10 Dumbest Decisions Ever Made In Horror Movies
3. The Omen - Praying Before Dealing With Damien
In The Omen remake, time is of the essence when Robert Thorn realises it's down to him to vanquish the Anti-Christ, who turned out to be his son Damien. With the law in hot pursuit, stalling was certain to be catastrophic.
For man who knows what is at stake if he fails, Liev Schreiber's US Ambassador sure takes his sweet time in his attempt to vanquish evil, taking time out to recite a prayer before dealing with his adoptive devil son.
Stalling is what proves fatal for Robert, and probably humanity during the unseen aftermath of this remake, since the police soon catch up with him and stop him with a bullet.
In Omen lore, sticking one of the sacred Daggers of Megiddo into Damien would have been enough to extinguish his physical form, so with more haste and less prayer, Robert would have been halfway towards completing the job.