Jason Zinoman
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, iconic poster.
Why would a shark be in a swimming pool?
I'm going to make an executive decision here.
The first movie, I would say one of the great horror movies.
And then you have three terrible sequels.
This doesn't feel like a horror franchise to me.
It feels like a shark franchise.
The Omen, 1976.
I thought the prequel that came out recently, The First Omen, directed by Arkasha Stevenson, was fantastic.
Fantastic.
I agree.
The original Omen is a good horror movie, and then you had a bunch of not good stuff.
So I actually don't know.
It's one of the more famous franchises from the 70s.
I actually don't know if I would sort of push it ahead.
Yeah, it's like the avatar of horror movies.
There's no cultural footprint.