Wow! Such a good movie.

Sorry, this movie sucks

Absolutely the worst movie.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

After the events of 'The Final Conflict' one might have thought we'd seen the last of the Omem franchise but it appears that perhaps Armageddon was just delayed. Lawyers Eugene and Karen York have been unable to have a child of their own so adopt baby Delia from a Catholic orphanage. It is quickly implied that Delia isn't a normal child; Sister Yvonne is concerned about the child and Delia scratches her mother causing a mild infection. As Delia grows her mother becomes concerned that something is wrong; people who cross Delia's path have a habit of dying... especially after Karen starts to investigate Delia's origins.When I watched this I didn't realise this was made for TV but I certainly wasn't surprised when I later discovered that it was; it is certainly rather tame compared to the original trilogy. There is almost no gore and the scares aren't all that scary. That said I still enjoyed; the deaths might not be gory but they are entertaining enough and there is a twist near the end that I wasn't expecting. Young Asia Vieira impresses as eight year old Delia; she manages to be creepy when she needs to be but looks like a normal happy child in front of her father. Faye Grant does a good job as Karen and Michael Lerner is a highlight as private detective Earl Knight. Overall I'd say that this is worth watching for the story but if you want scares and gruesomeness at the same level of the original series you may be disappointed.

I was fully expecting this made for TV sequel to suck, and in that respect, I was not disappointed: this cheaply made, badly written, poorly acted piece of excrement is tantamount to blasphemy for fans of the Omen series, being devoid of the foreboding atmosphere of the other films, totally bereft of creative kills, and completely lacking in scares. Instead, we get silly shenanigans with new age mystics, an ugly kid sorely in need of a good orthodontist, a score that sounds like it should be accompanying a troupe of circus clowns, as-subtle-as-a-brick images of inverted crosses ad nauseum, and, worst of all, Satanic carol singers.I have seen it suggested that The Awakening might be an intentionally awful film in an attempt to parody the solemnity of the original trilogy; I highly doubt this, but if this should somehow prove to be be true, then shame on everyone involved for treating the franchise and its fans with such disrespect.If there is a Hell, then the makers of this rot will certainly have a special place reserved for them somewhere between the eighth and ninth circles (where the fraudulent and treacherous are punished): a sulphuric screening room in which they will be forced to watch their own abomination for all eternity (whilst having broken copies of the DVD roughly inserted up their rectum). Yes.... Omen IV: The Awakening really is that bad.

The "Omen" franchise was a successful trilogy so Fox Studios decided to cash in with a lame and cheap TV-movie. This one has nothing to do with the other movies, besides the fact that the story is a repetition of the former ones, where all the elements were taken without anything new or even remotely interesting added. Faye Grant is best known for here leading role in the "V" series back in the 80's, besides her the cast in fairly unknown. The cardboard characters are uninteresting and very stereotype. The dialogue is cheesy, just what you would expect from an average made-for-TV movie. They even tried to put in some funny lines which is really painful to endure, just terrible. This time it's not a little boy but a little girl. Her big dark eyes are supposed to be the scary effect but it doesn't really work. The deaths are unconvincing without any real special-effects or gore like in the previous ones. I even liked the 2006's remake of the original. The original remains the best, the second was a very good sequel. The third was okay and since it was titled "The FINAL conflict" it all ended there. Forget this cheap garbage, it really isn't worth watching. One of the director's is Dominque Othin-Girard who also f**ked up the "Halloween" franchise with the fifth one which is the worst Halloween in history. Same thing can be said with "Omen IV" except for the fact that it's even w-a-y worse than "Halloween V" and that says a lot.Is there anything good to say about this 'movie' ? -Yes, Jerry Goldsmith's original music from Part I and III can be heard in several scenes. The rest of the music is from a new and unknown composer which is once again.. a bad thing.

I had seen the first three OMEN movies before, but I put off seeing the fourth entry for years because I heard how bad it was. When I got a chance to watch it for a buck, I decided to give it a look. I definitely overpaid to see this movie.It goes wrong right from the beginning, which ignores what happened in the final few seconds of the third OMEN movie. It quickly settles into being basically a rehash of the first movie, though with a sprinkle of ROSEMARY'S BABY added into the stew. There is plenty of awkward dialogue, things happening that NO ONE thinks about or discusses with others, and it travels at such an unbelievably quick pace that you won't have a chance to catch your breath. But even if the story had been more original, it probably would have still sinked because this was a made-for-TV movie. It looks pretty cheap and threadbare at times, with murky photography and depressing location shooting in Canada during the winter. (Actually, although the story spans several years, it's ALWAYS winter in every scene.) And because this was made for TV, the horror and bloodletting never goes beyond a PG level.Even if you happen to be a big fan of the first three movies, you would be better off avoiding this clumsy recycling.