardson came to after the crash, he noted the tragedy was a creepy coincidence to a horribly gruesome decapitation scene he had designed for The Omen. He also claims he also saw a road sign off to one side of the accident that pointed out the town of Ommen was 66.6 kilometers away.

In one chilling scene from The Omen, Lee Remick, as Damien's mother, is completely terrified by a group of baboons who attack the car in a reaction to her demonic son. According to Richard Donner, her fearful screaming was completely real. The crew had placed a baboon inside the car to make the attacking primates more angry and then filmed their violent response. Although Remick's incident could have easily become another curse story, apparently Satan chose to take his wrath out on the baboons' trainer instead. Some stories claim it was a lion but in the words of producer Harvey Bernhard; "He was killed the day after we shot there. He was killed by a tiger. He grabbed him by the head and killed him instantly."

In October of 1975, Gregory Peck was on a London-bound airplane on his way to filming when the aircraft was struck by lightning. The bolt caused one of the engines to catch fire and the plane came very close to crashing into the Atlantic Ocean below. A few weeks later, producer Mace Neufeld was on his way to the shoot when his airplane was also stuck by lightning while crossing the Atlantic. "It was the roughest five minutes I've ever had on an airliner," he noted. Two lightning related pre-production mishaps are creepy but after screenwriter David Seltzer rode an airplane that also got struck by lightning, evidence of a curse seemed to be appearing. And if these three incidents weren't convincing enough, producer Harvey Bernard came extremely close to being struck by lightning while filming in Rome.

One of The Omen's most memorable scenes involves Gregory Peck trying to escape a cemetery while being attacked by a group of extremely vicious dogs. Several carefully trained Rottweilers were utilized for the film and were instructed to attack a stuntman in Peck's place. The stuntman was safely enclosed in a layer of protective padding and the dogs were set loose but then something went wrong. For reasons unknown, the dogs began really attacking the stuntman and were so vicious, their teeth went through the stuntman's protective gear. They even ignored their trainer when ordered to stop. Luckily, the stuntman survived.

After surviving the lightning-induced terror on his overseas flight, producer Mace Neufeld was involved in a few other curse-related incidents. While staying at a Hilton hotel in London, he and his wife were given an early check-out when the Irish Republican Army blew up the building. Luckily, neither were in the hotel at the time and weren't killed. Several days later, Neufeld, several other producers, and Gregory Peck were headed to a restaurant when the IRA also bombed the building. Although many people view these scary incidents as part of the Omen curse, considering the IRA was involved in a large number of London explosions at the time, maybe the cast and crew escaping twice is actually a miracle.

In order to get some aerial shots for the film, the crew hired a local small plane. At the last minute, the aircraft company changed plans and rented the plane to another group of people. According to one story, it was Chinese businessmen who made the pilot a better deal and got the plane instead. Whatever the real story, The Omen crew was told they would have to wait until later that day. This turned out to be an extremely lucky turn of events since the plane they were supposed to be on crashed, allegedly flying into a flock of birds upon takeoff, crashing through a fence, and hitting a car. How many people died in the incident varies by story, but the disaster is nevertheless proof of the possible Omen curse.