The man who dreamed up the Child’s Play slasher icon was seriously influenced by 1976’s The Omen.
So what was the first film to scare the s— out of Mancini whenhewas a kid?
“The Omen, directed byRichard Donner, who just passed away.
Don Mancini and Chucky.Rich Polk/Getty; Steve Wilkie/SYFY
I loved that movie and it scared the bejesus out of me.
Gregory Peck Atticus Finch is the father of the Antichrist?
Patrick Troughton plays the priest who gets impaled.
Between that and my youth, I took it all rather seriously.
It really scared me.
I had never seen that degree of graphic violence onscreen.
I think I’ve been paying homage to specific set pieces in that movie ever since.
I love decapitating people and I think that probably stems from David Warner’s decapitation in that movie.”
Watch the trailer forThe Omenabove.
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