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Director:
Alberto De Martino
Writers:
Sergio Donati (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
25 November 1977 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
The world will be destroyed in a rain of fire. It is written.
Plot:
An executive in charge of a Middle Eastern nuclear plant discovers that his son is the Anti Christ and... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Makers of The Omen fear not....this is not as good as your film. more (8 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Kirk Douglas ... Robert Caine
Simon Ward ... Angel Caine
Agostina Belli ... Sara Golan
Anthony Quayle ... Professor Griffith
Virginia McKenna ... Eva Caine
Spiros Focás ... Harbin
Ivo Garrani ... The Prime Minister
Alexander Knox ... Professor Ernst Meyer
Adolfo Celi ... Dr. Kerouac
Romolo Valli ... Monsignor Charrier
Massimo Foschi ... Arab Assassin
Geoffrey Keen ... Gynecologist
John Carlin ... Robertson
Peter Cellier ... Sheckley
Gerard Hely ... Clarke
Penelope Horner ... Kate, Caine's Secretary
Caroline Langrishe ... Carol, Angelo's Girlfriend (as Caroline Horner)
Jenny Twigge ... Air Hostess
Richard Cornish ... 1st Journalist
Denis Lawson ... 2nd Journalist
Joanne Dainton ... Nurse
Allan Hendrick ... Fanatic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Omero Capanna ... Asylum Orderly
Vittorio Fanfoni ... Asylum Patient
Sergio Serafini ... Asylum Patient
Andrea Esterhazy ... Doctor (uncredited)
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Directed by
Alberto De Martino 
 
Writing credits
Sergio Donati (screenplay & story) and
Alberto De Martino (screenplay & story)

Michael Robson (screenplay collaboration)

Aldo De Martino  uncredited

Produced by
Edmondo Amati .... producer
Maurizio Amati .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Ennio Morricone 
 
Cinematography by
Erico Menczer 
 
Film Editing by
Vincenzo Tomassi 
 
Art Direction by
Uberto Bertacca 
 
Set Decoration by
Peter James 
 
Costume Design by
Enrico Sabbatini  (as Enrico Sabatini)
 
Production Management
Nick Farnes .... production manager: U.K.
Roberto Giussani .... production manager: AODC
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gerry Gavigan .... second assistant director
Terry Madden .... third assistant director
 
Sound Department
Peter Handford .... sound recordist
Gerry Humphreys .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Special Effects by
Gino De Rossi .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrizio Vicari .... assistant camera
Kevin Brookner .... camera trainee (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Ennio Morricone .... conductor
 
Other crew
Pamela Davies .... continuity
Richard Dobson .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rain of Fire (Europe: English title) (informal title)
The Chosen (Philippines: English title)
The Hex Massacre (USA) (reissue title)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
Italy:106 min | USA:96 min | West Germany:103 min
Country:
Italy | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
West Germany:16 | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1978) | Australia:R | France:-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Norway:18 (1978) | UK:X
Filming Locations:
Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon, England, UK
Company:
Aston Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
There is a TV Spot/clip on the Cheezy Horror DVD Volume 1 by Cheezy Flicks. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in We Are the Strange (2007) more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Makers of The Omen fear not....this is not as good as your film., 18 November 2002
3/10
Author: Jonathon Dabell (barnaby.rudge@hotmail.co.uk) from Wakefield, England

Holocaust 2000 represents two things. It is the director's attempt to cash in on the huge success of The Omen. It is also Kirk Douglas's attempt to get a wider, younger audience back on his side by flirting with the horror genre.

The film is a mess, with Douglas playing the unsuspecting father whose business plans for a thermonuclear plant in the Middle East are enormously unpopular. His son, Simon Ward (a real Michael Caine lookalike in this film), is his closest ally when it comes to trying to build the plant, but what Douglas hasn't figured out is that his son is the embodiment of the AntiChrist, and that he only wants it built so that he can destroy mankind. Various people get killed (especially anyone who stands in the way of the plot) before Douglas figures it all out, but by then everyone thinks he is mad and he can't stop the completion of the plant. However, he does manage to escape and thus lives to fight another day.

The film never pushes the audience out of their comfort zone. It poses no thought provoking questions, no ominous atmosphere, and no originality. The performances are surprisingly good considering that the material is so poor. A couple of the killings are well filmed, especially the colonel who is beheaded by a helicopter rotor blade, but some of them are a bit unconvincing. The film's one sex scene is quite erotic (surprisingly so considering the age gap between Douglas and his co-star Agostina Belli) but that hardly makes it worth watching. All in all, this is a missed opportunity.

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