I have the softest of spots for Satanic Panic horror, from Rosemary’s Baby (1968) to The Exorcist (1973) to The Devil’s Rain (‘75) up to The Devil’s Advocate (1997) and beyond. There’s just something about Old Scratch pulling the strings on the ill-begotten and innocent alike that makes me giddy. One of the most successful iterations is 1976’s The Omen, wherein Beelzebub sends his little guy into the world to stir things up and make it hard for A-list actors to keep straight faces. But they somehow do, resulting in one of my very favorite devil-dipped ‘70s flicks.

Released by Twentieth Century Fox in a limited run on June 6th (Ooh), The Omen went wide and brought in over $60 million against a $2.8 million budget, making it the fourth biggest grossing film of the year. And surprise, surprise, some mainstream critics liked it too, citing the acting, creative deaths, and Jerry Goldsmith’s now iconic,...