Omen IV: The Awakening

Omen IV: The Awakening
Written by	David Seltzer (characters) Harvey Bernhard Brian Taggert
Directed by	Jorge Montesi Dominique Othenin-Girard
Starring	Faye Grant Michael Woods Asia Vieira
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Harvey Bernhard Mace Neufeld
Cinematography	Martin Fuhrer
Running time	97 minutes
Distributor	Fox Video 20th Century Fox
Chronology
Preceded by	Omen III: The Final Conflict

Omen IV: The Awakening is a 1991 made-for-television film that serves as the fourth and final addition to the original The Omen series, directed by Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard. It was the final film of the original "Omen" series. This was intended to be the first of many televisual sequels to Twentieth Century Fox's film history of popular titles. Producer Harvey Bernhard, who produced the last three films, felt there could be more done to the series. This was the last film he has produced to date. He previously wrote the story for the second film and is the only time here he has cowritten a film.

Plot

The story concentrates on a child of mysterious origin called Delia (Asia Vieira), who is adopted by two attorneys, Gene (Michael Woods) and Karen York (Faye Grant). At first, all seems normal, but Jo, their nanny with remarkable psychic powers, begins to learn aspects of Delia's personality that become very suspicious. Jo takes her to a fair for people with psychic powers. When Noah, Jo's friend, takes a picture of Delia and sees very dark colors, which is like her personality, Noah finds out she is evil. When Delia finds out what they're up to, she gets angry and the whole place catches fire.

When meditating with Delia to help her discover why Delia is so full of negative energy, Jo finds out who Delia really is, and is pushed out the window by Delia's dog. Increasingly alarmed and suspicious of her adoptive daughter, Karen hires a private investigator to learn the identity of Delia's real parents. What follows is a string of bizarre accidents, resulting in Karen falling into a paranoid state as she fears people are conspiring against her. What's worse, Karen's pregnancy increases her feeling of paranoia around Delia. It is revealed that Delia is the daughter of Damien Thorn, the Antichrist, thus the granddaughter of Satan.

After delivering her son Alex, Karen goes to the doctor who knows the truth about Delia and finds out that the Antichrist is not Delia: she is the protector of the antichrist. The antichrist is in fact Delia's twin brother, whose embryo was carried inside Delia and then implanted into Karen by the doctor. Karen kills the doctor then heads home to try to kill Delia and her baby, the 666 symbol shown directly on his palm.

At first, the viewer is unable to tell who was shot, as the camera pans out to a view of the house. However, at the end it is shown that Karen has killed herself.

Cast

• Faye Grant as Karen York
• Michael Woods as Gene York
• Asia Vieira as Delia York
• Michael Lerner as Earl Knight
• Madison Mason as Dr. Hastings
• Ann Hearn as Jo Thueson
• Jim Byrnes as Noah
• Don S. Davis as Jake Madison

External links

• Omen IV: The Awakening at the Internet Movie Database
• Omen IV: The Awakening at AllRovi