Damien: Omen II

Moving the curse into Chicago boardrooms and a cadet school gives the sequel a chilly, corporate edge the original never had, with Thorn Industries quietly preparing a future for its heir. William Holden and Lee Grant bring real gravitas, and Jonathan Scott-Taylor makes Damien's dawning self-awareness more unsettling than any of the death scenes. Those scenes are staged with grim ingenuity, though the plotting is more mechanical and the dread thinner than in Richard Donner's film. A worthy follow-up for anyone who loved the original and wants to watch the boy grow into the role.