***CATHY'S CURSE Director's Cut***
Richard Donner delivers one of the most chilling excursions into the world of evil-child horror with his stone-cold classic The Omen. With fantastic turns from Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, and horrifically unsettling child actor Harvey Stephens, The Omen will creep under your skin and into your soul. And for our second feature of the evening, we'll let our friends at AGFA take the reins: "Imagine Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage as a 25¢ Exorcist/Omen rip-off directed by Dario Argento’s third cousin in a Toronto suburb. Add senior citizen turmoil, epic synth bloops and a foul-mouthed, telekinetic rampage from shittiest-kid Cathy culminating in the most gratuitous violence against dinnerware ever filmed. When someone in this movie says, “You and I both know that I’ve had a nervous breakdown,” you will believe them."
Music Box Theatre screens films of all genres and from every era of cinema, both new releases and repertory. These films may sometimes contain upsetting, outdated, or offensive material. While we aim to introduce many of our screenings, we do not always provide warnings about potentially triggering content within the films we screen. We encourage our patrons to research the film before they attend using trailers, reviews, or content information found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com.
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